General Guidelines
- Children taking part in after-school activities need to be supervised within the school premises. Please note that the school premises include the school garden and playground.
- A supervision Rota will be drawn up. A parent of each child attending the after-school club is required to supervise one or more sessions. If the parent cannot supervise at the given date, it is their responsibility to arrange to swap their duty with another parent on the supervision list. They also must inform the club co-ordinator of this change.
- For Health and Safety reasons parents of children attending after-school clubs must provide their contact details. No child will be allowed attend a club unless this information is furnished.
- In order to ensure equality of access for all children to after-school activities, any child that has a designated Special Needs Assistant during school hours will require the same level of support for any after-school activities. This support must be provided by the parent or other designated adult.
The Role of Supervisors
For after-school clubs held on school premises, supervisors must:
- Be at the location of the club from 2.20 p.m.
- Take a roll call at the start of the activity. (A folder with a list of the enrolled children with contact details will be provided.)
- Wait outside the class to ensure that any child who leaves the class returns promptly
- Contact the parent immediately if a child leaves the club early without permission
- At the end of the club ensure that children leave the school premises safely and wait until all children are collected, where applicable
- Return the folder to designated press in the staff room.
The Role of Parents
After-school activities should be fun for all the children involved. It is therefore important that the children themselves want to be there. Where children consistently show that they are not interested in the activity and in joining in or are being disruptive, parents will be advised and may be asked that their child no longer attend. The organiser of the after-school activity should [will] normally make this contact. The school Principal should [will] be informed by the PTA of any such contact.
For after-school clubs held on school premises:
- Parents must collect their children on time.
- Parents who allow their children to walk home on their own must inform the after-school club co-ordinator in writing.
- Parents of children attending after-school clubs must provide details where they or a designated adult can be contacted during the after club activity should the need arise.
For after-school clubs held off school premises:
- A parent or designated adult must be present for the entire duration of the after-school club to supervise their own child.
- It is the responsibility of the parent to ensure that their child gets safely to and from the after school activity.
- A roll call will be taken by the club co-ordinator or a designated adult.
The Child’s Role
- Children must go directly from their own classrooms to the room where the activity is held.
- Children attending after-school activities are expected to follow the normal school code of behaviour, which is based on mutual respect for oneself and others.
- If a child is disruptive, they may be asked to sit to one side in the class.
- If the child remains disruptive, their parents will be contacted and asked to withdraw them from the activity either temporarily or permanently.
- Children are not permitted to leave the classroom during the class except to go to the bathroom.
- Children must wait within the school premises to be collected unless they have written permission to make their own way home.
We have read and accept the after-school policy as outlined above.
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