After School Clubs

 Dear Parents and Carers                                                                                                  Wednesday 5^th January 2022

After-school clubs will start again next week, on the 10^th of January. The clubs will remain the same as last term but this time we are asking you to sign up for the whole of Spring term. There will be 5 sessions in each half-term – please see the table below for dates – so that will be a total of 10 sessions.

Our clubs were really over-subscribed last term and lots of children did not get the chance to join a club they would have liked to try out. To make things as fair as possible, we will give priority to those children who weren’t able to join a club last term. We will also try to make sure that everyone who wants to, has the chance to do at least one club so if you are applying for several clubs please let us know which one you would like to do the most.  We will also ensure we don’t go over the maximum number for each club as this ensures that children get the best possible experience.

We realise that no system can be perfectly fair but please bear with us as we try to make sure that all those who want to try a club can do so. We will number the forms as they come in to try to make sure that remaining places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Clubs cost £40 for the term (£4 a session) except for coding and family gardening, which are free. Pupils who are eligible for pupil premium funding (previously free school meals) and have returned the pupil premium form to the office do not have to pay for any after-school clubs except Nightowls.  If you are not sure if your child is entitled to a free club ask Ruth or the office to check this for you.

We will allocate places in the clubs in the next few days and will email you on Friday afternoon to let you know if your child has a place and we ask for fees to be paid then, preferably by parentpay, otherwise by card in the office. You can also pay with childcare vouchers. If fees are due, and have not been paid by the end of next week, your child’s place will be offered to another child. Children enrolled at Night Owls will also have to pay for clubs, unless there are spare spaces and they are invited to join.

 Please make sure that you are able to collect your child from the gate on Chisenhale Road promptly at 4.30 after clubs – children remaining uncollected will be taken to Night Owls, for which there is a charge.

Please fill in the form and return to the school office or Ruth as soon as possible.