Ladybirds Out Of School Club

Activities: Children enjoy a range of craft activities and creative play, supporting their imagination.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff support and extend learning from school, reinforce important messages about online safety, and encourage independence.

Communication: Staff keep parents well informed through daily conversations and updates via email and text messages.

Community Building: Staff gather the views of parents to identify areas to improve, introducing options like 'early tea'.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: There is a secure and stable staff team that works extremely well together.

Safeguarding Training: Staff complete safeguarding training and regularly update their understanding of wider safeguarding matters.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff spend time talking to children while they draw and practise writing, supporting literacy and numeracy skills.

Transition to Primary School: Children learn vital literacy skills and staff support school learning through activities like creating songs about staying safe online.

Child Safety Management: Staff ask children to remind them about indoor safety rules and complete outdoor risk assessments together.

Children's Safety and Security: Safeguarding is given utmost priority, with staff ensuring children are picked up safely by the correct people.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children create songs about how to stay safe when using the internet, reinforcing important messages.

Happiness and Settling: Children are happy to attend the club and feel listened to, enjoying activities and good behavior rewards.