SFO – skolefritidsordningen – After School Services
The school will open at 07:30 daily and supervision will be provided for all students in a designated area. The playground will not be supervised until 08:00 every morning.
After School Services : Grades 1 to 3
Our after school services are not associated with Asker Kommune’s system, hence all communication about this service has to be directly with our school.
Currently the government has chosen to pay for 12 hours per week of SFO for students in grades 1 to 3. The authorities propose this on an annual basis, so we can only offer these 12 free hours per week as long as the authorities have this policy. These hours are organised through Udir and there are various requirements that parents have to fulfil to be able to have these 12 hours of free SFO.
These 12 hours cover all afternoon SFO so there is no need to apply for additional hours. SFO runs until 17:00 Monday-Thursday and 16:30 on Fridays.
- You have to apply to SFO by 15th September stating which days you wish to use SFO.
- If you apply for SFO after 15th September then the free hours will not be available (as we can only apply once per year).
- If you wish to increase the number of days then you will have to pay for the extra hours
- If you wish to permanently reduce the number of days then you have to inform us so that we can inform Udir.
- If you have a temporary change then you don’t have to inform us.
You have to register for SFO if you are not going to collect your child at the end of lessons. This includes;
- If they are waiting for older siblings
- If they are waiting for special transport
After School Services : Grade 4 and above
Important note: The school needs 1 month’s notice of any change in SFO (skolefritiidsordning-translates roughly as After-School Services) hours for a child, as this can impact how many assistants are working at a time.
The amounts for SFO will be as follows:
| Days a week | Cost per 4 week period |
| 5 days | 2250 |
| 4 days | 1800 |
| 3 days | 1350 |
| 2 days | 900 |
| 1 days | 450 |
Parents will receive information via mail about SFO. SFO enrollment for students needs to be done per term so we can effectively manage these sessions with resources and the correct amount of staff. Please contact us if you have any questions.
The main goal of after-school services is to provide student supervision for students after normal school hours. In addition to this, we wish to ensure that after-school services is, as much as possible, an extension of learning, where students will investigate opportunities to apply the knowledge and skills they have obtained in lessons.
The activities in the after-school club will be oftentimes art and craft oriented. In addition to this we will continuously explore opportunities to take students off-site on hikes and other outdoor activities and invite guest speakers and other parties in to work with the students during this period.
Fees explained
As you can see from the explanation above, the fees for SFO are 450 NOK per day and 2250 NOK for full enrollment per month. For organisation purposes we request that parents enroll their child for the full term. We will enroll further assistants based on student numbers.