Breakfast and After School Care Club

Care Club

Chantry is proud to offer parents childcare facilities before and after school and during some school holiday periods.

The care club is managed by Miss Allen, supported by a team of staff directly employed by the school.  We offer before and after school childcare for our families during term time and during 6 weeks of the school holiday periods across the year (all half terms, 1 week at Easter and 2 weeks during the summer).

The Care Club is located in the Community Hub building accessible via Wedgewood Road where there is an electronically controlled gate access.  

Times:

Breakfast Club is open from 7:30am - 8:30am, children are escorted to class at 8:30am after Breakfast Club.

Drop Off Session is available from 8:15am - 8:30am

After School Club offers five sessions, from 3:30pm when school finishes through to 6:00pm.

Session 1 - 3:30 – 4:00pm

Session 2 - 4:00 – 4:30pm

Session 3 - 4:30 – 5:00pm

Session 4 - 5:00 – 5:30pm

Session 5 - 5:30 – 6:00pm

Costs:

• Breakfast Club costs £4 per day (£20 per week)
• Drop off Session (8:15am - 8:30am) £1.30 per day (£6.50 per week)
• After School Club costs £2 per 30-minute session, per day (£10 for all five sessions /£50 per week)

For example: If your child were to attend breakfast club each day and all three after-school sessions every day, the total cost for weekly childcare would be £70. Registration for all children is £3.00 per year

Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club gives your child a cheerful and fun start to their day.

We offer the children toast*, with a number of spreads and slices of cheese, a range of cereals and fruit with yoghurt along with fresh juice, water and milk to drink We provide croissants, pancakes or crumpets on a weekly basis.

We always follow dietary requirements and health restrictions.

*We use brown bread for our toast and sandwiches

After School Care Club

The After School Care Club is a service that allows the children to socialise and play in a safe environment where they have a range of toys, games and activities at their fingertips.

When the school day is finished a member of staff accompanies all the children to the club.

The children are given either sandwiches, toast, baked beans, or cheese and crackers, and a wide choice of fresh fruit along with a drink.

Daily Routines and Activities

In breakfast club, children are always offered cereal and toast with juice or water to drink. There is often yoghurt and/or fruit available as well. After breakfast, children have the opportunity to play board games, to read or play with a selection of toys.  Children often enjoy helping to tidy up or just chatting to their friends until they walk across to school.

All children booked into breakfast club are escorted to their classrooms at 8:30am.  Children in Endeavor are accompanied to the Endeavour gate where they join their classes, alongside their peers.

All children booked into After School Care Club are collected from their classrooms and escorted over to the care club building.

Once in the after school club, they are offered a snack which could be either beans on toast, a sandwich, hot toast or cheese and crackers, there is also fruit on offer if the children prefer along with a choice of drinks, click here to see the menu. If your child stays for the second session then fruit is also on offer to the children along with another drink.

The children have access to a wide range of activities including games, crafts, cookery, reading books, table tennis, table football, computers and computer games, there is also space for children to complete homework. Children also make use of the playground space in good weather.

Wraparound care

Wraparound care is available for children attending nursery sessions in addition to the breakfast and after-school sessions detailed above. Wraparound care offers afternoon sessions for children attending the morning nursery class and morning sessions for the afternoon nursery class.

Children attending wraparound care sessions paid for by parents are able to attend the nursery setting for as many additional hours as parents choose

Times:

Morning session           8:30am - 11:30am

Lunch session               11:30am - 12:30pm

Afternoon Session     12:30pm - 3:30pm

Costs:

Hourly charge of £4

Holiday Club

Holiday Club activity programmes are sent out a month before the club is due to take place.  Parents have the option of booking children in for whole weeks or for specific days, as required.  It is not possible to book half days due to the staffing requirements for the week, however, if parents wish to collect children before the end of the day this is absolutely fine – please note that if the group has gone out on a trip then early collection will not be possible, please check the programme before booking.

Holiday clubs take place during:

October Half Term

February Half Term

Week 1 of the Easter Holiday

Week 1 and 2 of the Summer Holiday

Booking and Payment

Parents are required to register for Care Club and must book and pay for all sessions in advance. We accept childcare vouchers from a range of employee childcare voucher providers, including Computershare, Busy Bees, Fair Care and Edenred - we can register for other providers if required and we encourage the use of childcare vouchers.

We encourage parents to book sessions as far in advance as possible, preferably half a term at a time. These childcare places are often in demand so it is essential that we know of any opportunities to offer places to other families throughout the year.

All bookings for After School Care Club, Breakfast Club and Wraparound Care are now made online through ParentMail, all bookings need to be paid for in advance this will then allow you to book your sessions.

Please note that children collected late will incur a charge for the next full session.

A higher rate of late fees of £3 per 15 minutes per child will be charged if children have not been collected by 6:00pm.

The Registration Form and Terms & Conditions can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

Registration Form and Terms & Conditions

Some parents may be eligible for help with childcare costs, further information can be found on the Government website.