Hooke CourtParents’ Information Meeting

Year 4 residential tripWednesday 8th – Friday 10th July 2015

Benefits of the visit• Social and interpersonal skills • Confidence, independence and teamwork• Supporting Year 4 curriculum• Physical activities• Preparation for future residential visits • Fun!

Team 2015• Mr Munro• Miss Wainwright• Mrs Ashworth

• Mr White• Mrs Burton• Mrs Jones

Schedule of 3 daysWednesday 8:00 am

12:00 1:30pm4:00pm5:15pm

7:00pm – 8:15pm

Depart ECS

Arrive & eat lunch at Hooke CourtShelter building/Team buildingOwn activitiesEvening meal

Life of a Roman soldier

Thursday 7:45 am

9:30am12:30pm 1:30pm4:00pm5:15pm

7:00pm – 8:15pm

Breakfast

Roman Day in costumeLunchRoman Day continuedOwn activitiesEvening meal

Barn Dance

Friday 7:45 am

9:30am12:00

13:00

Breakfast

Team Building/Shelter buildingLunch

Depart

Accommodation

• Separate dormitories for boys and girls

• Children select friends to share with

• Children carefully grouped by staff

• Told who they are sharing with on arrival

• Bedtime…

Meals

• Locally sourced, ‘home’ cooked food

• Healthy, nutritious, for wide variety of tastes

• Mid morning and mid afternoon snack

• Special dietary requirements catered for Please ensure this information is given on the other side of the medical

form

Sample menuBreakfast Juice, cereal, toast, hot drink,

continental breakfast

Lunch Sandwiches with salad boxHomemade flapjackFruit & juice

Dinner Yorkshire pudding with sausage, potato wedges, carrots, peas and gravy.Pasta with a home made Mediterranean vegetable pesto, served with cheese and garlic bread

Essentials for packing• Outfit for our Roman Day• 2 pairs of trainers• Tracksuit trousers/shorts• Long and short sleeved t-shirts• A fleece/warm jumper• A towel• Wash bag• Sun cream and sun hat• Named water bottles• £2 pocket money, in smaller coins please!

Optional• Camera

• preferably a disposable • definitely not built in to an iPod or other device

• Travel/small games e.g. Top Trumps etc.

• Reading book/notebook & pen/pencil

School can not be held responsible for lost or damaged property

Please do not bring:• Any electronic items:

• Mobile phones• iPad or other tablet• iPod or other music player• Kindle or other e-reader

• Sweets:• packed in luggage as a treat• packed as lunch on the first day• pre-posted to Hooke Court

Day of travel• Travel sickness pills/bands

• Sun cream

• Small rucksack containing: • a substantial lunch (no fizzy drinks and sweets) as their

first meal away won’t be until the evening• a couple of named water bottles• a sun cap • a game for amusement e.g. cards, notepad/pen, etc• a purse/wallet containing up to £2 broken down into

smaller amounts• fruit break

Departure• Arrive at school 7:45am

• Luggage by coach with Mr White & Mr Munro

• Medicines to Miss Wainwright

• Pocket money to Mrs Ashworth

• Register with Mrs Burton

• On coach with rucksack

• Depart at 8:00

• Arrival at Hooke Court around 1.00pm

Finally...Check out the parents’ section of the Hooke Court website @

http://www.hookecourt.co.uk/residential/parents-zone/(this link will be on the Year 4 page on the website)

Please remember to check we have all your emergency contact details.

Please help your child practise putting a duvet inside a duvet cover if this is something they are not used to doing.

Please return your forms to us no later than Friday 5th June.

A gentle reminder that the final payment date is Friday 26th June.

Any questions?