Joining Information for Boarders by Roedean School

Joining information for boarders

Welcome to Roedean School Congratulations to your daughter on achieving their place at Roedean School. We look forward to welcoming them to the School on Tuesday 30th August and hope that you and your nominated guardians will be able to join us for our drink reception at 3pm. This booklet provides additional information for all parents regarding your child’s arrival, guardianship and visas, plus other practical advice. Roedean, a day and boarding school for pupils aged 11-18, provides a stimulating, academic education, and exciting extra-curricular opportunities in a relaxed, supportive and friendly environment. The pupils are encouraged to be self-reliant, explore their talents and strive for excellence. In boarding, these values are lived at the highest level. The Boarding team at Roedean

Roedean School, Roedean Way, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5RQ T: +44(0)1273 667500 | W: roedean.co.uk

Keeping in touch The boarding staff at Roedean recognise that at the heart of a positive boarding experience for the pupils lies an active relationship between the school and the pupils’ families. To this end, we welcome all communication from you regarding any celebration of success or issue Technology makes keeping in contact easy. E-mail, mobile phones, text messaging and Skype keep overseas students in touch with their families and friends. The School “Head’s Weekly Review” provides an update from the Head, news and reviews of events, trips and matches, plus advice and recommendations to parents, staff and students. Formal reports are provided twice a year, along with more frequent interims to keep you informed of your child’s academic progress. There is also frequent communication between Head of Year, Housemasters/Housemistresses, tutors and parents.

Faith Festivals are celebrated in assemblies and around the School; our catering team are happy to offer themed meals on special occasions for everyone to share We are respectful of other religions and we actively encourage awareness and understanding of other faiths. Please contact our Chaplain, Mrs Walker (GWA@) for additional information on matters of faith. We assist our students with any religious dietary requirements, including the provision of halal meat or vegetarian meals.

Term Dates 2022/2023 AUTUMN TERM 2022 Tuesday 30th August 2022 9am to 2pm

START OF TERM Arrival to Boarding Houses no later than 5.30pm. Houses open to receive belongings of new International and Overseas Boarders Houses open to receive all UK Boarders Drinks Reception for Families and Guardians Start of induction programme for Boarders Year group induction with tutors First Chapel and all pupils in School, lessons begin

2pm to 4pm 3pm to 4pm 6pm Wednesday 31 August Thursday 1st September Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th SeptemExeat ber Tuesday 18th October (16:15) to Sunday Half Term 30th October (19:00)

Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th November Friday 9th December at 12:00

Exeat End of Term SPRING TERM 2023

Tuesday 3rd January

START OF TERM Houses open from 9am

Wednesday 4th January

First Chapel and all pupils in School, lessons begin

Saturday 21st and Sunday 23rd January Friday 10th February (16:15) to Sunday 19th February (19:00)

Exeat

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th March Friday 24th March (16:00)

Half Term

Exeat End of Term SUMMER TERM 2023

Sunday 16th April

START OF TERM Houses open from 9am

Monday 17th April

First Chapel and all pupils in School, lessons begin

Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May Friday 26th May (16:15) to Sunday 4th June (19:00)

Exeat Half Term

Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June Exeat Friday 30th June (12:00) End of Term 3

Guardians The strong pastoral care that Roedean offers depends on an active partnership between the School, parents, and education guardians, with lines of communication that are open and easy. In this way, concerns can be discussed as soon as they arise, and good news can be shared quickly The school requires parents who live outside the UK, or who are away from home frequently, or for long periods of time, to appoint an education guardian who lives in the UK as a permanent resident. As a person with shared “delegated parental responsibility” the education guardian performs a role which complements the requirement of school staff to act in loco parentis. It is expected that an education guardian will: •

Live within 2 – 3 hours of Roedean School.

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Provide a safe and suitable accommodation; a self-contained bedroom is required. Pupils should not be residing in a public space of the house.

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Provide appropriate care and supervision during the periods when the pupil cannot be accommodated at school. These include: Some days before and after term if the pupil’s flight to/from the UK does not coincide with the school term dates and times The Half-term holidays Exeat weekends If the pupil has been ill or injured and needs to recuperate away from school If the School requires a pupil to leave for disciplinary reasons or because the school determines it to be in the pupil’s best interest.

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Attend a variety of School functions, especially including Parents and Guardians’ Evening when the academic staff are present to discuss academic progress, as well as sports fixtures, concerts, and other special events in which the pupil is participating.

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Escort the pupil to and from school, including journeys to and from UK airports (for pupils in years 7 – 11 inclusive, Sixth Form pupils may travel unaccompanied with permission from their parents.)

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Accept responsibility for making arrangements if the pupil’s flight is delayed or is at a time outside of school opening hours.

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Be responsible for dealing with any travel documents, passports and visas that may be required.

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Provide full details of any alternative accommodation/ host family on any occasion when the pupil will not be staying with an education guardian.

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Liaise with the school in connection with matters related to health, welfare, educational progress of the pupil. This includes arranging and, if appropriate, attending medical appointments of the pupil and providing consent of the pupil to receive emergency treatment if necessary.

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Provide the school with up-to-date contact details and notify the school of any changes.

Travel We do understand that overseas families have to work around suitable flight times and the School is therefore flexible regarding arrivals and departures All overseas students are permitted to return to School between 9.00am and 10.30pm. However, please note that Houses are closed to students and unstaffed until 9.00am on the return day and HMs must be notified in advance of early arrivals. For all other arrivals and departures students may only leave from or return to Houses between 6.30am and 11.00pm as they must be let in or out by a member of staff. If they cannot meet these timings, students should go to their guardians. Roedean School has a contract with Streamline taxis. If boarders travel by taxi from the airport, they should use this company. The contact number is 01273 202020 or via the website https://www.streamlinetaxis.org/. We can order taxis for boarders on their behalf, just email the House.

Victoria Escort service A weekly escorted travel, to and from London The Victoria Escort (VE) service is used by Weekly and Flexi boarders to travel to and from London. On Fridays the VE departs after school and travels by taxi to the train station and by train to London Victoria Train Station arriving at approximately 6pm. On Sundays we return to school via School Minibus, we meet at Victoria Coach Station departures area (the designated ‘Lane’ will be displayed on the electronic notice boards at 4:30pm we board and leave by 4:55pm). The girls arrive back at school by 7pm, this allows time to have supper and unpack before their weekly House meeting at 8pm with their Housemistress. This service enables girls to spend weekends and Exeats with their parents/ guardians, and for end/start of term travel. The VE has been running for many years and has become increasingly popular with our London boarders. They are accompanied by at least two members of staff for both journeys. The VE mobile contact number while travelling is 07917 868348. The service prioritises Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils, but it is open to all. The cost will be added to your school bill each term. If you would like your daughter to use the service, please contact her House and let them know. Should you require any more information, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Breda Allen at BMA@roedean.co.uk 5

HOUSES

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PASTORAL CARE

Communication The HM and Head of Year are likely to be the parents’ first point of contact for any significant pastoral or major academic issues, so please feel free to email at any time. This will include requests for any type of absence, although Miss Allen, Deputy Head: Pastoral also needs to be informed and ultimately will be the person authorising the absence. For more minor pastoral or academic issues, contact your daughter’s tutor, copying the HM and Head of Year in. All other House-related pastoral issues and administration (lost kit, medical, appointments, taxis, etc.) to the House Staff:

House

Phone number

House 1

House1@roedean.co.uk

01273 667501

House 2

House2@roedean.co.uk

01273 667502

House 3

House3@roedean.co.uk

House 4 Lawrence House Keswick House

House4@roedean.co.uk Lawrence@roedean.co.uk Keswick@roedean.co.uk

01273 667503 01273 667504 01273 667505 01273 667506

Mobile phones Pupils all have mobile phones and technical devices which should be registered with the House Staff upon arrival. Please remember not to call the girls after the time they are supposed to hand in their mobile phone. Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 and year 10 boarders do not have any mobile devices in their rooms overnight. Mobiles will only be accessible during certain hours of the day. They need to be switched off and handed in to the House Study before school, and they can be switched back on at the end of the school day. From Year 11, boarders manage their own devices. If they want to have some tech-free time, your daughter is welcome to hand it in to a member of staff in House to look after.

Laptops and computers All pupils are encouraged to bring their own laptops, which will then be networked, providing access to the Internet. Microsoft is recommended. They will receive their own email address within the first few days of term, and this is a useful way to contact them. Further information about IT matters come around centrally from the School IT department. 6

The House Twitter Page: follow us! Photos of the girls are regularly updated here and everyone in the House community is encouraged to follow the feed, which is as ‘live’ as we can make it. Please pass this link onto grandparents, relatives and friends so that they can stay informed too. Privacy settings are strictly controlled. Please follow us here: RoedeanHouses

A typical day WEEKDAYS 06.40 - 07.00 - Wake up (by yourself!) 07.00 - 08.00 - Breakfast (House 1-4 in Dining Rooms) 07.00 - 08.00 - Breakfast (Lawrence and Keswick in Keswick Dining Room) 07.40 - Registration in the ODR / Lawrence Kitchen / Keswick Common Room Before / After Breakfast - Getting ready for School 08.15 - Leave the House for School 08.20 - 08.45 - Tutor and Registration 08.45 - 09.35 - Lesson 1 09.40 - 10.13 - Lesson 2 10.30 - 10.50 - Break 10.50 - 11.40 - Lesson 3 11.45 - 12.35 - Lesson 4 12.35 - 13.10 - Lunch 13.10 - Activity 1 - co-curricular programme or Prep 14.00 - Lessons 5 14.55 - 15.45 - Lesson 6 16.00 - Tea in House

WEEKDAY EVENINGS 16.00 - Tea in House 16.00 - Activity 2- co-curricular programme or prep 17.10 - Day buses depart (early departure on Fridays) 17.40 - Boarders evening registration(ODR / Lawrence Kitchen / Keswick Common Room) 18.00 - Supper in Dining Rooms or Keswick Dining Room 19.00 - Prep, in Junior Prep Room / Rooms / Study Rooms / Keswick Hall 20.00 - Evening activity, Free Time, Boarding or Yeargroup Activity 21.00 - 21:30 - Electronic devices handed in for specific year group and final registration

EVENING ACTIVITIES

Read Under the Stars Cooking for Charity Badminton Film Club Boarder’s Swimming Chaplain Drop-in Ceramics Commercial Dance Pancake Making Ice-cream Making Treasure Hunt Boarder’s Gym Quiz Night Crafting Decorations Tie-dye Craft Toastie Night Tunnel Walk Bingo 7

Weekend schedule On Saturdays and Sundays there are organised trips and onsite activities. There are lots of activities to choose from; look at the board in Study Passage and register on the sign-up sheets in Main School corridor or in your House. Trips are varied and we arrange activities to the cinema, ice-skating, bowling, Thorpe Park and London, as well as enjoying a show or two! Please ask House Staff, or Mr Wilson (H4), if you have any questions about trips. Parents, if you would like further information do send an email to weekends@roedean.co.uk. We will send you information through Evolve.

SATURDAY 08.00 - 09.30am / 10.30am - Breakfast in House and Registration 10.00 / 11.00am - 12.00 - Prep time, Sport and Activities 12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch in Main School (take away or in) 14.00 - Registration in the House Study Afternoon - Free time and shopping trips 17.15 - 18.45 - Supper

SUNDAY 09.00 - 10.00am - Registration in the House Study 10.00 - 13.00am - Sunday Brunch Afternoon - Afternoon Tea in the ODR 14.00 - Registration 17.15 - 18.45 - Supper 20.00 or 21.00 - House meeting in the ODR / Lawrence Kitchen / Keswick Common Room

Weekend programme Full of opportunities to try something fun with friends Sunday 4th September

Activity Brighton Pier

11th September

Land Yachting (on site)

18th September

Brunch and i360

Exeat

2nd October 9th October 16th October Half Term 6th November 13th November Exeat 27th November 4th December End of Term 8th January 15th January Exeat 29th January 5th February Half-term 26th February 5th March Exeat 19th March End of Term 23rd April 30th April 7th May Exeat 21st May Half Term 11th June Exeat 25th June

K-pop and yoga (on site) Laser Zone + pizza London Dungeons Pottery cafe (on site) Trampolining Harrods - London Ice-skating at Brighton Pavilion Indoor golf (Globalls) Go-karting - Lancing Ski and snowboarding (Knockhatch) Immotion VR - Brighton Ninja Warrior - Eastbourne Paintballing Harry Potter Studios Fish and Chips and Seven Sister walk Paddle-boarding / kayaking Powerboating - Brighton Marina Zip Wire and lunch - Brighton Pier Thorpe Park Summer BBQ - Inflatables (on site)

Boarding guidance The following represents guidance for routines and practices available to boarders outside of the school day. Please note that individual requests will also be considered. Takeaway meals can be ordered with permissions and at the discretion of the Housemistress.

Year

Technology Lights out Hand in

20:45

21:00

21:15

21:45 (phones only)

None

Takeaway

Out of School (times and places)

21:00