Dear Parent/Guardian,
At Coleham we are always looking for ways that we can make children’s education more exciting and interesting and also to provide a broad range of experiences for our children. We have run a residential trip for year 4 pupils for a number of years now and it has always proved to be very successful.
The positive effect that a residential visit has on children is huge – children become more confident and independent; develop stronger, more cooperative and understanding relationships with their peers; and they learn to organise themselves away from. It also enhances the children’s experiences and the school curriculum.
This year we have chosen to take the children to PGL Boreatton Park. We will be leaving school at 8.20am on the morning of Thursday 14th March (children to be at school for 8.00am prompt please) and will return around 4pm on Friday 15th March. Whilst there, they will take part in a variety of exciting team-building/ problem-solving activities appropriate for their age group/abilities.
The cost of the trip is £160.00 per child, including transport, accommodation, food, supervised activities, equipment and insurance. We recognise that this is a significant sum of money so have broken it down into two instalments of £80.00. We would be grateful if you could pay the first instalment by 31st January 2024 and the remainder of the trip balance by Friday 8th March 2024. The payments have been set up on Arbor and can be paid at your convenience any time from today’s date.
If you are worried about making full payment by the given deadline, please do come and talk to me or contact the office: we can extend the payment schedule to give you more time to cover the cost.
If your child is worried about any aspect of the residential trip, please do not worry as class teachers have plenty of time to prepare the children.
We will contact you again nearer the date of the trip to go over the finer details and address any outstanding queries you or your child may have.
This trip will be an amazing experience and we hope very much that all our Year 4 pupils will attend. If, however, your child WILL NOT be attending the trip, please do let the class teacher know as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Jane Hilbert
Administration Manager