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Experience Outdoor Education at Buckden House with fully qualified staff. Stay updated via text messages. Secure accommodation & exciting activities for kids.
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Year 4 ResidentialBuckden 24th April – 26th April 2019
Buckden House Outdoor Education Centre The centre has been open for over 30 years. It has fully qualified and experienced staff.
Who is going? • Mrs Miller, Miss Martin and Mr Durkan are the main leaders. • Mrs Brooks, Mrs Bindon/Mrs Jackson, Mrs Throp, Miss Boyd and Mr Edmands will also be going, in addition to Mrs Rose, one of our School Governors.
Setting off on Wednesday morning • 7.45 am Children arrive at main school entrance. Take cases/bags to hall. Keep hand luggage with child. • Children need packed lunch in bag/box (named) with refillable (named) water bottle. • 8.00 am Mr Durkan and Mr Edmands supervise loading of coach in the service car park. • 8.30am Depart for Buckden!
Medicines and ‘Treats’ • At school in Mrs Miller’s classroom: • Mrs Bindon and Mrs Brooks will collect all medicines and list these. We need written details (child’s name, dosage) on each item. • Mrs Jackson will collect the 5 ‘sweet treats’ for each child. These should be wrapped chocolate bars/sweet bags in individual sizes. We will put these into a bag with your child’s name, and hand them out to children during the visit. No food can be kept, or eaten, in their rooms. • Mrs Thropwill collect the £5 max spending money for each child. Please ensure this is clearly labelled with the child's name in a purse/wallet or plastic bag.
Keeping in touch messages • We will contact school when we have arrived at Buckden House, and a text message will be sent out to parents (make sure we have most recent contact details in the office). • We’ve all become used to photo updates on the school Facebook page, but the signal strength at Buckden makes this difficult. • We’ll also let you know that all is well after the first night away! • On the way home, we will contact school so they can text you with our approximate return time.
Just in case… • In an emergency you can contact Mrs Rothenburg on: 0113 386 2570 (normal school number during school hours) 07553 877153 (outside school hours) • In the event of a child needing to leave early, due to illness for example, we will consult with school and parents about the return plan.
Accommodation and security • There are lounge areas and indoor education rooms within the Annexe building and Main House. • The children's bedrooms are all in the main house with staff rooms nearby. • Named school staff will be on duty in the evening and on call through the night. • There will be a safety and emergency procedures talk soon after arrival. • The building is secured with coded keypads on all entrances.
Bedrooms • The children's bedrooms are all in the main house, sorted into girls and boys (separate floors). • No food is allowed in the bedrooms. • Bedrooms have bunk beds and a small sink. Some have been updated with shower ‘pods’ too. • The toilets are on the same corridor as the bedrooms. A small towel is useful for quick wash! • Staff rooms are mainly on the same corridors as pupil accommodation. Additional staff rooms are on the ground floor.
The first morning! • 7.30am Getting up and dressed! • 8.00am Breakfast in dining room. • 9.00am Morning briefing to say what extras are needed for each group.
Groups and activities There will be 4 main groups rotating round the following daytime activities: • On site team building activities. • Buckden village study. • Deer Park photo trail walk. • Dry gyhllscrambling walk (this will not take place in wet weather).
The Annexe • For some activities, the children may need waterproof clothing: these are stored in the annexe part of the building. If they already own boots and they are broken in, they can be brought along. Not essential though. • There is also a kit storage area, clothes drying room and showers within the Annexe. • Children will normally enter and leave the centre through the Annexe.
Meals • Wednesday packed lunch is the only meal you need to provide. We will eat this when we arrive at Buckden House. • You already have a list of the food choices. All the food is prepared on site by chef Stuart and his team. • The children eat all meals in group dining rooms in the main house.
Evening learning • There will be several evening activities, including: • National Trust Talk • Team Challenges • Garden games in fine weather • All evening activities will take place on-site.
Time for bed! • 8.00pm Chill out time! Children will have supper (drinks and biscuits). • 8.30-9.00pm Toilets, teeth and bedtime. • 9.30pm Lights out! • Children will be made aware of the named staff on duty each evening and through the night (just in case!) • We also put labels on the duty staff doors to avoid confusion.
Kit List: Labelled and Scruffy! • You may already have a detailed kit list. • All items need to be labelled with child’s name. • Scruffy clothes are best as they can get dirty during the activities. • Outdoor clothing: Buckden House provide waterproofs and walking boots.
Extra kit • Footwear: needs to be suitable for walking activities. Trainers or sensible slippers for indoors (there are lots of stairs). • Reading book, note pad and/or puzzle book for evening chill out time and the coach journey. • Small bag (pump bag or rucksack) to carry things on the coach and during the day.
Please don’t send… • Anything expensive or precious. • Large bags of chocolate or sweets other than the 5 small ‘sweet treats’. • Mobile phones (no signal anyway). • Electronic games or i-pads. • Children will be responsible for all their own items (name labels appreciated).
Return to Rothwell! • Children will re-pack their own bags. Carrier bags/black sacks for dirty laundry and muddy footwear is useful! • We plan to set off from Buckden at 1.30pm on Friday. • We should return to Rothwell Primary for about 3.30pm. • You will be contacted by text with a more accurate return time when we are on our journey.
