{"id":32,"date":"2014-06-11T20:48:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T20:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:10:23","slug":"clubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/school-info\/clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"After School Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glaitness School offers 3 sessions free of charge taster sessions in badminton and netball each September.\u00a0 Parents and caregivers are then asked if they wish their child to continue.\u00a0 For those that continue, there is a small charge made to cover Pickaquoy hire and competition fees for tournaments involving other schools throughout Orkney.\u00a0 Although these clubs are mainly offered to P5-P7 pupils, there may be opportunity for some P4 pupils to participate depending on space and the number of volunteer helpers.<\/p>\n<p>There are also 3 free taster sessions for football, and these are specifically used to select pupils to play for the Glaitness Schools Primary League competitions.\u00a0 Selection is based not only on ability but on positive behaviour and attitude.\u00a0 It is a privilege to represent the school. Again, for those that continue, there is a small charge made to cover Pickaquoy hire and competition fees for tournaments involving other schools throughout Orkney.<\/p>\n<p>The clubs are very much dependent on parents and volunteers to help run them.\u00a0\u00a0If you would be interested in being a club leader, please contact the school on 01856 873648.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some other links you may find useful;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orkneycommunities.co.uk\/OBA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Orkney Badminton Association<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orkneycommunities.co.uk\/ORKNEYYOUTHFOOTBALL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Orkney Youth Development Group<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netballorkney.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Netball Orkney<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glaitness School offers 3 sessions free of charge taster sessions in badminton and netball each September.\u00a0 Parents and caregivers are then asked if they wish their child to continue.\u00a0 For those that continue, there is a small charge made to cover Pickaquoy hire and competition fees for tournaments involving other schools throughout Orkney.\u00a0 Although these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/2449"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/glaitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}