Broughton Junior School Broughton Avenue Aylesbury Bucks, HP20 1NQ Head teacher: P J Stephens Tel: 01296 423276 30th January 2014 Fax: 01296 431761 e-mail: [email protected] Year 5 Activity Week - 12th to 16th May 2014 Dear Parent/Carer An exciting week of activities has been planned for all children who are not taking part in the residential visit to Windmill Hill. The whole week will operate within the normal school hours, and children will be expected to wear their School uniform during the week. I have timetabled the week as outlined below, and it is essential that your child has their PE kit in School, since we will be taking part in a number of PE/games activities during this time. The programme of activities is planned to cost £25.00 per child, to include coach travel and admission costs to Whipsnade Zoo, pizza lunch, snacks during the week, and costs of T-shirt materials. Activity Week programme 2014 Day Activities Monday Visit to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Tuesday Morning - children work on projects based on the Zoo trip. Afternoon - team games. The children work in groups to plan and organise a series of ‘Multi-skills activities’ for Year 3 children to complete later this week. Wednesday ‘Mini Enterprise’ Activity. Morning - children work together as teams. Each team will work as a ‘mini business’ to design and produce a prototype for an ‘Activity Week 2014’ T-Shirt. Afternoon - children print their own T-shirts; Game of Rounders Equipment needed Lunch: packed lunch, snack and two water-bottles. All items in a carrier-bag to be thrown away. Suitable clothing for the day, eg waterproof coat, sun hat, comfortable shoes for walking + sun cream. All medicines to be handed to class teacher, with name and details for administration clearly written. Lunch: pizza, salad, cakes, fruit and drinks for lunch. You will not need to provide your children with a lunch today. N.B. Please contact Cygnet Catering directly if you need to cancel a lunch order. An old ‘art shirt’, pencil case, and outdoor PE kit. Lunch: packed lunch/hot meal as usual; An old ‘art shirt’, pencil case, and outdoor PE kit. Thursday Friday Morning - Children run the Multi-skills activities for Yr 3. Lunch: packed lunch/hot meal as usual; Afternoon - Children complete outstanding projects; frame and mount their work for display within the classroom. Each child will display a 2D and 3D piece of work, as well as their own Tshirt. Children take photos of their work for Activity Week booklet/portfolio. Morning - the children will take photographs of their work. They will complete any outstanding project work. An old ‘art shirt’, pencil case, and outdoor PE kit. Afternoon - a DVD (‘U’ cert) on the ‘big screen’ with popcorn and drinks. Lunch – ‘picnic’ lunch of sandwiches, cookies, and fruit kebabs. You will not need to provide your children with a lunch today. N.B. Please contact Cygnet Catering directly if you need to cancel a lunch order. An old ‘art shirt’, pencil case, and outdoor PE kit. We are all looking forward to a memorable ‘special’ week in year 5. If you have any further queries regarding the plans, please feel free to contact me. Yours sincerely Mrs C Barrett Year 5 teacher Year 5 Activity week Please sign the consent form below and return it to School by Friday 14th February. Child’s name ............................................................................................................ [ ] I give permission for my child to take part in Activity Week 2014. [ ] I enclose £25.00 for the Activity Week. [ ] I will make one payment of £25.00 by 28th April. [ ] I would like to pay in three instalments: £10 by 28th February; £10 by 28th March; £ 5 by 28th April. [ ] My child is allergic to (Any known allergies) ....................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................... [ ] My child has the following special dietary needs ....................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................... [ ] Signed Date I can provide an ‘old art shirt’ or apron for the planned activities of the week. ....................................................................................................... ........................................................