Scroll to content

Interactive Bar

St James's Catholic Primary School

St James's Catholic Primary School

‘Put out into the deep’

Autumn 2024 Extra-Curricular Clubs

Autumn 2024 Extra-Curricular Clubs

Duration?

            

Autumn Term: September 2024 Club Brochure

What?

► Currently, over +1,200 places are occupied in our school-run and external provider sessions each week.

 

 

► Hundreds of these places are offered free of charge! 

 

Thank you for encouraging your children to attend. Whilst we continue to implement our plans, the children have influenced the selection clubs on offer.  

 

When?

            

There are four sessions throughout the school day to cater for your child:

 

  • Before School: 8.00am to 8:40am
  • Lunch: 30-40 minutes during your child’s scheduled lunch break
  • Afternoon Club 1: 3:10/20pm to 4:30pm
  • Afternoon Club 2: 4:30pm – 5:30pm

 

  • Children should arrive within 10 minutes of the club starting, no earlier.

 

Collection from After School Club Session 1 and 2 will be through the Year 3 and 4 playground doors unless indicated otherwise by the club supervisor. 

 

  • Collection from Afternoon School Club 2 sessions must be by an adult.

 

 

A reminder of gate opening times:

 

Unfortunately we will be unable to facilitate early pick-up from clubs and parents/carers are advised to not send their child.

 

StJ Extra wrap around care should be contacted directly for early collection as they manage this separately to the school. StJ Extra operate a ‘phone in system’ for parents needing to collect for ‘exceptional circumstances’ outside of these times.On these occasions, pupils will be dismissed from the front entrance of the school on Stanley Road. All further enquiries in relation to this should be referred to StJ Extra wrap around care.

 

Our gates are operated by a third party management company. We report lateness in opening and closing as well as faults directly to them. We continue to monitor their implementation of our above instruction.

 

Where?

Who?

Some extra-curricular activities are run by external providers. Please see the table below for more information about these providers. Some externally run activities can still be booked through Scopay .

 

Please note that we are unable to accept child-care vouchers for St James's clubs as they do not meet the thresholds for Ofsted registration (this is because they are not classified as childcare, as each club offers less than the 2 hours minimum provision).

 

How do I book a club?

There are three types of booking:

  1. Invite only – no action required from parents.
  2. Scopay– the school manages the booking for these clubs (StJ Clubs and select external providers such as: Computer Explorers, Brentford, French, Cantonese, Spanish, cooking etc.).
  3. Externally – this is an external club and we have provided the details for you to book directly with the provider (Tag rugby, Knights Basketball, Real Runners, Chess, Ace Art Workshop, Sewing Club etc.).

 

For your Information:

  • Club places are NOT pre-allocated or reserved for children from term to term.  This ensures that all children have a fair and equal opportunity to participate in all of the club activities.
  • Club bookings are managed on a first come – first serve basis, in order to make it fair for all children to have equal access to the entire club schedule.

 

How do I booking Clubs through Scopay?

  • Any clubs available to your child will show in the account.

  • A non-refundable deposit of £5 must be paid to secure a place.

  • Numbers will be capped.

  • When the Club reaches capacity you will be unable to book a place on Scopay.

  • Refunds will not be provided but we may be able to accommodate a change of club in exceptional circumstances.

 

Please note that we are unable to accept child-care vouchers for St James's clubs as they do not meet the thresholds for Ofsted registration (this is because they are not classified as childcare, as each club offers less than the 2 hours minimum provision).

 

How do I add my child to a waitlist?

  • Please send an email to Clubs@st-james.richmond.sch.uk, stating your child’s name, class, the club name, day and time you wish to be added to the waitlist. 
  • Emails will be followed up within 5 working days.
  • You will be contacted if a place becomes available and invited to join.

 

 

How do I cancel a clubs?

  • We should be notified by the 16th September, if your child no longer wants to attend a club.  Please inform us immediately via Clubs@st-james.richmond.sch.uk, so our registers can be updated and we can release the place to the next child on our waiting list.