Hooke Court Parents’ Information Meeting Cath Year 4 residential trip Wednesday 9th – Friday 11th July 2014

Benefits of the visit Social and interpersonal skills Confidence, independence and teamwork Supporting Year 4 curriculum Physical activities Preparation for future residential visits Fun! Cath

Team 2014 Mr Langley Mr Munro Miss Kelly Mr White Mrs Burton Mrs Hunter Cath

Schedule of 3 days Wednesday 8:00 am 12:00 1:30pm 4:00pm 5:15pm Depart ECS Arrive & eat lunch at Hooke Court Shelter building/Team building Own activities Evening meal Life of a Roman soldier Thursday 7:45 am 9:30am 12:30pm Breakfast Roman Day in costume Lunch Roman Day continued Barn Dance Friday 13:00 Team Building/Shelter building Depart Jenny

Accommodation Separate dormitories for boys and girls Children select friends to share with Children carefully grouped by staff Told who they are sharing with on arrival Bedtime… Karen

Meals Locally sourced, ‘home’ cooked food Healthy, nutritious, for wide variety of tastes Mid morning and mid afternoon snack Special dietary requirements catered for Please ensure this information is given on the other side of the medical form Jenny

Sample menu Breakfast Juice, cereal, toast, hot drink, continental breakfast Lunch Sandwiches with salad box Homemade flapjack Fruit & juice Dinner Yorkshire pudding with sausage, potato wedges, carrots, peas and gravy. Pasta with a home made Mediterranean vegetable pesto, served with cheese and garlic bread Jenny

Essentials for packing Outfit for our Roman Day 2 pairs of trainers Tracksuit trousers/shorts Long and short sleeved t-shirts A fleece/warm jumper A towel Wash bag Sun cream and sun hat Named water bottles £2 pocket money, in smaller coins please! Karen

Optional Camera Travel/small games e.g. Top Trumps, Bananagrams etc. preferably a disposable definitely not built in to an iPod or other device Travel/small games e.g. Top Trumps, Bananagrams etc. Reading book/notebook & pen/pencil School can not be held responsible for lost or damaged property Karen

Please do not bring: Any electronic items: Sweets: Mobile phones iPad or other tablet iPod or other music player Kindle or other e-reader Sweets: packed in luggage as a treat packed as lunch on the first day pre-posted to Hooke Court

Day of travel Travel sickness pills/bands Sun cream Small rucksack containing: a substantial lunch (no fizzy drinks and sweets) as their first meal away won’t be until the evening a couple of named water bottles a sun cap a game for amusement e.g. cards, notepad, etc a purse/wallet containing up to £2 broken down into smaller amounts fruit break Cath

Departure Arrive at school 7:45am Luggage by coach with Mr White, Mr Langley & Mr Munro Medicines to Mrs Burton Pocket money to Miss Kelly Register with Mrs Hunter On coach with rucksack Depart at 8:00 Arrival at Hooke Court around 1.00pm Cath

Finally... Check out the parents’ section of the Hooke Court website @ http://www.hookecourt.co.uk/residential/parents-zone/ (this link will be on the Year 4 page on the website) Please remember to check we have all your emergency contact details. Please help your child practise putting a duvet inside a duvet cover if this is something they are not used to doing. Please return your forms to us no later than Tuesday 17th June. A gentle reminder that the final payment date is Tuesday 1st July. Any questions? Cath