Activities Week
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Activities week will take place on 13 July to 17 July 2026
Welcome to the activities for summer of 2026. Activities week will take place this year during the last week of the summer term. We aim to end the academic year with a fun and exciting range of events designed to enable your child to:
- Spend an extended period of time on an activity of their choice
- Undertake a residential experience if they wish
- Try something completely different
- Progress further with existing skills
- Work with students from different year groups
- Develop the skills needed to be enterprising and utilise key skills in new situations
All students are expected to take part in an activity
The school is unable to authorise absence during activities week, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
We expect cost to be an important factor; activities that have a price associated with them are unable to run unless we can cover the full cost through your contributions. There is, as usual, a range of free and low cost activities to ensure that every child can take part during the week.
There will be a non-refundable deposit required by Friday 21 November 2025; this will be available to pay via ParentPay on Wednesday 12 November 2025. The deadline for full non-refundable payment for all activities is Monday 16 March 2026. Please make payments via ParentPay. If you need assistance with ParentPay, please contact the finance department on ext. 153/107 or finance@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk. If you would like to discuss payment options including instalments, please contact the activity leader once the activity has been confirmed.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVITIES WEEK CHOICES
As I am sure you can appreciate, matching every student to their favourite choice of activities will never be possible, as many activities have a maximum group size and cannot be exceeded for safety reasons. The first Google form submission of submitted choices will be the one that will be used, so any duplicated submissions will be void.
Please select four activity choices for your child. We will do our utmost to ensure that each student is allocated one of their chosen activities.
Important: Students must be happy to participate in any of their selected choices. Once allocated, no changes can be made.
Whilst we understand that your child may have a preference, all four selected activities are considered equally. Any stated preference will not be taken into account, so please ensure your child is happy to take part in any of their chosen activities.
Activity nominations can be submitted from Friday 17 October 2025 at 4pm and no later than midday on Thursday 23 October 2025 at midday. Please visit https://www.aylshamhigh.com/activitiesweek
A number generator will generate the allocation of places on to activities randomly.
Activity Allocation and Cooling-Off Period
Once activities have been allocated to your child, there will be a 4-day cooling-off period during which any changes to activity choices will be considered.
Important: If one of the four selected choices has been allocated, there will be no swapping outside of this cooling-off period.
If, in exceptional circumstances, we are unable to assign a place to your child for any of their chosen activities, we will contact you at the end of the cooling-off period.
Please note that once your child’s place is confirmed for an activity, you are committed to paying the full cost.
If you would like to request a change during the cooling-off period, please email twiseman@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk. No requests will be actioned by Mrs Wiseman until Monday 10th November.
Overall, I hope you agree with us that the staff are providing an extensive range of activities, which includes something for everyone.
As in previous years, it will be a week packed with enjoyment and learning to bring to an end a hard-working and successful year for all of us.
Mrs T Wiseman
twiseman@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk
Activity week approximate costs
Click on the activity below to view further details. Once your child has decided on what activities they would like to nominate please complete the form by clicking here
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Activity |
Deposit required |
Approximate Total cost |
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FREE |
FREE |
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FREE |
FREE |
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FREE |
FREE |
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£20 |
£50 |
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£20 |
£56 |
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£25 |
£76 |
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£45 |
£126 |
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£60 |
£175 |
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£80 |
£240 |
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£85 |
£255 |
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£180 |
£530 - £560 |
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£260 |
£630 - £660 |
Deadlines for forms to be completed and payments to be made
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Monday 13 October and Thursday 16 October 2025 |
Assembly to all students regarding activities week |
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From Friday 17 October 2025 |
Choices form is available from 4pm |
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Thursday 23 October 2025 midday |
Deadline to submit your nominations |
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Monday 03 November 2025 4:30pm |
Families will be sent an email via ParentMail confirming allocation of activity at 4:30pm |
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Thursday 06 November 2025 to Monday 10 November 2025 |
Once activities have been allocated to your child, there will be a 4-day cooling-off period during which any changes to activity choices will be considered. Important: If one of the four selected choices has been allocated, there will be no swapping outside of this cooling-off period. If, in exceptional circumstances, we are unable to assign a place to your child for any of their chosen activities, we will contact you at the end of the cooling-off period. |
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Wednesday 12 November 2025 to Friday 21 November 2025 |
All deposits for trips to be paid during this period. Deposits will NOT be accepted before Wednesday 12 November and all deposits should be paid by Friday 21 November 2025. |
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Monday 16 March 2026 |
All activities must be paid in full by this date. |