Community Links at Sandfield
Do you or any of your family have any skills or links to the community that Sandfield could benefit from? If the answer is yes, we would love to hear from you. Please let us know by completing the Parental Skills Form
All parent volunteers, volunteers from the community and contractors are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Links to the Community
We warmly welcome members of our local community into school.
This year we have been fortunate enough to have links with the following members of the community:
- The Royal Grammar School in to work with Year 4 on The String Scheme.
- The Matrix Trust
- Trips for all classes to visit Holy Trinity Church and work with the staff and volunteers at the church.
- A very welcome donation from the Guildford Lions Club for funding for pupils for the Year 6 Residential
- Volunteers from Clyde and Co law firm that come into school to read with children.
- Staff from G-Live to come in and work with Year 5
- Gifts of harvest boxes from our Harvest Festival to the local needy members of the community
- Weekly swimming lessons at The Spectrum Leisure Centre
- Participating in the Guildford Schools Music Festival
- Trips to the Guildford Museum, Stoke Park, Guildford High Street, Guildford House Gallery, Royal Grammar School, Residential stay High Ashurst in Dorking, Waitrose Supermarket, Metro Bank, Mill Studios, Guildford Spectrum, Albury Estate, Guildford Castle
- Use of Guildford Cricket Ground for our Annual Sports Day
- Visits from Boogie Pumps, French, Sports and Sixth Form Teachers from The Royal Grammar School and Chess Club, Sandfield Alumni, Surrey Hills Forest School, University of Surrey
- Our local Nursery schools also join us to celebrate Christmas and are invited to see the Nativity Performance by all the children in Key Stage 1 and EYFS.
- The Poyle Charity
- The Rotary Club of Guildford
- University of Surrey pollution monitoring and Green Wall
- Music lessons with Surrey Arts
Businesses and Community Services that have supported Sandfield (click to open) >>
Our Living Wall
The Ripley and Send Rotary Club made a very generous donation of £500 towards the new Living Wall, which has been built around the perimeter of Sandfield. Every child in the school planted a section of this wall and this incredible donation will be used to fund the cost of buying plants. The Eco Team are looking forward to researching which plants are best to help reduce the impact of pollution.
A huge thank you to The Rotary Club and Mr Ramcharan (Reuben and Matilda’s Grandad) for their part in supporting this exciting project.
Our Living Wall focuses on education, health and the environment. The Eco Team and all Sandfield pupils are involved, learning about the impact of air pollution, looking at live data and researching suitable plants for our living wall. Sandfield will now be a case study and exemplar for other educational institutions, which are situated in busy urban areas. We have even made the front page of The Guildford Dragon NEWS!
Parents, Carers, Grandparents, Governors and Friends
Parents, carers, grandparents, governors and friends also come into school in various ways including craft, reading, sport, handwriting and cookery. The help of parents is vital to support events, trips and enrich learning. If you are able to support the school on a regular basis then please inform the school office so an appropriate location and induction programme can be organised. Curriculum themes also provide regular opportunities for parents to come in and work alongside their children and see displays, presentations and assemblies.
Where financially possible, we always seek to use local contractors and suppliers e.g. Office Gold in Godalming, Guildford Lock and Safe, CEF in Guildford and so on.
