Roding Primary School - Educational visits

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The governors follow the local authority policy on charging i.e. no charge is made for any of the educational visits necessary for the teaching of the National Curriculum.

However, other visits are also organised as “optional extras” to give the children a broad range of experiences, to support topic work and to assist their cultural development. Such trips will only be possible if parents/ carers pay a voluntary contribution towards their cost. If there are insufficient contributions, such trips will not be able to take place.
The school will always be sympathetic to any requests made in confidence to the Headteacher from parents/carers who are unable to help out in this way.

As part of the curriculum for science, geography, history or RE, classes will study the local area. We are legally obliged to have parental consent for these local visits so parents/carers are asked to complete a consent form when their child joins the school. Without this consent, children will not be able to take part in the activities. When classes go on educational trips to places further away, such as museums or art galleries in central London, information about arrangements and a consent form is always sent home.