Page 12 - Student Handbook Aldenham

ACTIVITIES & EXCURSIONS HALF DAY EXCURSIONS

You will have at least one half day excursion every week
to a nearby town or city of historic or cultural interest.
ACTIVITY STAFF
These excursions normally happen after you have finished
Every school has an Activity Manager who has a team of staff lunch at your school, but they may run in the morning
including Activity Leaders and teachers who will plan and run after breakfast if you are on a zig-zag programme.
your daily activities and excursions. Half day excursions may or may not include an entrance
to a particular building or attraction, your Activity Manag-
er will tell you if you will have an entrance. There will also
be a walking tour of the destination led by one of the ac-
tivity staff and there may be some free time for you to
explore the local area and do some shopping.
Once the excursion has finished, you will be taken back to
the school in time for dinner.

FULL DAY EXCURSIONS

You will have one full day excursion every week to a town
or city about 2-3 hours from your school. You will leave
DAYTIME ACTIVITIES
the school after breakfast and return in time for dinner in
You will attend 3 activities during the daytime, when there is the evening; you will be given a packed lunch to eat dur-
not an excursion planned. The activities vary and could be a ing the excursion.
mixture of sports, drama, art, music and games, there will be Full day excursions are similar to how half day excursions
something for everyone to enjoy. are run; there may or may not be an entrance, there will
be a walking tour of the famous sights led by the activity
staff, time for lunch and there will be some free time allo-
EVENING ACTIVITIES
cated to you for shopping etc.
Every day after dinner and free time, there will be an even- Your Activity Manager will tell you what to expect on your
ing activity which the whole school will attend together. excursions and will supply you with an excursion pack in-
Some of these activities could involve working together in cluding some local information and a map of the area you
small groups with your friends to create a project or take are visiting.
part in a competition. There will also be discos and themed
game evenings such as Harry Potter, carnival and the Zombie
Apocalypse. You will attend all evening activities and attend-
ance will be checked by staff.

COLOUR GROUPS

On your first day at your school, you will be placed into a
group which you will stay in for your activities, these are
called ‘colour groups’. You will be in a group with people of a
similar age and a mixture of nationalities who you will get to
know and spend time with.
Each group will have it’s own name, which will be a colour
e.g. red, blue, green. All groups will rotate around the 2 or3
ac-tivities so everybody gets to have a go at each activity on

offer. You must attend all activities with your group, a regis-
ter will be taken at the beginning of each activity to check
attendance.

1st Hour 2nd Hour 3rd Hour
Activity 1 Red Blue Green

Activity 2 Blue Green Red

Activity 3 Green Red Blue