We aim to ensure that every child has the opportunity to fulfil their potential and through extended services, our pupils are able to access a variety of experiences both before school, during the school day and after hours.
Rise and Shine Breakfast Club
The daily cost of our Breakfast Club is in line with other schools in the city, at £2.00 per day. Any profits are used to further improve provision across the whole of school. If you are in receipt of income-related Free School Meals or you volunteer on our School Street, your child is able to attend Breakfast Club free of charge. If you think you may be entitled to income-related Free School Meals, please speak to a member of the office team. All payments for Breakfast Club are made through sQuid.
Pupils will be able to enter between 8am and 8.15am.
Booking is essential - please refer to the video in the Video Resource Centre for a guide about how to do this using sQuid.
Breakfast Club Terms and Conditions
Bookings can be made by looking for ‘Bookings’ in your child’s tab in sQuid.
Lunchtimes
As well as the usual activities, such as basketball, skipping and football in the playground, our Change4Life Champions, Sports' Leaders and Girls' Football Activators also run various activities during lunchtimes to promote healthy lifestyles.
After-School Clubs
We offer a number of free after-school sports' clubs, run by members of our staff and Forge School Sport Partnership. These include various sporting activities, science, art and ukulele.
Our children get lots of opportunities to take part in festivals, tournaments and competitions throughout the year and we are proud to be accredited with the Sainsburys Active Schools Platinum Mark.
Trainers After-School Club
From September 2024, we are pleased to announce that we will be working in conjunction with Handsworth Community Nursery to provide Trainers after-school club from the end of the school day until 6pm. Our staff will escort your child to the Infant Dining Room where they will be handed over to the Trainers' staff. You will be able to collect your child from the Breakfast Club doors at the end of the session. The cost of the wraparound care is £10 per child per day. Your child will be provided with a snack and drink of juice as part of the price but there is also the option to pay extra for a light hot meal, currently for an additional £2 per meal. Please note, Trainers are the provider of this after-school care, not Athelstan. If you require further information, or would like to book your child into this provision, please call 0114 254 0113.
Sheffield Children’s University
We currently subscribe to this service and our pupils can earn CU credits by taking part in lunchtime activities or after-school clubs.
All children can earn CU credits by taking part in activities at a validated Learning Destination by colleciting credits in a Passport to Learning (available from Sheffield libraries or our school for £3.50).
Awards and ceremonies
Children can earn up to 30 different award certificates and badges from Sheffield Children’s University . These range from 30 hours to 1000 hours. There are Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for achieving credit levels.
Bronze and Silver awards are awarded in school but Gold Award winners are invited to a ceremony (November, March and July). Every time a child reaches a Gold Level (every 100 hours) , they will receive an invite to a Gold award ceremony.