1. DEAN FIELD PARENTS’ MEETING Trip dates: Wednesday 11th April – Friday 13th April 2018
Aim:
To tell you what the children and teachers do at Dean Field.
To tell you what you need to do before we go.

2. Aims of Dean Field: To complete outdoor and adventurous activities
To promote team work
To challenge themselves
To live away from home for 2 nights!
To have lots of fun and to do things they have never done before

3. The Dean Field Studies Centre
Run by Ian and Dominic
Approved centre run by Bristol Council
Qualified instructors
4 adults from school to accompany the class: Miss. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Purkiss/Mr. Jackson, Miss. Farrar and Ms. Cooper
Insurance – school records visit with LA insurance section and PTA provides personal accident cover

4. The centre
4 floors – girls and boys sleep on different floors – all supervised
Children are put in rooms of 3, 4 or 6 chosen before they go
Dining room is on lower floor – food is very good!
There is a common room, games room, drying room and lots of showers

5. Arriving at school on the first morning- 7.45am
Wear old clothes and wellies/old trainers that can get muddy
Wear a coat
Children DO NOT need a packed lunch or a rucksack; Children WILL need a water bottle that they can carry and keep with them on the coach – PLEASE NAME
No sweets allowed - have a good breakfast. Take travel tablets at breakfast at home
ARRIVE go straight into hall
Give medicine to group leader and collect wrist band to wear whilst away (school phone number)
Suitcases either on coach before or carry to coach when we go

6. Wednesday 11th Itinerary
Arrive at school at 7.45am, to leave on coach ASAP
Arrive at Dean Field at 9:30am
Meet leaders/introduction/kit sorting
Problem solving activity (whole class)
Lunch – 1pm
1st activity (in groups)
Dinner – 5pm
Evening activity
Bedtime drink and story
Bedtime (about 9.00pm but Teachers decide!)

7. Group Activities Day-time activities – all run by instructors
High rope activities – on centre site (Jacob’s ladder, zip wire, leap of faith)
Canoeing – by mini bus to local lake
Archery and Tunnelling – on centre site
Rock climbing and abseiling – on centre site
Evening activities at the centre
Woodland walk – instructor led
Stream study - teacher led

8. Friday 13th Itinerary
Complete last activity at Dean Field (no canoeing)
12.30pm lunch
1.30pm leave for ten-pin bowling centre in Longwell Green
2.30 pm – bowling
Arrive back at school approximately pm (Friday traffic!)
School will text parents with approx. arrival time

9. Rules at Deanfield…. Remember the school rules – they still apply
Follow all instructions the first time – teachers or instructors
No running in the centre
Respect their own and other people’s property
No electrical equipment to be taken (including mobile phones and iPods and electronic games – water!)
Bedrooms must be kept clean and tidy and no eating is allowed in the bedrooms
ROOM POINTS given for behaviour, tidiness, helpfulness, and doing their best on an activity
Bedtimes are decided by the teachers
Telephones are for staff and emergency use only

10. Clothing List – EVERYTHING NAMED PLEASE!
You will need:
Tracksuit trousers or leggings x4
T-shirts x4
Sweatshirts/fleeces or jumpers x4
Trainers and shoes– old ones preferably x2, and some shoes/clothes to keep dry for wearing home on the Friday
Indoor shoes or slippers with hard soles
Nightclothes – warm ones!
Towel
Toiletries (no aerosols) and sun cream?
Lots and lots of spare underwear/socks
Warm coat/anorak
Waterproof and trousers (available from centre)
Wellies (available from centre)
Teddy/ book

11. Consent Forms
Please fill in both the school consent form and Dean Field consent form. These tell us about ALL dietary needs, medical needs and personal needs. If it is not on the form then no preparations will have been made…
Medicines – to be named with dosage written on form and bottle and given to your ‘ADULT group leader’ on Wednesday morning. This includes all prescribed and non prescribed medicine, including travel tablets
Please inform us of any changes to details with as much notice as possible
PLEASE GIVE FORMS BACK BY MONDAY 12TH MARCH

12. To do list...
£4 in change for tuck shop in a named purse or wallet. This will stay with the child and be their responsibility. Max spend= £2 per evening
A LABELLED disposable camera only. (Bathwick adults take lots of photos)
Practise making a bed, hanging up wet clothes, clearing and cleaning a table after a meal and laying out cutlery, bowls and cups for breakfast
Choose a book to read
Please label all clothes if you want to see them again!
Write and send a letter to your child

13. The Dean Field Studies Centre
Parkend,
Lydney,
Gloucestershire,
GL15 4JA
Phone –
All other times
Please send letters to your children - include ‘Bathwick group’ on envelope (post on Monday before we go)