School Clubs

There are lots of different after-school activities each term. These include sports clubs (e.g. football, rugby, cricket), Duke of Edinburgh Awards, homework clubs, Cookery Club, Drama Club and others. There are also many students who take music lessons during the school day and participate in various bands if they wish.

We make sure that organisers and staff running these clubs (in a lot of cases from outside school) are fully appraised of the students’ needs so that they can differentiate if necessary.

To enrol in a club, students may need to be able to manage without TA support, as we cannot always provide TA support for many of these after-school activities.

However, should a parent feel that a student is in need of support for an afterschool club or activity, we will endeavour to provide TAs (currently at a cost of £18 per hour). We recommend the use of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for this purpose and the school will support any such application and can help fill in the form if needed.

We also must point out that a challenge for us in accessing clubs for our students is often managing taxi provision in particular where a student shares the Taxi. Parents may need to arrange a pick up to allow access to clubs.

Trips

Usually schools organise several trips a year for example those that Cabin students participate in this year are:

Burwell GVP for yr 5 overnight stay

Beaumanor –CVC for year 7– a 4 night stay in an Activity Centre in Leicestershire

Foreign language, History or Geography trips (including those abroad).

Social trips out - such as the theatre, ice skating, bowling.

For all non-curricular trips, cases will be looked at individually and the level of support required will be assessed and suitable arrangements be made (unfortunately social trips may incur a charge for supplying a TA to accompany the student)

There may be times when it is not appropriate for a student to attend a particular trip. You will be informed of these occasions and explanations will be provided.

The CSSs are on hand to discuss any decisions and hear your thoughts.