Important Info for Easter Hols and Half Terms

Covid 19

Please refer to our Covid Risk Assessment and Operating Plan for Holidays.This includes details of how we are "bubbling" the children.

Arrival times

Sessions run from 8am to 6pm. Please feel free to drop your child off or pick them up at anytime.


Lunches

Children who attend full day sessions will need to bring a packed lunch. Breakfast and tea are included in the price. We can not store packed lunches in a fridge so suggest you use an ice block. We do have a healthy eating policy so would encourage you to pack a healthy lunch for your children to help us with this. If you are including grapes in your child's packed lunch please could you ensure that they are cut in half lengthways. 

We are a nut free club and do have children attending with severe nut allergies so please make sure that you do not include any items that contain nuts.



What to bring

 We will be playing outside as much as we possibly can so please make sure the children have warm clothes and a coat and hat as necessary. We would also suggest that children never wear best clothes to attend – we often do messy activities. During the colder months please do ensure that your children wear warm clothes and have appropriate coat, hat and gloves. As well as spending as much time as possible outside, when inside we keep the hall well ventilated, both for Covid safety reasons.


 

What not to bring and policy regarding hand held games, ipads and phones

This year, due to Covid19 restrictions we are unable to allow children to bring their own toys, this includes their own hand held computer games. 


Arrival and Departure Procedures

ARRIVALS

  • On the first occasion that your child attends, and on subsequent days until they are happily settled, one parent or carer may accompany the child to the front door of Gosforth Park First School. Parents are not allowed to enter the building. A staff member will answer the door and the child will be handed over at the door.


  • For children who have previously attended and all new children once they are settled, we ask you to accompany your child to the bottom of the ramp only, then to stand back and wait until your child has been let in by a member of staff. Only one family group must be on the ramp at any one time. Parents are asked to use the rainbow markers on the ground to queue up to the ramp.


  • If children arrive after the groups have gone out to play parents please follow the same routine but at the gates to the school playground rather than the ramp. If you cannot catch a member of staff’s attention you will need to text or call the club mobile 07941413728.


DEPARTURES

  • Please text the club from the car park when you arrive to collect your child (07941413728). You can then come up to the bottom of the ramp to wait for the staff to come to the door with the children. Only one parent/carer per family should collect.
  • If the children are playing outside, please come to the gates to the playground and wait outside them, again using the rainbow markers to queue. Staff will send the children down the walkway to the gates, using walkie talkies to communicate between each other so a member of staff is always able to see that your child has reached you.
  • If the activities are being run outside then from 3pm onwards staff will ensure that children have taken all of their belongings outside with them to reduce the need to re-enter the hall to collect them while parents are waiting. If you are going to arrive before 3pm please give the staff at least half an hours’ notice to ensure that the children have their belongings with them. It would be preferable if you could let staff know this in the morning.

It is imperative that you have completed an online application form for your child before coming to the club as this year we can not let parents on to the premises so there is no option to complete a paper form when you drop them off.

We do ask that you ensure you arrive no later than 6pm as we only have the premises until this time. Anybody collecting later will be charged £10 per 15 minutes towards staff and hire costs incurred.


Special Needs

Please let us know of any special needs that your child has before they attend the club.