Indoor Activities at the Club

Our programme of planned activities places emphasis on providing safe, fair play and participation and aims to be creative, stimulating and varied within a relaxed friendly atmosphere. Each child is encouraged to make choices in their play activities in order to promote self confidence, independence and self esteem.

Our weekly programme of activities may include:

Art using various mediums and exploring cultural diversity, crafts using a wide variety of textures, materials and opportunities, dressing up clothes to facilitate imaginative play, construction toys, board games, bricks, animal play, cooking, cake decorating, preparing snacks, music/dance, sand and water play both indoors and outdoors, TV/videos, Playstation (restricted use), computer games etc.

            

Outdoor Play at the Club

We have a varied range of outdoor play equipment and children are encouraged to gain fresh air and exercise at every opportunity, as we recognise the importance of being outdoors to their growth and development.  The outdoor play area is checked regularly by staff to ensure the safety of the area. 

      

EYFS

The Early Years Foundation Stage sets standards to enable early years providers (caring for children from birth to five) to reflect the rich and personalised experience that many parents give their children at home. All providers have an important role to play in children’s early years experiences – including out of school childcare providers. It looks at how the play opportunities and childcare we offer in breakfast clubs, after school clubs and holiday playschemes link to the EYFS Framework and complement other early years services. The overarching aim of the EYFS is to help young children achieve the five Every Child Matters outcomes of being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution, and achieving economic well-being by:

• Setting the standards for the learning, development, enjoyment and care young children should experience when they are attending a setting outside their family home.

• Providing for equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice and ensuring that every child is included and not disadvantaged.

• Creating the framework for partnership working between parents and professionals, and between all the settings that the child attends.

• Improving quality and consistency in the early years sector through a universal set of standards which provide the basis for the inspection and regulation regime.

• Laying a secure foundation for future learning through learning and development that is planned around the individual needs and interests of the child, and informed by the use of ongoing observational assessment.

Assessment arrangements

Ongoing assessment is an integral part of the EYFS learning and development process. This is used to make informed decisions about a child’s progress and to plan the next steps to meet their needs. The EYFS profile is an assessment of children’s progress at the end of the stage, and will usually be completed by the child’s teacher in Reception class – like the current Foundation Stage profile. However, observations from us will be fed back to the person making the assessment and, together with parents’ views, will inform it..