1. Year 6 Residential: 16th Oct – 18th Oct 2017
Windmill Hill Sussex

2. Day of Departure: Monday 16th October to Wednesday 18th October
Pupils Arrive at school as normal with their luggage
The Coaches will leave school at 05.45am (Pupils to be at school by 5.15)
Pupils Windmill Hill at approx 8.30am

3. Who’s Going? Mr Godley Mrs Watkinson Mr. Mahasuria Mrs Kenton
Mrs. Elliot
Mr. Finnegan
Mrs. Billington

4. AT NO POINT WILL ANY CHILD BE LEFT ON THEIR OWN IN THEIR ROOM
Accommodation
Pupils will either be in rooms that sleep 4 or 6.
Girls and boys dorms are on separate floors.
10pm curfew / Nightly patrols
Pupils need to take responsibility for their rooms / belongings
AT NO POINT WILL ANY CHILD BE LEFT ON THEIR OWN IN THEIR ROOM

5. Hygiene Daily Showers Roll – on deodorant
Keep room and en-suite bathroom clean and tidy
Toiletries

6. Preparing Your Child Tying shoe laces Tidying up after themselves
Using a knife and fork
Showering / washing long hair

7. Mealtimes
3 meals a day
Always a vegetarian choice / Halal meat available
Fresh soup / salad bar available for lunch and dinner

8. Daily Routine 07.00 – Rise and Shine 08.00 – Breakfast
09.15 – – 2 Activity with a 15 min break
12.30 – – Lunch
14.15 – – 2 Activities with a 15 min break
18.00 – – Dinner
19.30 – – Evening Activity
21.00 – – School Activity
22.00 – Lights out

9. Activities 19 Activities over the 3 days
The children will be in groups of
Staff member and trained PGL staff with each group at all times
They will be told their groups the week before the trip

10. What to bring Enough clothes for 4-5 days
Towel for wet activities / showering etc
Clothing should be suitable for the outdoors – no designer clothes!
Black bags for wet / dirty clothes
LABEL ALL CLOTHES
Put clothes for specific activities into carrier bags, labelled with the activity they are for.
Footwear – 2 pairs of trainers for activities; footwear to wear indoors
Disco???

11. What to bring continued….
Bedding – Sleeping bag and pillow
Toiletries
Drinks bottle / small rucksack / small torch
Woollen hat / Gloves
£5.00 in a labelled envelope or purse – handed to the group leader in the morning of departure
NO mobile phones

12. Medication
All prescription medication needs to be labelled with child’s name and group letter
All medication should be placed in a zip lock bag, labelled with child’s name, group and group leader name.
Handed in to the group leader on the morning of the trip

13. Snacks
Please send NO more than 3 snacks with your child such as cereal bars, mini cheddars, flap jacks, chocolate covered biscuits etc.
Any extra snacks or unhealthy snacks will be confiscated and not returned.

14. Rules and Sanctions Children will be expected to:
Follow all the rules of the centre.
Be on their best behaviour at all times.
Listen to and showing respect to all adults.
Follow the instructions closely at each activity. - This is especially important as it is a ‘Safety Issue’. Failure to do so may result in you missing an activity or in an extreme case, parents being called to come and collect you.

15. Rules continued… Respect your peers personal property and space.
Respect the other schools that are there at the same time.
Keep your belongings and room tidy.
You are responsible for your belongings and actions.
10pm Curfew – Repeated infringements will result in children missing an activity.
No electronic games
No cell phones.
No Jewellery except stud earrings - Watch only

16. Updates…
You will receive an /text from the school office every day at approximately 4.30pm.
You will receive a text on with our expected arrival time back at school on Wednesday 18th October.