1. Dean Forest Study Centre
Year Five Camp

2. Year 5 camp offers: Valuable ‘hands on’ experience of the curriculum.
Chance to make new friends.
Chance to learn new skills.
Team work.
Fun and excitement!

3. Who is going on camp? Monday to Wednesday Teaching staff Mr Green
Mrs Stephens
Mrs Roach
Mrs Gould
Mrs Wood
Wednesday to Friday
Teaching staff
Mr Green
Miss Walker
Mr Freeman
Mrs Mills

4. Programme of Activities:
Children will be in groups of
approximately 10.
Each group will have a designated
adult assigned to them for the
duration of their stay.
A member of teaching staff will be
floating to assist helpers
where required.
All children and staff are covered by
school insurance.
Centre staff are fully qualified in all
outdoor activities that they lead,
Bristol city council regulate and check
their qualifications.

5. Water Walk: Following the course of stream and examining stream features

6. Stream Study: Assessing the impact of environmental disaster upon a stream

7. Canoeing: Water usage, conflicts of interest and features of a lake both natural and man made.

8. Problem solving: Learning to work together as a team

9. Climbing Challenge or Zip Wire Challenge Children will be given the chance to experience climbing and abseiling with specialised instructors

10. Medicines
All medicines must be clearly labelled with Child’s name and instructions.
Your child will be responsible for their own inhalers which they must carry with
them. Please provide a spare one for our medicine box.
Travel sickness tablets for the journey home must be clearly labelled with name
and instructions.
Please give all medicines to Mr Green the MONDAY before
we depart.
Medicines will only be given by administered by Mr Green or other teaching staff.
Calpol or Children’s Neurofen will be given to your child in the case of illness,
please ensure you have signed to consent form.
You will be notified straight away if your child becomes ill or has an accident.
If your child has to take medication nearer the time, then fill in a form.

11. Food
All meals take place in the main dining hall and are eaten altogether.
All meals are cooked on site at the centre.
Please ensure we are aware of any dietary requirements.

12. Evening activities During the evenings children can
play in the common room or
games room.
Games room has table tennis and
table football, this is the noisy
activity room!
Common room is for quiet relaxation,
we provide quiet activities and games
to play.
We also have a ‘film’ night with cocoa
and biscuits!

13. Supervision Children are supervised at all times.
During the activity sessions they will be in a group with a designated adult.
If it is a centre led activity, (climbing or canoeing) staff from the centre will lead the session but the designated St Michaels adult will also be with them.
At night the centre doors are locked and secure.

14. Clothing: What to bring
You have been provided with a kit
list.
Please make sure your child has
lots of socks and dry, comfy
clothing (jogging bottoms, fleeces,
socks, socks, socks, socks and
loads more socks!!!)
The centre will provide everything
for outdoors;
Waterproofs
Wellies
Old trainers

15. Valuables and home contact
Please do not allow your child to bring valuables with them
(I pods, mobile phones, game-boys etc)
These items are not insured by school, risk becoming lost
or broken and children will not have time to use them!
You will be provided with a 24 hour contact number to the
centre for emergency use only.
Staff feel that camp provides opportunities for children to
become increasingly independent, with that in mind, children
will not be given the opportunity to ring home.

16. Any questions?