| Randers Lille Skole |
School handbook
Give children the right
to play and learn,
to dream and form,
live and be.
Only where children
can feel secure,
grows what old people
called happiness.
Carl Scharnberg
Randers Lille School
Tøjhushavevej 28
8900 Randers
Chairman
Ove Salling Østergaard
Head teacher
Klaus Krusell
Deputy head
Anna Lisbeth Nielsen
School secretary/accountant
Kitte Klostergaard
Auditor
J. C. Nørgaard’s Accountants
Accountant Ole Skouboe
Superintendent
Bent Olesen
Tøjhushavevej 14, 1., 8900 Randers
School Office
Tøjhushavevej 28, 8900 Randers
Open daily 08.00- 13.00 (closed at weekends)
Office phone 86 42 20 10
Before-and-after School (after lessons) phone 8711 3555
Telefax 86 41 21 31
e-mail: rls@randerslilleschool.dk
Homepage: www.randerslilleschool.dk
Classes
Turquoise Nursery class
Pink Year 1
Orange Year 2
Blue Year 3
Purple Year 4
Violet Year 5
Yellow Year 6
Green Year 7
Red Year 8
Black Year 9
The school’s aims
Our aims at the school are:
- That children’s innate desire to learn is retained and that their confidence in their own abilities is strengthened.
- That the acquisition of knowledge attains such a breadth and content that when children leave the school, they are not function in society on its own premises but can also contribute usefully to improving those premises.
- That children develop their ability to express themselves in speech and writing, in art and spatial form, and in song, music and drama.
- That children learn to work together across differences in age, gender, ability and ethnicity, and are thereby strengthened though positive experiences of cooperation, solidarity and mutual respect rather than competition and rivalry.
- That through their own efforts in the school’s democracy children have the opportunity to change their day-to-day lives.
Structure
Randers Lille School is a private foundation catering for children from nursery class to the Year 9 (6 to 15). Pupils are taught together throughout their time at the school. As a rule the class teacher remains the same from nursery class to Year 9, and the teaching throughout the school is in fixed classes as well as in classes combining different year-groups.
The teaching follows the same curriculum and exams as in state schools.
The school is single-form entry with a class quotient of 20 pupils.
The General Meeting is the school’s highest authority in all matters.
The Annual General Meeting is held every year the end of March.
The school’s board of governors consists of 7 members and 2 deputies, elected by the parents at the AGM. The board is responsible for the overall leadership of the school, including its finances.
The board holds a regular meeting each month at the address, Tøjhushavevej 28. See the calendar for exact dates. Board meetings are open.
The head teacher is appointed by the board on the recommendation of the school’s personnel.
The head teacher is responsible for the educational management of the school and its day-to-day running.
The staff council consists of all the teaching personnel. Together with the head teacher the staff council makes all decisions on educational matters.
However, major decisions concerning the teaching and educational practice require all groups to be heard.
Communication
At Randers Lille Skole cooperation between the school and the home is of crucial importance. Parents are therefore expected to take part actively in the decision-making process and in the social life of the classes. This requires a lively flow of information in both directions and an ongoing dialogue between the school and the home. This School Handbook is part of that process.
In addition there are:
- parents’ meetings
- home/school conversations
- the school magazine
- the pupil’s report book and other written communications
- various arrangements at the school and in the town
- the telephone
- the school’s homepage
Bullying
Bullying is forbidden at Randers Lille Skole. Should it nevertheless take place, we take it very seriously.
If a pupil is exposed to repeated verbal or physical violence, the class teacher will deal with the pupil(s) who bully and will contact their home(s).
If parents become aware that their child is being bullied, they must immediately inform the school so that the problem can be dealt with.
Smoking
We must make sure that no one is irritated by smoking, when they are at work or visiting Randers Lille Skole as pupils, parents or visitors.
It is forbidden to smoke both at and near the school. Parents and visitors in connection with various arrangements must only smoke in the designated rooms or after school in the schoolyard.
In connection with school camps and the Lille Skole Festival older pupils may be given permission to smoke in designated areas, provided they have parental permission.
Supervision
The head teacher has the overall educational responsibility for the school including of course that the school’s teaching is in agreement with the school’s aims and that at the least it meets the general requirements of the state school (Folkeskole).
Moreover it is the parents’ responsibility to supervise the teaching, for example through participation in parents’ meetings, parent-pupil meetings and so on.
Lastly, at the AGM the parents elect a supervisor for 4 years, whose task is to supervise the pupils’ standpoint in the subjects of Danish, Mathematics and English.
Pupil enrolment
All those who agree with the school’s aims can enrol their children in the school, so long as there is room in the class in question and the school judges that the child can be integrated into that class.
Under the enrolment process the following considerations also apply:
- siblings already at the school
- the boy-girl ratio in the class
- children of school personnel
The pupil total per class must not normally exceed 20. When special conditions apply, this rule may be waived, though only with the permission of the class teacher and the parents involved.
On enrolment in the school, a registry fee is required to be paid on entry.
Trial period
The child’s first month at the school is regarded mutually as a trial period, during which both the school and the child (represented by the parent(s)) can annul the enrolment.
At the conclusion of the trial period an assessment conversation takes place between the school and the home.
Withdrawal
Withdrawal of a pupil must take place with at least 2 months notice. Withdrawal on May 1st or later is regarded as withdrawal with effect from July 31st.
Pupils in the top class (taking final exams) can only be withdrawn with effect from July 31st.
School fees
Nursery class to Year 3:
Fees are 871 DKK per month and 409 DKK for a part-time after-school place, to which all children are enrolled. This payment ensures that the children can remain at the school on all schooldays between 06.30 and 13.30.
Year 4 to Year 9:
Fees are 1355 DKK per month.
Family discount:
A family discount is offered for school fees. If there is more than one child from the same family and with the same registered address, school fees are reduced to 848 DKK for the second child. There is no payment for children beyond this.
Payment:
Payment comprises school fees, basic fee and after-school club in 11 instalments per school year. Payment must always be made prior to the month in which the child begins in school or the after-school club. The due date is the 1st of the month. The payment form is a pre-printed post-giro form sent from the school.
Arrears:
If parents are in arrears with school fees, they are asked to contact the office for arrangements to be made for repayment.
Additional expenses:
In addition to the monthly school fees there are expenses for school camp, class trips and suchlike. There will also be expenses for calculators, ring binders, homework materials and dictionaries for home use.
Free place grant
Application forms are sent out by the school to all homes in May and must be returned by June 15th at the latest. The school’s free place committee will then consider the applications and announce the result before the end of July. Pupils who enrol in the course of a school year can apply for a free place at the time of enrolment.
Accompanying pupils
For the pupils in nursery class, year 1 and 2 there is a bus scheme. Every day the school’s caretaker collects pupils in the scheme at the bus station and at Østervold and accompanies them to school. After school, at 13.30, the caretaker accompanies the pupils to the same collection spots.
Before-and-after (B&A) school club
The B&A club is divided into two departments: one taking care of the children, the other offering activities.
The first is open for nursery class to Year 3 from 06.30-8.00 and 12.35-13.30, (on Fridays from 11.15-13.30).
The activities option is an extended care offer for the same age group from 13.30-17.00 (Fridays 13.30-16.00).
The B&A club is open for enrolled children in the following holidays:
The first and last weeks of the summer holiday, the autumn break, the winter break, the first 3 days of the Easter holiday and single days in connection with other holidays.
The B&A club is closed during Christmas and the New Year as well as in weeks 27, 28, 29, 30 in July.
It is possible to enrol in the B&A club without the care option.
At the end of Year 3 the child is automatically withdrawn from the B&A club. However, the school offers Year 4 children the option of enrolling in the club against payment.
The B&A club meets at Udbyhøjvej 26, Randers (phone 86 43 16 66).
B&A club payment:
Care option: 409 DKK per month
Activities option: 900 DKK per month
incl. food money.
Hourly rate: 30 DKK per commenced hour up to 10 hrs per month, thereafter full payment for the month.
Annual exams
Year 9 must be concluded with the State School exams (FSA).
Marks are awarded according to the Danish scale from -2 to12. In addition, all pupils are given a written statement.
The exam period is from May to June.
Educational and vocational guidance
Both class teachers and pupil counsellors offer guidance to pupils and parents on choosing courses and vocations.
With regard to work experience and educational visits and suchlike pupils receive the same offer as those in the state school sector.
A career logbook is compiled together with the team teacher.
In Year 9 an educational plan is worked out on an individual basis.
Work experience
In Years 6 and 7 pupils have the opportunity for work experience at places where parents of Lille Skole children work.
In Years 8 and 9 they are informed about educational, commercial and labour market possibilities and are offered a work experience or a presentation course with one of the youth training schemes in Randers. A work experience course normally lasts a week.
The younger classes may visit workplaces by arrangement with their teacher in collaboration with the pupils’ parents.
School guidance counsellor
The school guidance counsellor is Anni Hansen, whose office hour at Tøjhushavevej 28 is on Mondays from 10.00-13.00, Tuesdays from 9.00 - 13.00 or by appointment.
SSP
S – Social services
S – School
P – Police
The school participates in the local SSP cooperation.
The contact teacher is Anni Hansen or the head teacher.
Extra-curricular activities
Music workshop:
The music workshop, run by Bent Kallehauge, trains children (and those who are still young at heart) in rhythmic music.
It is an opportunity for those who wish to improve their playing, or to play with others, or to learn from scratch, or to face new challenges.
For further information please request the school’s special brochure.
Insurance:
The school has a pupil insurance which covers the school’s responsibility from the pupil’s arrival at the school until the end of the school day. It also covers school trips and national and international camps and work experiences.
The insurance is limited, so all parents are advised to ensure that their children are covered by the family’s private insurance.
Lesson schedule
Nursery class, year 1, 2 and 3:
Lessons 08.00-09.30
Break
Lessons 09.50-11.20
Break
Lessons 11.50-12.35
After school 12.35-13.30 (11.20)
B&A club 13.30-17.00 (16.00)
Year 4 - 9:
Lessons 08.00-09.30
Break
Lessons 09.50-11.20
Break
Lessons 11.50-13.30 (14.30)
Snow holiday
If the school closes due to bad weather, usually snow, it is not because we cannot open, but we judge it to be irresponsible to transport children to and from school.
This decision is taken by the head teacher at around 05.00 and is communicated via
Radio ABC and East Jutland Radio, which repeat the announcement through to 08.00.
Should pupils nevertheless arrive at school, they will be taken care of until they can come home safely, as far as possible after consultation with their parents.
As a rule pupils from Nursery class to Year 3 must be collected by parents or relatives.
If any doubt should arise about these measures or the weather situation, please call the head teacher at home or the school.
Health visitor and parish priest
Health nurse Inger Margrethe Dahl, phone 2443 8940
Parish priest: Rev. Bent Martinsen, phone 8642 1987
Educational and psychological counselling
Educational and psychological counselling takes place at
Vestergrave 30, tlf. 89 15 11 11
Speech therapist: Inge Krøjgaard
Parking
After 17.00 it is possible to park in the schoolyard at Tøjhushavevej 28.
Dental treatment
Dental treatment under the municipal authority takes place at nearby Østervang school’s dental clinic, Dronningborg Boulevard 33, phone 86 42 36 89.
Open: daily 08.00-15.00 (also Tuesdays 15.00-16.00)
Dentist (brace specialist), Reiersensvej 7,
Phone 86 43 22 94
Children from 0-18 are given all forms of preventive and curative treatment according to individual needs.
In case of toothache or tooth damage outside the clinic’s opening hours, please contact private dentists. The expenses thus incurred will be covered by the municipal dental care authority.
History
Randers Lille Skole’s history began in December 1970, when a group of parents decided to open a ‘little school’ in the Randers area.
In Tånum, 5 km east of Randers, they bought an old disused school, and together with Bjarne Segefjord, the school’s first head teacher, they created a school for a handful of children in August 1971.
In the following years the school expanded and in 1978 it moved to a building in
Udbyhøjvej, Randers, that had also once been a school. Further expansion led to the purchase of a second building.
Yet again the choice was a former school and in the course of the 1980’s the building at Tøjhushavevej 28 was taken over. In 1994 more rooms were needed and the neighbouring house in Tøjhushavevej 30 was purchased..
No further expansion is planned, but demands on the school’s facilities are changing all the time, so we now rent the new Tøjhushave Tenants’ Association house during school hours. This has enabled us to improve our sports facilities, as well as giving us a sufficiently large room to teach drama and the B&A club and to gather pupils, staff and parents
Notes on the Danish Education Act
The 22nd of March 1999 was Children’s Day in Parliament, when children debated and enacted a bill on the educational environment in schools proposed by Year 8 of Randers Lille Skole. The bill had been selected by the Children’s Parliament from among 58 others out of a total of 200 submitted by schools from throughout the land.
In the Danish government’s view this bill requires a serious response in the form of a commitment in future to make the educational environment for pupils and students a central element on the agenda throughout the educational system.
The initiative recognises that all good education stands or falls with the pupils’ commitment and their personal responsibility for their education and the environment in which it takes place. This goes for the physical and mental environment as well as the implementation of democratic process at the school or institution. The bill will ensure that all parties in the educational system can participate in an assessment of the educational environment and the drawing up of priorities thereafter. At the same time the bill demands that both the school management and pupils/students work actively to strengthen the good educational environment as an integrated element of good educational practice.