Goldstone Primary School

Due to the ongoing issues with Coronavirus regulations, and the requirement to keep children safe within in year group bubbles, our provision of extra-curricular clubs has been severely affected, with us currently unable to run any indoor clubs of more than 7 children. Our access to facilities is also affected, with greater demands on our resources as we run a 'safe space' in the Junior hall before and after school, in order support parent/carers at the staggered drop-off and collection times.

Classrooms are also generally out of bounds after school, as our cleaning team run a rigourous schedule of deep-cleaning every day to try and keep the school as safe as possible for our children and staff. 

However, thanks to the fact we have a large sports field available to us, along with playground space (including the ballzone and netball/basketball courts), our Premier Sports coach, Liam Hurley and Sports Coordinator, Vic Leon-Cutler have put together a comprehensive schedule of free sports clubs which we are able to run outside, covering all year group bubbles.

We are also delighted to be able to welcome back some of our external clubs providers to run outdoor clubs this term; Albion in The Community (football), Hove Hornets (athletics) and David Ince (tennis)!

Likewise our regular music clubs, held by Sharon Lewis (guitar and ukulele) and Harmonica (Richard from Harp Academy) have been very helpful, agreeing to run clubs in year group bubbles. 

The enthusiasm and joy with which the children from all year groups have embraced the clubs has been fantastic to see. It is a testament to their resilience in what has been a tough year for us all, and to be able to watch them playing sport with their friends is a tonic to us all. Let's hope that we can continue to expand the club provision over the next 6 months to allow a more diverse range, which will in turn allow even more children to join in.