Goytre After School Club Goytre After School Club The “Before School Club” at GASC The “All Day Club” at GASC The “Holiday Club” at GASC Information for Parents Printed from the Internet Goytre Fawr Community Centre The Old School, School Lane, Penperlleni, via Pontypool, Monmouthshire, NP4 0AH Website: www.gasc.org.uk Contact Joan Howells Registered Charity No. 1119483 Tel. (Club Hours): 01873 880342 CSSIW Registered No. W50000800 Mobile: 07855 706173 email: [email protected] Welcome to Arrival and Collection Before School Club Goytre After School Club Unless you have made prior arrangements, please do not bring your child to the Before School Club before 7:30 a.m. At 8:50 a.m. the children will be escorted to the school at which time they become the Aim and Introduction responsibility of the school. The aim of the Club is to provide out of school care for the children of Goetre Fawr and surrounding areas. After School Club We wish to provide a safe and familiar environment in which your Infant children will be collected from their classrooms by a play leader children can play before and after normal school hours. and escorted to the school hall. Junior children are expected to make Goytre After School Club (GASC or the Club), includes the “Before their own way to the hall. When all children are present they will be School Club” at GASC, the “All Day Club” at GASC, the “Bus Club”at escorted to the Community Centre for registration. Please collect your GASC and the Holiday Club at GASC. child not later than 6:00 p.m. The “All Day Club” is held on an occasional basis whenever the All Day Club school is closed during term time e.g. for INSET days. You may bring your child to the Club anytime after 8:00 a.m. Please The “Bus Club” is an agreement between GASC and Monmouthshire tell us when you will collect your child, but not later than 6:00 p.m. County Council and places cannot be booked by parents. There is a maximum of 16 places in the All Day Club. The “Holiday Club” runs during half terms and some holidays. Bus Club The Club is a “not for profit” organisation which has charitable status, The “Bus Club” is to provide after school care for those children who registered number 1119483. live in Little Mill while they wait for their bus to arrive, The children are Admission collected at 3:30 pm and the bus arrives at approximately 3:45 pm. Registration is free but you must give us your details and your child’s Holiday Club details before booking a place. Bookings are allocated on a first come You may bring your child to the Club anytime after 8:00 a.m. Please first served basis, payment is expected with the booking. tell us when you will collect your child, but not later than 6:00 p.m. Ages There is a maximum of 16 places in the Holiday Club. The After, Before and All Day Clubs are normally only open to those Booking children of primary school age, older children may be admitted at the Booking forms are issued every half term to all parents who make discretion of the committee. The Holiday Club is open to children regular bookings. The forms are also available at the signing out from 4 years of age up to 12 (year 7). desk. The booking forms, together with payment, should be Application for a Place submitted by 8 pm on the Sunday night before the start of the new A registration form must be completed, which tells us about you and half term. the child, so that we know who to contact in case of an emergency. A Occasional bookings can be made by text to the Senior Play Leader contract also need to be completed. or email to [email protected], please give GASC as much notice Application forms (booking forms) are issued each half term which are as possible, preferably by 8 pm on the Sunday night before the to be completed and returned before the start of the half term with booking as the attendance registers for the week are printed at 8 pm payment. These forms can be obtained from GASC at the on the Sunday night. Community Centre. There are separate booking forms for the Breakfast different clubs. Breakfast is available in the Before School Club and may include milk, Bookings at short notice may be accepted for registered children for a water, fruit juices, selection of cereals, toast, crumpets, yoghurts and single day, subject to the number of children and staff in attendance. fruit. Breakfast is available from 8:00 to 8:30 am. 1 2 Cameras recorded in the staff records. Please do not allow your child to bring a camera, including one on a The Chairman, Goytre After School Club, mobile phone, to the Club as some parents do not want their child Goytre Fawr Community Centre, The Old School photographed. School Lane, Penperlleni, via Pontypool, Monmouthshire, NP4 0AH CCTV Confidentiality There are CCTV systems in use both externally and internally. The details you provide on the registration form and any other details Charity we hold about you or your child will be kept confidential. The data will be used primarily for the business of the Club but the overriding ethos GASC is a registered charity, no 1119483. will be the protection of the children who attend the Club. The data Child Protection will not be shared with anyone who is not directly concerned with your If you have any concerns about a child in Monmouthshire, please child, except for the CSSIW. contact Monmouthshire County Council’s Social Services, the number By completing a registration form you agree to GASC holding your of the duty social worker is 01291 635669 details, your child’s details, the bookings and payments you make on The South Wales emergency duty team can be contacted on 0800 the computer equipment used by GASC. However, the details you 3284432. supply may be required by law to be given to an outside body, e.g. the police or social services, we would comply with such a legal request. Closure You may request a copy of all the details held on you or your child by Should the school close because of unforeseen circumstances, e.g. making a written request to the senior play leader, a fee of £5 will be snow, then the Club will be closed. charged for this service. Committee CSSIW Registration The Club is managed by a committee elected at the AGM each year, The Club is registered with Care and Social Services Inspectorate for from the members. A member is the first named person on the Wales (CSSIW) as an out of school child care provider to provide care booking form unless you specify otherwise. for 56 children between the ages of 3 and under 12. For more details Communication see Number of Places. Our registration number is W50000800. Please tell your child when he or she is staying to the Club. Please CSSIW can be contacted by writing to tell the Club if your child is not staying when they have been booked CSSIW South East Region, in. Government Buildings, Complaints Rhydycar Should you have any reason to complain, please contact the senior Merthyr Tydfill, CF48 1UZ play leader in the first instance. If you are not satisfied then please Telephone 0300 7900 126 make your complaint in writing to the Registered Person at the club address, who will act on any complaint you may have. Data Protection Act CSSIW no longer wish to be involved in specific complaints, however, The Club is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office they will investigate general concerns which involve many parents or under the Data Protection Act 1998. very serious complaints. For contact details see the CSSIW entry Discipline below. Children are expected to behave in an appropriate manner and not to Compliments prevent the other children from enjoying the facilities of the Club. Should you wish to compliment any or all the staff of the operation of Unacceptable behaviour, e.g. spitting, swearing, hitting, bullying, etc. the Club, please feel free to do so to them personally. However, if will be cause for exclusion from the Club. Parents will be consulted you put it in writing to the Chairman then the compliment can be before such action is taken. If a child is excluded from the Club then no refund will be given. 3 4 Email Account number 91379968 If you let GASC have your email address, then you can have instant Please print a copy of the transaction and give it to us. confirmation of the bookings you make. We accept payment from several different child care voucher GASC’s email addresses are: providers. [email protected] for all administration (excluding bookings) If you pay cash, please put it in a sealed envelope and write your [email protected] for all bookings child’s name and the dates of attendance on it. If you would like a receipt please ask for one. If you let GASC have your email address [email protected] for new enquiries then a receipt will be emailed to you. Emergencies Failure to pay will cause your child to be excluded from the Club. Should your child become ill or suffer an accident whilst at the Club, You will be expected to pay any fees incurred by the Club in the first named parent will be contacted via their mobile phone in the connection with “referred” cheques.