Holiday Care

Summer Holiday Care (24 July - 16 Aug)

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18 days of Summer fun across 4 weeks!

For Summer Holiday Care 2024, we have four different themes, changing each week. Each week will have a workshop or trip, a sports coach session, baking activity and loads of creative activities, team games, challenges and chill time.

Mad Science Week (24-26 July)
In this three day week a crazy science workshop from Science Boffins will visit us on Thurs 25 July where the children will get to experiment and be wowed by the results, we will have our own science lab role play, baking with science, and using everyday objects for unusual effects….
OIympic Week (29 July-2 Aug)  
To celebrate the Paris 2024 Olympics a sports coach will run Olympic sports sessions, we visit Bruntwood Park on Weds 31 July for a day out and picnic, we have an indoor gym for our role play, and we will visit Ladybarn Park for some Kidszone Games. Plus make Olympic bunting and our own Olympic torches.
Heroes Week (5-9 Aug) 
Who’s your favourite Superhero? We create superhero  t-shirts, masks, design and bake a gingerbread hero character (to eat!), gymnastics session to get superhero active, and we have ‘bring your bike or scooter day’ to use our push and pedal powers. Plus a trip to Applejacks Adventure Park on Weds 7 Aug to use up all of that superhero energy! 
Celebration Week (12-16 Aug)  
For our final week we have all things celebration, including banner making, cake shop role play, baking and decorating banana muffins, make our own ice lollies, animal balloon making, and on Fri 16 Aug its party day with a bouncy castle, bubbles, disco, water play (definitely not a date to be missed!)

 As well as the themed activities each day we will have role play area, sports equipment, messy play, board games, construction toys, Lego, books and other toys to play with.  Places are limited each day so don’t delay! 

Cost - £30 per full day (9am - 5.30pm), £17 per half day (9-1.15pm or 1.15pm - 5.30pm) including all activities, workshops and snacks (please bring a packed lunch). Half days not availalble when we have full day trips.

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May Half Term Holiday Care (28-31 May)

ANIMAL MAGIC!

We had four days of animal fun with a day trip, workshop, cooking, team games and lots of crafts and outdoor activities. 

  • Day trip to Heaton Park to see the animal farm - Weds 29 May 
  • Animal handling workshop – Thurs 30 May pm
  • Baking activity
  • Clay animal modelling and painting 
  • Face painting - Fri 31 May 
  • Animal inspired team games every day 

Easter Holiday Care (2-12 April)

FARM TO FORK WEEK - 2-5 April

We had fun finding out about how our food is grown, different farm animals, and we made our own tasty food creations.

  • Cookery workshop - Weds 3 April pm 
  • Role play farm shop – all week
  • Create junk model animals 
  • Animal yoga
  • Food bingo
  • Farmyard team games 
  • Sports coach - Thurs 4 April am

SPRING DETECTIVES WEEK - 8-12 April

During this week we investigated the flora (plants) and fauna (animals) that are associated with Spring and Easter time. 

  • Trip to Fletcher Moss Park for picnic and activities - Thurs 11 April 
  • Flower hunt Parsonage Pocket Park - Mon 8 April pm
  • Make kites 
  • Paint plant pots and bulb planting
  • Den building and nature watching
  • Bug hunt
  • Gymnastics coach - Weds 10 April

February Half Term Holiday Care (19-23 Feb)

SHOW BUSINESS WEEK

 

We had a fun, creative, exciting and children led 'Show Business Week' where everyone had a go at being in the limelight and behind the scenes. It was lights, camera, action week! 

  • Drama workshop with a theatre company 
  • Costume making - in our own costume and make up dept
  • Film afternoon - with popcorn, tickets and ushers
  • Put on our own show - written and directed by the children 
  • Show poster art - design our own posters 
  • Director's chair and film crew role play
  • Special effects sensory den - play with light and sound to create 
  • Outdoors charades
  • Kidszone flash mob dances and moves
  • Team circus skills games

October Half Term Holiday Care (23-27 Oct)

SPOOKTACULAR WEEK 

We had a spooky, creepy crawly, ghostly, creative, fun and exhilarating week of activity. 

  • Creepy Crawly Creatures animal handling with Zoo2U
  • Costume making - spooky or just fun - anything goes!
  • Tasty treats cooking workshop 
  • Pumpkin decorating and carving
  • Slime messy play
  • Sensory spooky play den - lights/textures/fun - definitely not scary  
  • Monster Mash Party - disco and party food, fancy dress and face painting 
  • Outdoors pumpkin trail and treat hunt  
  • Ghostly Games - outdoor team games with a spooky twist