What is an Extended School ?
In the Broxbourne and Hoddesdon Extended Schools Consortium we aim to provide activites and services that will meet the objectives of the five core elements of the Extended Schools initative.
Childcare
As a group of consortium Schools, we need to provide a 'Safe Place' for children and young people to be from 8am to 6pm, 5 days a week, 48 weeks of the year. If one school is not providing this themselves, they could sign post to where this is happening at different locations and different providers within the Broxbourne and Hoddesdon areas.
Childcare will most probably come with a charge to parents per session.
- Breakfast Clubs
- Afterschools Clubs
- Childminders
- Holiday Clubs and Playschemes
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Specialist Support for children & young people
Some children and young people will need additional help at school with their behaviour, health or learning. Each school has a system in place to identify and assist those children.
If your child needs additional help or support please see your school.
Who can help at school?
- Class teacher
- Head Teacher
- School Nurses
- Health Visitors
- SENCO
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Specialist Support for Parents
Schools and Children's Centres within the consortium can run courses and workshops for parents with ideas, advice and strategies on parenting. They also run courses for parents on numeracy and literacy that can lead to a qualification.
What could be on offer?
- Behaviour management courses
- 123 Magic
- Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities
- Keeping up with the children
- Positive parenting courses
- Literacy and Numeracy courses
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Community Access
The community can access school facilities through adult learning programmes and community groups. Are you looking for a venue for your community group? Ask your school if they have space for you.
What kind of courses?
- Community clubs
- Adult Learner Week
- Coffee mornings
- Judo
- Badminton
- Italian Classes
- First Aid
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Varied menu of activites and study support for children and young people
Study support (out of school hours learning) covers a wide range of learning activities outside normal lesson time in which young people participate voluntarily. This includes activities such as homework and study clubs, sport and outdoor activities, the creative arts, community volunteering, mentoring, opportunities to pursue particular interests (eg. information and communications technology and languages)
and learning about learning (ie. study and thinking skills).
Study support can happen before or after the school day, at lunch and break times, at weekends, and during school holidays. Study support has been shown to have a positive impact on pupil attainment, attitudes to learning and school attendance.
Activites can include :
- Homework Clubs
- Sports Clubs
- Music and Choirs
- Chess
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- Art and Craft
- Chef School
- Ecology
- Debating
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