What is an ‘ Extended School’?
An extended school works with parents, pupils and local organisations, including other schools, to provide access to a range of extra services to children, young people and the local community.

What are the benefits of extended schools?
The services provided should meet the needs of local community. The benefits should be wide-ranging and include:

• better attitudes for pupils, with improved self-confidence and relationships with others
• more choice, flexibility, and convenience for parents, with easier access to the support they need
• simpler and quicker access to health and social services for children means that problems affecting their learning can be more easily dealt with
• better test results for pupils
• more facilities, resources and equipment available to the local community

Claverham provides a varied range of services that meet the ‘Full core offer’ criteria. These are as follows:

1) After School Activities

- Study Support ‘Homework’ club (Mon-Thurs. Room 24 - 3.30-4.30p.m.)

- Sports Clubs:

• Football (Girls - Tue, Yr 7 boys - Tue, Yr 8 boys - Fri, Yrs 10/11 boys - Thur)
• Dance (Yrs 9/10/11 - Thursdays)
• Gym (ages 2-14 - Fridays)
• Rugby (Yrs 10/11 - Mon, Yr 9 - Tue, Yr 10 - Wed, Yrs 7/8/9 - Thur)
• Netball (Yrs 7/8 - Tuesdays, Yrs 9//10/11 - Thursdays)
• Claverham Table Tennis Club (Mondays)
• Gymnastics (Tuesdays)
• Trampolining (Wednesdays)
• Dry Ski (3 sessions per year at the Chatham Dry Ski slope)
• Battle Table Tennis Club (Thursdays)

- Music Clubs:

• Big Band (Wednesdays)
• Brass Ensemble (Fridays)

- Art Club (Tuesdays)

- GCSE Product Design practical work (Wednesday)

- Drama (Christmas pantomime rehearsals Nov-Dec)

Coming soon... Robot Wars - See Mr Gaines for details.

2) Parent and family support
We are keen to provide any help or advice that you may need concerning your child’s education. The first point of contact should be your son/daughter’s Head of House. Phone the college and, if unavailable at that time, they will call you back.

Caldbec: Mrs Armstrong
Montjoie: Mr Wilson
Oakwood: Mr Grimer
Santlache: Mr Cunningham
Telleham: Mr Whitaker

Further information and advice is available on a range of other issues including parenting skills, behaviour management, child protection, internet safety, sex education, drugs education and helping your child to learn.

Tel: 01424 772155, Fax: 01424 774106
e-mail: extendedservices@claverham.e-sussex.sch.uk

3) Access to specialist services
Claverham has a close working relationship with a number of specialist services such as speech therapy, family support and children’s mental health.

Tel: 01424 772155, Fax: 01424 774106
e-mail: extendedservices@claverham.e-sussex.sch.uk

4) Community use of facilities
The facilities at Claverham are available to the local community outside of school hours.
If you would like to find out more about what we can offer please contact the Community Office:

Tel: 01424 775375, Fax: 01424 777292
e-mail: com-ed@claverham.e-sussex.sch.uk
http://www.claverhamadulteducation.co.uk