The home/school group at the primary school my four children attend wants to extend the school day by offering its pupils short sessions in art, music, dance, science and sport. However, we already have a thriving after-school club in the school as well as other clubs offered by school staff.
Many parents have chosen to take our children to clubs and classes in other places outside of school because we believe it is important for them to develop the confidence to make new friends and to learn to work in mixed age groups with other adults in different environments. It is not ideal for children to have to spend all their leisure time in the same building with the same peer group that they work alongside each day in the classroom.
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