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Special Activities

Newick House School has been developing its out of school hours provision over the last 6 years and as well as the original Girls' Group (funded by Social and Caring Services) we now offer a range of after school clubs and lunchtime activities.
After school clubs are currently:

• ACTIVE CLUB - Mondays. This club finsishes by 5.30
  
• THURSDAY CLUB-Thursdays with 3 elements 1)for younger children to provide family respite, 2) Boys Group and 3 incorporating Girls group) This club finishes by 5.30
  
• Sama Karate offer a club to our pupils each Tuesday. The pupils pay for each session as they attend rather several weeks ahead. This session usually lasts an hour and starts at approximately 3.45 pm

Out of School Activities
The Park Centre Park Centre, 60 Park Road Burgess Hill
Monday 6.30pm - 8.30pm: Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award training (age 15 years +).
Tuesday 7pm - 9pm: Open Club for school years 7 and 8. Arts, sports, crafts, chill out and chat.
Wednesday 6.30pm - 8.30pm (age 14 years +) Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award training.
Thursday 12pm - 4pm Connexions Careers Drop In (appointments available)
Thursday 6pm - 8pm Members Committee and Locality Youth Forum ?Thursday 7pm - 9pm (13 - 19 years) Dance Workshop
Friday 7pm - 9pm Friday Night Project 13 + -chill out and chat, arts and crafts, sport, music, dance, drama, games, food & more! Pool table, table tennis, and internet available.
Contact Toby Wilson for more information on 01444 235560
toby.wilson@westsussex.gov.uk ? www.yourspacewestsussex.co.uk/parkcentre

The Beacon Centre
Ockley Lane, Hassocks, BN6 8QJ Tel: 01273 844813
Email: beacon.youth.centre@westsussex.gov.uk
Opening times:
Mondays: Junior Club. Yrs 7 & 8. 19.00 - 21.00
Tuesdays: Senior Club. Yrs 9+. 19.30 - 22.00
Wednesdays: Free drop in. Yrs 9+. 19.30 - 22.00
Thursdays: Karate. 18.30 - 20.00
Fridays: Senior Club. Yrs 9+. 19.30 - 22.00
Weekends: phone for details - 01273 844813

Kanagroos
http://www.kangaroos.org.uk/public.php?src=home.php
Kangaroos was established by a group of parents in 1993 to run out of school activities in Mid Sussex for children with severe leaning disabilities. There were no activities in the area suitable for special needs children to attend and they believed that their children needed and deserved activities that would be designed to cater for their very special requirements.
Kangaroos run a range of recreational and leisure activities in Mid Sussex for children and young people from 6 to 30. All our members have learning disabilities and many have additional behavioural, physical or sensory problems, as well as a number with Autism and ADHD.They organise the following recreational activities:
AllSports: After School Sports Sessions. From ages 6 to 19

• ASP: Adult Support Programme, training and practical experience
  
• BreakAway: Weekly Saturday Clubs and Playschemes for ages 13 to 19
  
• DaysOut: Exciting trips out in the holidays for ages 13 to 19
  
• Dig In: Horticultural project to grow plants and vegetables
  
• Family Days: Trips out during half terms and holidays
  
• No Limits project providing support to enable young adults 16-30 to have a varied and fulfilling social life
  
• PALS: Weekly Saturday Clubs and Playschemes for ages 6 to 19
  
• Social Club 25+, run twice monthly
  
• TeenScene after School Youth Club. From ages 13 to 19
  
• Youth Club 18+, run twice monthly

Contact Kangaroos
Phone: 01444 255120

Worthing kiDS
This is a Down's Syndrome support group for babies and children under 12, and their families. They meet during each school holiday, so that the kids can have fun, while the parents/carers get a chance to relax and have a chat. For more information ring Lydia 01903 231125.

M8s@Horsham Youth Centre
This youth club is for 13 -19 year olds who have additional needs and disabilities. Meets every Wednesday evening in term time from 7 - 9pm.
Contact Ann Ball for more info on 01403 210388

Bunny Hoppers
A special group for under 5's with disabilities or special needs and their parents, that meets on Sunday afternoons and at holiday time at Springboard House.
Buddy Scheme
A scheme designed to provide access to leisure and recreation facilities for teenagers with disabilities and special needs during the week, at weekends and holiday time with volunteers of their own age group.
Both of these groups are part of the Springboard Project. More details >

SASBAH Youth Club
This youth club is primarily for young people who require extra support and encouragement to participate in social activities. It is for young people aged 11 - 25 and takes place at the Flintstone Centre, East Street, Littlehampton between 7pm and 9pm.
Please contact Stuart Kingsley on 01903 714305 for more information.

School Clubs

Breakfast Club- every school day

Our Breakfast Club is open every morning from 8:00 am to 8:45 am. It is a joint club with Birchwood Grove Primary School and is attended by pupils from both schools.

Club members meet in the hall for their activities. They have breakfast of cereal and toast and then choose from a range of fun activities.

Breakfast Club costs £3 per day.

Further details and application forms: from the School Office.

Active Club- Mondays after school

Active Club runs every Monday from the end of school to 5:30, except for the first week of each term. Parents or carers have to arrange to transport members home.

School staff offer a range of fitness activities and games. About 15 pupils are members, and they are aged between 11 and 16.

It costs £3 per week to attend Active Club.

Further details from Mr Robinson.

Thursday Club

Thursday club runs on thursday evening after school. It is run by our school staff, and partially funded by Social Services to aid family respite provision. Parents need to make a weekly contribution to costs to cover staffing and food expenses.

It costs £3

Further details from Mr Robinson or Mr Brown.

Karate Club every Tuesday from the end of school to 4:30

SAMA Karate run a club at Newick House each Tuesday. Pupils meet in the hall. When they make good progress they are prepared to take assessments to go to the next level and perhaps get a new colour belt.

Further details from 07929 056674.

It costs £4 per week to be in Karate Club. Parents/carers need to collect club members at 4:30.

Clubs we work in partnership with:

Park Centre Youth Club- Friday Nights at the Park Centre in Burgess Hill.

School Council

Our School Council is a representative group of pupils elected by their peers.
Each class from Glow-worms upwards chooses a School Councillor. We meet once a week to discuss ideas related to the school. We often organise competitions and events chosen by the School Councillors.

Our meetings offer pupils the opportunity to have their say about decisions that affect them and the chance to play an active role in making the school a better place.

Notes of school council meetings are put on a safe, shared internet networking site for schools called ThinkQuest. This helps our school councillors go back to their classes to tell them what is being discussed and decided. Pupils who log onto the ThinkQuest School Council pages can suggest ideas to their School Councillors and hold votes and debates on-line as well.

Burgess Hill Schools Council

Two representatives from our school regularly attend the Burgess Hill Schools Council to talk about ideas for our area with pupils from the other schools in Burgess Hill.