2020 Camp Information Year 4 - 8

Kia ora everyone,

With our Stonefields School camp adventures for Term 1 2020 drawing ever closer, we would like to provide some further information regarding our upcoming events.

This update contains information about the 2020 Year 4 Peter Snell Camp, Year 5 & 6 Kokako Lodge Camp and Year 7 & 8 Camp Raglan experience.

Please note the following information, as relevant to your learner(s).

We suggest you calendar appropriate dates now and consider your leave allocation should you wish to join us. If your child is in a year level that has two or more camps running, we will advise which camp your child is attending as soon as possible - for now, we suggest you pencil in all possible dates.

Parent volunteers: We would love for you to join us at camp as a camp volunteer! For all camps going forward, whānau will be selected based on having a good spread of skills, experience and gender across the team. This year we will not be having day visitors at our camps, so if you're interested in joining us, please do put your application in. We look forward to hearing from you if you would like to be a part of this amazing experience.

Deposit: For all camps taking place in Term 1 2020, we will be asking for a non-refundable deposit to secure your child’s place at camp. This will help us to determine numbers attending, final costs and camp programmes before we go into the summer break. Though we will do our best to accommodate wherever possible, if the deposit is not paid we cannot guarantee your child’s place at camp.

• Please note, all deposits are due by Friday the 13th of December 2019
• This is payable through the school online shop, via bank transfer to our account 03-0263-0230078-00. Please ensure you reference your child’s full name and what you are paying for or in cash at the office (please note EFTPOS is not available).
• The deposit paid will be deducted from the final camp cost for each learner. If, once you have paid your deposit, your child is unable to attend camp, we will refund your deposit, less the non-refundable fees that we are charged as a school due to any individual cancellations.

If you have concerns about the cost of camp or are unable to secure your child’s place with a deposit, please contact Nardia for the Y4 camp, Alice for the year 5/6 camp and Sarah for the year 7/8 camp.

If you do not feel your child is able to attend camp without a visit please speak to your child’s hub teacher about your child attending for a day.

We are excited to continue the development in our camp and Education Outside the Classroom programme for 2020 and believe it will benefit learners as they progress throughout Stonefields School.

All changes regarding the location and length of each camp have been informed by learner and community voice.

We appreciate the support as we continue to design the very best camp experiences possible for your children.

Here’s to more incredible camps in 2020!

Kind regards,

The Stonefields School Team