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Out of School Care
A Helping Hand for Parents
The needs of individual families and carers vary in terms of the very busy schedules that determine our lives. Out of School Care is a service which some of our nurseries offer as a means to accommodating the differing work patterns that parents and carers have and allowing for a flexible approach in terms of arranging for the care of children before and after school.
Why is it important
It is important to keep providing a service which adheres to our values of putting children first and retaining an environment which is conducive to learning and fun which also assists in the needs of parents and carers.
A Brief Overview of Services Included
Out of School Care is a continuation of the excellent services that Thrive Childcare and Education offers. The activities we provide in these sessions include:
Astley Nature Kindergarten
- Learning all about the environment and recycling
- Enjoying free play
- Creating lots of junk modelling
- Forest School activities e.g. cooking smores on the fire pit
- Arts and Crafts
- Daily group chats
- Baking
- Films night
- Games of the children’s choice e.g bingo, charades.
Dunblane Nature Kindergarten
- Fire making
- Tool handling
- Adventures off site
- Messy play
- Baking/cooking on the fire
- Arts & Crafts
- Music and Movement
Holyrood Swinton
- Arts and crafts.
- Baking.
- Dance.
- Yoga.
- We provide a full tea at after school club.
Nutritious meals are provided during these sessions
Our nurseries which currently offer Out of School Care are:
- Astley Nature Kindergarten
- Dunblane Nature Kindergarten
- Holyrood Swinton
Holiday Club
In addition to Out of School Care, some of our nurseries run ‘Holiday Clubs’ during school holidays catering for families attending some local schools.
These clubs care for children from 4 to 11 years of age and offer a variety of activities to take part in. These include:
- Various outings (such as trips to the museum or cinema)
- Picnics
- Woodland Walks
- Messy play (Astley)
- Science experiments (Astley)
- Age appropriate activities and experiences led by children’s interests
