Departure Day - Tuesday 24th February

• The coach will be leaving at around 9:30am - please do not park at the top of Andrewartha Road/Sycamore Road to enable the coaches plenty of space to park.
• Children need to arrive at school at the normal time (8:30 to 8:50am) and go straight to the hall.
• Suitcases can be left outside by the picnic benches (if it is wet, we will bring them into the hall).
• Parents are welcome to stay to see the children off. We will dismiss parents from the hall before the children. You can then proceed to the top of Andrewartha Road where the coaches will be parked. It would be really helpful if you could grab any suitcase on the way!
• The children will need to have their hand luggage with them, which should include: 
  • Water bottle
  • Hat
  • Gloves
  • Thick socks
  • Mid-morning nut-free snack
  • Disposable packed lunch
• Any medication is to be handed in to Mrs Best in the hall on Tuesday Morning. Please make sure that all medicines are clearly labelled with your child's name and the dosage instructions and there is enough for the week if necessary. If your child has an inhaler or AAI in school, we will take it with us.
• If your child requires travel medication, please ensure that this is taken before departure and another dose is supplied for the return journey home.

Packing List

A copy of the packing list can be found below. Please be aware of the following: 

• No mobile phones or electronic games are to be brought on the trip. They are welcome to bring in a disposable or digital camera for taking photos.
• No sweets or fizzy drinks are to be brought on the trip.
• They can bring a book or card games to play when they get some spare time, but they will be on the go most of the day!
• Cuddly toys are most welcome (not too big!)

Emergency Telephone Number

In the event of an emergency only, you can use the following numbers:

• 8am to 4pm - 01252 545682 (School office)
• 4pm to 8am - 07519 105384 (School mobile)

Please note: the school mobile is held by Mrs Byrne or another member of SLT who is still at school. You will not be able to contact staff on the trip directly. 

Keeping you up to date

We appreciate for some children, this will be the first time they have gone away without you and for some children (and parents) this can be a worrying time. 

Unfortunately, we cannot accept phone calls from parents to check that their child is OK. Please be assured that the children are well looked after and will have a fantastic time as soon as they get stuck in to the activities. If at any point there is a problem, you will be contacted straight away. 

We will post daily photos of their activities in the evenings on both Facebook and the gallery on this page. We will do our best to ensure that every child with permission is captured at least once. However, with the number of children on the trip, we may not get to them all every day, so please bear with us.

Coming home - Friday 27th February

The children will leave Calshot just after lunch. We anticipate that they will be back at school at approximately 2:30pm. If we hear from the coaches that they will be earlier or later by 30 mins, we will notify you via an in-app message on Arbor and on our Facebook page (this is often quicker than sending a text which can take some time to go through).

The children will be dismissed from the coaches at the top of Andrewartha Road. We will notify you on Thursday which coach your child will be on. You are welcome to grab their luggage from the coach as soon as it pulls up.

We are aware that you will be eager to see your child, but it can be very busy around the coach with so many parents waiting. To enable us to dismiss the children safely, they will only be called off once you have made yourself know to staff on the coach. 

We politely ask that while you are waiting, you are mindful of our neighbours by not blocking driveways either by car or in person.