Grammar School Foundation Recognised LA Centre The window we have - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

 The Govilon Activity Centre  Owned and managed by Kettering Old

Grammar School Foundation

 Recognised LA Centre

The window we have booked is: Monday 2nd March 2020 until Wednesday 11th March 2020

 Group 1: Monday 2nd – Thursday 5th March  Group 2: Thursday 5th – Sunday 8th March  Group 3: Sunday 8th – Wednesday 11th

March

Each group will have:

 At least three Millbrook Junior School

members of staff

 Fully qualified Centre instructors

 Children will stay in a Victorian building which

has been renovated and modernised but retains its character

 Three rooms – bunk beds 6 in each room  One large room - 18 beds  Teacher rooms are next to pupil accommodation

 http://www.govilon.org.uk/

Sample Morning Afternoon Evening Day 1 Depart @ 8.30 am Travel down by coach Arrive @ 12 pm Settle In Getting to know the location – Hill walk Night Walk Day 2

• 1. Bushcraft /Tunnel
• 2. Orienteering
• 1. Waterfalls Walk
• 2. Caving

Practical skills and History activities run by Govilon staff at the Centre Day 3

• 1. Orienteering
• 2. Bushcraft /Tunnel
• 1. Caving
• 2. Waterfalls Walk

School Staff Activity Day 4 Big Pit visit Depart @ 1:00 pm Travel home

 Parents/carers will be notified by text when the

children have arrived at the Govilon Activity Centre

 Parents/carers will be notified by text of the

estimated time of arrival when returning to school

 Staff will provide school with regular updates

during the residential visit

 No photographs will be taken other than a group

photograph for display purposes

Letters and admin\Year Four Kit List 2020.docx

 Breakfast – choice of cereal and cooked breakfast  Lunch – packed lunch ordered day before  Dinner - full 3-course meal  Supper – light snack and cocoa/squash

Special diets can be catered for – details collected prior to visit

 Total Cost: £245  Initial non-refundable deposit of £50 by Friday 8th

November.

 Full payment will need to be made be Friday 7th

February 2020.

 The children receive a payment card in order to

pay in instalments

 Payment can also be made via the Schoolcomms

payment system. Information is available from

• ur school office if you prefer this option

 Initial letter to parents/carers

Letters and admin\Year 4 Govilon Parent Information Evening.pdf

 All letters and this presentation will be available

• n our school website

www.millbrookjuniors.co.uk

 Medical forms will be sent out soon. These must

be completed fully and must be handed in by the specified date

 Tetanus information – this can be obtained from

your doctor’s surgery. It is vital that this is filled in when you hand in the medical form.

 Letters and admin\Medical Form Year 4

2020.docx

 Medicine form examples\IMG_0498.JPG

If any medicine is to administered to your child during the residential visit, a medicine a form should be filled in nearer the time of the visit with all information including correct name of medicine and clear dosage. A separate form should be filled in for every medicine

• taken. This includes travel sickness tablets and creams.

All medicines should be named on the medicine itself and on the box containing the medicine.

 I really enjoyed making fire using hay, charcloth,

flint and steel. It was fantastic! (Jessica)

 The food was lovely – especially the leek and

potato soup. Overall the food was amazing. (Gracie)

 The cave was like a massive maze. I really

enjoyed it and I thought it was very interesting. (Finn)

 The waterfall walk was really slippery. (Lottie)

Any Questions?