Families Needed To Host Dutch Pupils
We are in the throws of planning the return visit of our Dutch hosts from Hopbel Hockey Club last autumn. We are looking forward to reciprocating the fantastic experience which our pupils received during their visit. The return dates are from the evening of Saturday 25 April 2020 through to the morning of Wednesday 29 April 2020.
We are expecting girls and boys (mainly girls) of a variety of ages, between 12 and 15 and are asking for host families. This may be of interest if your child would like to attend the Holland visit in October 2020, however this invitation is open to all families and we appreciate all help offered. In order to host, we are looking for families who can offer accommodation for two (or more) Dutch visitors and are willing to entertain and involve them in your family life for the four nights. We will organise an itinerary of fixtures, activities during the school day and a BBQ for our guests with their host families on the final evening. We will let you know who the other host families are so that you can organise other events together if you wish. Transport to school will be through the normal way your child comes to school (we will supply the bus tickets for the Dutch visitors) but they will need to be picked up after fixtures each day from College.
Due to requisite safeguarding checks, all adults within the household must hold a DBS certificate sent for by the Princethorpe Foundation, even if they currently have a DBS certificate from another employer or have a DBS from the exchange last year. If they have subscribed to the DBS Update Service, please do let us know. To allow plenty of time for the DBS certificates to be received before the tour, we need to apply for them in February. Each adult over the age of 18, not in full time education, in the household will need to apply. Please complete this form indicating your availability to come in and apply, preferably during Half Term, 17 to 21 February 2020 or there are some appointments the week after, 24 to 28 February 2020. It should only take 15 minutes per person to apply for the DBS certificates. Please see the attached entitled Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for the documentation required.
Once we have confirmed the host families we will liaise with families on further information, such as pets and bus routes so that we can appropriately match host families and Dutch visitors.
Many thanks for your continued support of Princethorpe sport and we hope that you can continue this by hosting some Dutch guests in April.
Neil McCollin
Foundation Director of Sport