The extracurricular activities allow children to learn individually while developing overtime a better coordination, concentration, team spirit but also a sense of self-esteem.

Our mission

We provide a range of extracurricular activities to students of all language sections in a friendly and fun environment to enrich their lives through exploring, art, sports and musical and theatrical expressions.

Our activities

The extracurricular program is based on an inclusive rather than an exclusive approach. We endeavour to offer activities to allow children from all language sections to be together by sharing similar interests and developing friendships across the language barriers.

The activities are selected on the following criterions:

1. The continuation of activities that are successful
2. The educational aspect or the attractiveness of an activity
3. Upon proposal from students/parents
4. Their inclusiveness
5. The infrastructure available
6. The school time tables

After school activities ought not to be considered as a child minding activity. We encourage parents to enrol the child to activities towards which he/she has expressed an interest.

At the end of the school year, there are many presentations/demonstrations/shows (Music/Theatre/Art/Dance etc.) to which parents could attend.

Our approach

Our activities allow a first initiation and exploration of a multitude of non-academic activities (cultural, sports or artistic) in a playful atmosphere through games and workshops in groups with the exception of the individual music classes.

All our Courses are offered in French unless explicitly indicated in the activities description that another language is used.

Our program

All our activities are either biannual or annual, though individual courses are organized by 10 courses.

On Friday we offer biannual activities. This allows students to vary their activities and try to learn different crafts without an annual engagement.

• Primary and Nursery The activities run from 10-09-2018 to 4-7-2019

• Secondary The activities run from 10-09-2018 to 31-05-2019

The activities are organized in three different levels: Discovery (D), Initiation (I) and Advanced (A).

Using these different levels means we can better differentiate the kind of teaching needed and the educational content of each of the courses offered.

Discovery

The child is invited to discover the activity through games and playful activities. The activity is used as a basis on which to structure other ideas and activities. Fun is the key thing, and the activities evolve depending upon the children.

Initiation

Here the activity itself is the most important thing and the basic techniques are addressed more thoroughly. This level demands a greater degree of commitment from the child in the activity chosen.

Advanced

Practice and technique are now much more important. This is the more specialized extracurricular level available. However we recommend student to join other facilities if they wish to go further in a given activity.

Our instructors

The Extracurricular service has a core team of instructors with whom we have been working for many years.  New instructors and teachers are recruited by the Extracurricular service Manager through a network of professionals and organizations that offer activities to children.

Instructors/teachers are selected on strict criterions and are being chosen on the following grounds:

• Their professional experience or training

• Their ability to interact with children

• Their capability of teaching a group of children

• Their availability

• Our needs

Though most activities are given in French our instructors/teachers speak English, German, Dutch, Greek, Czech, Italian etc.

Absent instructors/teachers are replaced the same day.

Code of conduct

During extracurricular activities as in school and community life, respecting a few rules respect to are needed to play and grow well together:

I have the right to …	I have the obligation to …
Enroll to the activity	Be up to date with payment
Attend the activity	Participate actively in the activity
Have a good quality lesson	Follow the rules of good behaviour
Have adequate materials	Respect the materials and treat them appropriately
Play during the activity	Follow the directions of the monitor
Be respected	Respect the monitor and the other children
Speak	Listen to the monitor
Not to understand	Try my hardest to understand with the help of the monitor
Not to succeed	Keep trying hard to succeed
To be tired	Tell the monitor and follow his advice
Not to be in the mood	Respect other children who are in the mood
Go to the toilet	Ask permission from the monitor
Drink during the activity	Respect the time allowed for this
Take the bus after the activity if there is a space available	Follow the monitor and listen to the rules in the bus parking

MEETING POINTS

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

1. Child in Nursery
   The teacher will take your child to the nursery gym. The child should stand under the sign designating his or her activity, where the Périscolaire office or instructor will take charge at 15:20.
   

2. Child in Primary
   The teacher will take the child to the entrance hall of the primary building (between buildings C and D). The child should stand under the sign designating his or her activity, where the Périscolaire office or instructor will take charge at 15:30.
   

3. Child in secondary
   The child should go to the nursery covered rotunda (building A rotunda) where the Périscolaire office or insructor will take charge.
   

4. Child in Nursery / Primary and has to go to the after school child minding service at 15:30:
   The teacher will take the child to the nursery rotunda where the child minding service will take charge.

Wednesday lunch: hot meal or packed lunch

Now hot meals registration should be done directly on the canteen's website.
The kindergarten children will be taken in charge in the nursery gym by the cantine staff, the primary  children will be taken in charge in the primary  hall (betewen bulding C and D)
Secondary children have to  come alone to  the cantine at  the end of the school lessons.

1. If your child is in Nursery and is enrolled in swimming:
   The child must bring a packed lunch because the bus for swimming leaves early and the child will not be able to have a hot meal.
   

2. Your child is in Nursery, Primary or Secondary and is not enrolled in the after school garderie services on Wednesday:
   

   • He/she may have access to hot meals under the supervision of the canteen, canteen registration via the site

   • He/she it can eat its sandwiches under the supervision of cantine staff. 
     

3. If your child is in Nursery, Primary or Secondary and is enrolled in the post school garderie service on Wednesdays:
   The hot meal is included in the price of enrolment for the pot school garderie service. The child must go to the canteen with the staff of the garderie service and join the Périscolaire activities afterwards.

Friday

1. Child in Nursery
   The Périscolaire office or teacher will take charge of the child in the nursery gym at 12:15.

2. Child in Primary P1- P2
   The Périscolaire office or teacher will take charge of the child in the entrance hall (between primary buildings C and D) at 12:15. The changeover between activities will be supervised by the Périscolaire office or teacher in the hall outside the canteen at 13:45.

For more information please contact the Périscolaire activities office (02-211-40-04).

 

FREE PERIOD

In some cases activities begin a whole period after the end of lessons (e.g end of lessons 15:20, start of activity 16:30).

Parents must enrol Primary or Nursery children for the child minding service, in the Périscolaire "snack and go" activity or in the supervised study service.
Secondary students who do not have a 9th hour must go to secondary study for the hour between the end of lessons and the beginning of the activity.

The Périscolaire activities organize sessions of supervised study from 15:30 until 16:30 and "Snacks and Go" which require enrolment and must be paid for.

Wandering around in the school while waiting for activities is strictly forbidden, as per school rules. Not respecting this rule can have serious consequences, for the child's school record and for the child's participation in Périscolaire activities.

AFTER THE ACTIVITIES

Parents who collect their children immediately after the activity

The meeting point is at 15.30 or 16.30 (  depending of the activity)  at the parents's meeting point  on the bus parking, from 17.00 at the parent's room next to  the gardian lodge (  on wednesdays only at  the parent's room next to  the gardian lodge).

Supervision lasts a maximum of 15 minutes after the end of the activity. After that time the Périscolaire activities "Snack and Go" staff will take charge and parents will be billed 10 € per session.
If the bill for the Snack and Go session is not paid in full within 10 days, the child will not be allowed to participate in Périscolaire activities until three working days after payment is received by the Association.
After 45 minutes, the management reserves the right to take the child to the police station.

Children who return home alone after the activity
Parents must give their child written authorisation to leave the school and the Périscolaire activities (this authorisation must be in the child's agenda).

Children who go to the on-site child minding service
They are collected by the Périscolaire staff from the nursery rotunda and accompanied to "garderie"

Children who must take the second bus to  home or  garderie.
Parents must indicate on the enrolment form the number of the bus the child has to take. When in doubt the Périscolaire office or teacher will keep the child at school and contact parents by phone.

All bus changes (bus or the way the child go home) must be notified by e-mail to the Transport Office and the Périscolaire Activities Office at the latest on the day of the change.
Parents are requested to get in touch with the transport service to check whether the stops for the first bus departures are the same as the stops for the second bus departures (see point on transport).

 

SUPERVISION

There is a 15 minutes period of supervision after the end of activities.

Children who are pick up by parents are accompagnied by  instructors or  by périscolaire staff to the parent's meeting point:

At  15.30 on the bus parking
From 16.00 at  the "parent's room"  next to  the gardian lodge

All participants, whether in primary or secondary, should go to the parent's meeting point with the instructor at the end of their activity if they will be collected by their parents. 

It is strictly forbidden to wait for parents in the parking, in the playground or anywhere else.
Not respecting this rule can lead to serious consequences.

!! It is for the safety of your children !!

 

NDIVIDUAL MUSIC

Individual music lessons will start again on 10 September 2018.

Lessons will be held at the school. Each participant must contact the teacher to fix lesson times.

There is a list of teachers in the Périscolaire Activities' office and on the "updated list" on the website.

The rate for music lessons is 224€ for ten 30 minute lessons. If the length of the lesson is over 30 minutes the price will be adjusted proportionately.

Continuation at the end of the cycle is automatic. Towards the end of each cycle, parents will receive a reminder for payment of the following cycle. If parents do not wish to continue, they should inform the Périscolaire office before the end of the cycle. Where 80% of the cycle has been followed, the cycle cannot be cancelled and full payment is due even if the lessons no longer take place.

Unless teachers are informed by 7.00 pm the day before the lesson that a student will be absent, the lesson will be deemed to have been given and will be charged for. Parents are requested to inform teachers if a student will be absent for reasons relating to school (e.g. school trip, pedagogical day).

Participation in an individual course of music is governed by both of the general rules and the specific clauses relating to this activity. The later must be signed by the parents.

PAYMENT

1. Send payment by bank transfer to account number: BE77-3101-9586-7742 within 10 working days after the email confirmation is sent, giving details of your child’s enrolment code (you will be informed of the code by email when your enrolment is confirmed).
   

2. The payment must include payment of any amounts outstanding in respect of previous périscolaire activities for the child concerned or their siblings.

3. After the deadline of the payment, the enrolment will be cancelled.

4. In the event of partial payment of the sums referred to in point a), if the payment exceeds the overdue amount referred to in point b) and also covers the cost of one or more courses, the enrolment will be confirmed for the courses which have been paid for. The Periscolaire office has absolute discretion in deciding which courses will be considered as having been paid for.
   

5. For courses which start in the second semester, enrolment is also possible from June. For those courses, the full cost of the course must be paid into the Periscolaire account within 10 working days following enrolment.
   

6. Individual courses must be paid for in series of 10 x 30 minute sessions (5 hours)
   

7. Please provide a valid email address. Confirmation of enrolment and payment details will be sent to the address provided. Your enrolment will only be validated once payment has been received. No application for enrolment will be taken into account if we have not received the completed enrolment form and/or payment within 10 working days after the confirmation has been sent.

Late payment charges:

1. In the case of late payment or where payment is refused by the bank, access to the activity will be immediately suspended until payment has been received.
   

2. In accordance with point 2.b.2, no enrolment will be taken into account if any sums are still outstanding in respect of periscolaire activities in previous years, enrolment will be accepted for any activities for any child for whom monies are owed for activities from previous years

3. Where payment is seriously overdue, the Parents' Association reserves the right to claim payment of administrative costs of EUR 15 with the first registered letter. If payment is still not received the file will be transferred to a lawyer for collection which will result in additional costs of at least 150 € per child.
   

4. In the event of a dispute, only the juge de la Paix d'Ixelles has jurisdiction. In the event that the French language version of this text differs from the English language version, the French language version prevails.

 

DISCIPLINE - BEHAVIOUR

1. Parents will be notified in case of repeated student absences.

2. The extracurricular service has the obligation to ensure smooth operations. To this end, the extracurricular committee introduced a code of conduct which must be respected by all during class.

3. Any repeated bad behavior disturbing the good progress of the activities will be reported to parents and may result in suspension or expulsion of the student from the extracurricular activities.

4. Respect: Participants are required to respect, both infrastructure and the supervisory staff or not. Failure to complain with this rule may result in sanctions including exclusion

 

ILLNESS - ACCIDENTS

1. Parents have the obligation to inform the after-school service if the child suffers from chronic illness (allergy, asthma, diabetes ...).

2. In principle, no medication will be administered by the after-school staff.

3. In case of accident, we will first call the infirmary of the school.

4. The extracurricular committee reserves the right to refuse the enrolment of children if it considers that its staff is not able to ensure their safety or well-being during the activities.

 

PRICES

a)  Prices for Périscolaire activities may be subject to change during the school year as we are constantly negotiating to get the best price/quality ratio. It may also happen that the price for certain courses is changed due to the number of enrolments, even once the course has started (in particular where one or more students drop out, with the result that the number of participants falls below the minimum). Where the price increases because only a few students are enrolled, parents who consider the price too high may cancel their enrolment without cancellation costs, but will have to pay a pro rata amount for the sessions which have already been given. Finally, courses can be cancelled due to low enrolement.

b) For annual activities, a reduction will be granted for late enrolments as follows:

Enrolment between             June  and  31-12-2018:      full price
Enrolment between 01-01-2019  and  31-03-2019:      25% reduction
Enrolment between 01-04-2019  and  01-07-2019 :     50% reduction

c) For activities which are priced by semester, a reduction will be granted for late enrolments as follows:

Semester 1: 
Enrolment between             June  and  31-10-2018:      full price
Enrolment between 01-11-2018  and  30-11-2018:      20% reduction
Enrolment between 01-12-2018  and  31-01-2019 :     40% reduction

Semester 2: 
Enrolment between 01-02-2019  and  30-04-2019:      full price
Enrolment between 01-05-2019  and  31-05-2019:      20% reduction
Enrolment between 01-06-2019  and  04-07-2019 :     40% reduction

 

TRANSPORT

We organize all transport connected with the activities (as long as the student is registered with the Transport Office).

Parents are responsible for collecting children from activities which take place outside school and after the second bus service.

Parents must inform us of the number of the bus their child should take.

In case of doubt, the child will be kept at the school and the parents required to collect the child from the school premises

Nursery and Primary courses take place from 15:30 until 16:15, so that children can take the second bus Secondary. The Périscolaire monitor will take the children to the buses.

Please make sure that you indicate the correct bus number on the enrolment form as well as in your child's agenda for each day of participation.

All changes to the normal must be notified by mail to the Transport office and Périscolaire Activities Office and also marked in the child’s agenda. In case of doubt, children will be kept at school and their parents asked to pick them up from the school.

Transport on the second bus Secondary is subject to availability. The bus stops will not be changed. At present there are no "adult" supervisors on the second buses.

The second bus departure Secondary at 16:30 will not run from around 22 June until the end of the school year.