We have been crazy busy this week with all our activities across the groups with non stop fun!

Little Group -
The have been den making in the hall with Middle group, using the plastic scaffolding poles to work together and create a home that could fit the whole group in.  There were 2 teams, both shelters were good, although one didn't have a roof.  
They have also played games of Captains Coming in the hall, Hungry Hippos using lots of balls, a trip to the park in the rare time it wasn't raining, and also made an obstacle course. In the end room, they have been playing whiteboard games like treasure Island and Hangman, but also a game Clare made up called Silly Faces, where you have to roll a die and build a face.  Each number corresponds to a facial feature and once you've built one to completion you've won!
Joe did some tattoos for all groups throughout the week, and joined in Little group for their colouring sessions with Geometric Animal sheets.  Little group have also been baking some chocolate cupcakes, making pizzas on wrap bases, using playdough to make different scenes, collaging and Just Dance on the PS4. 

Middle Group have been playing Dodgeball in the hall, Den making with Little Group, and also managed going to the park.  They have also been making masks with paint on card, using the geometric animal printouts to create beautiful patterns and colours, white board games, including Bake Off, where each person is given a task to create a cake with certain elements, and the "Master Baker" who in this session was Joe decided who's was the best cake based on the flavours and looks.  Middle group also made Pizzas on wraps for their snack and have had their share of tattoos as well.  In the end room, the children got to play Just Dance on the PS4 and also did a game of name that tune in the kitchen to Disney songs. 

Big Group have been splitting some sessions into two as sometimes and hour can be too long for some of the sessions, so they have been really busy.  
They have been playing cube games in the hall, some dodgeball, war games, stageball, monkey ball, running games, Hockey (twice) and stool ball.  But they have also been creative, too with Logo Challenge, having to make a logo for a fictional company with a brief along with it.  They have also enjoyed the geometric animals too with lots of creative ways of designing them.  Big group made their own pizzas, and have baked a cake!

There have also been some games played, with Draw, Act, Sculpt, Beetle Drive and Mafia along with Higher or Liar, and also Rocket League on the PS4.  

All this happened in sessions, but then there was free choice time with no end of games of Uno, Chess, Connect Four and Frustration, Table Tennis and Table Football, some children created some brilliant models using plastic cups and lolly sticks and some brilliant games of Heads and Volleys in the hall and some full pitch football matches after lunch.  This week has been brilliant, and that's thanks to the amazing staff putting on some great activities, and the children for all getting involved and having fun.  

That's it for playscheme, back to normal After School next week. 
See you then!

Little Group this week have been focusing on all things Love.  They made some beautiful heart collages, Valentines cards and a special Treasure Island with a theme of Love as well. 

They were also treated to Joe doing facepaint tattoos on their arms, and he was tasked with some very odd requests.  

In the end room, there was a disco with prizes for best dancer and some games of musical statues, and also later in the week, Just Dance on the PS4 again.  This seems to be a huge hit, and all the children have a go. 

They are all still into making paper aeroplanes and racing them as well which can get a little crazy in the end room. 

Middle Group have been concentrating on Valentnes as well by making cards and doing a love colouring competition.  They also had tattoos done by Michaela who's getting better with her art work. 

In the hall, they have been playing parachute games, sharky sharky, and floor is lava. 
Middle group also joined in with the PS4 and had a dance!

Big group also had tattoos by Joe, and a lot of them wanted My Neighbour Totoro themed pictures which was great to paint. 

Big group arre really enjoying elephants in the long grass game in the hall and also Ryan's made up game of Stage Ball. 

In the kitchen, they have been using a big box full of craft materials to create anything they wanted.  Some made valentines cards, while others found materials to make goggles with by making a frame with card, then using coloured accetate to create the lense.  Some even got parents involved as they came to collect them!

Big group also played Beetle Drive which was greated by moans and groans, but then they loved playing it and got sucked into the game. 

Playscheme next week, so we've got loads of fun activities planned out!  See you then.

Little Group have been mixing things up a little bit this week and have been getting creative with clay and dough.  They made some minibeast animals using clay on one day, and then had a Playdough challenge, where teams compete to make the best...pizza, cupcake, animal etc. 
They also did some art work, by creating a swirly shape on some paper, and making a different pattern in each area. If you're of a certain age, I'm sure you'll remember doing this on Paint on the computer.

In the end room, there have been some different games, such as keeper of the keys, which helped them with their listening skills, and also Just Dance on the PS4 which mainly the boys got into in a big way. 

In the hall, Clare had the children moving with ribbons, hoops and some footballs. 

Friday sees the children making some double chocolate muffins!  They had better make one for me!!!

Middle group have also been on Just Dance on the PS4 and had a great time competing for the best moves. 
In the hall, they have been playing some basketball which looked like a lot of fun, and all the children joined in, they also joined up with Big Group and played a big game of capture the flag outside.  

Middle group also got creative and designed some dresses or suits using different craft paper and felt tips.  There were some really beautiful designs. 

Big group have also been very creative! They made some amazing things with dolly pegs, some children made people by wrapping wool around the peg, some children made birds by joining two pegs together and also wrapping the wool.  Some were genuinely amazing. 
They have also played a very loud and competitive game of Draw, Act, Sculpt, in the Big Group Room and also a great game of bite the box, a game where you have to pick up a cereal box with your teeth without your hands touching the floor.  No one could get it from the lowest one though, a flat piece of card on the ground. 

Ryan played a game of Floor is Lava out on the park, and some dodgeball and one on one football in the hall. 

They are having a game of Name that Theme in the kitchen today, children in groups listening to a piece of music, and have to write down what it's from. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Welcome back, 
This week started with Joe taking sessions for Little group on Monday and Tuesday as Clare wasn't in.  
Little group had already planned everything in advance, so we did some Paper Plane making and decorating, then we made it chaos in the end room with planes everywhere.  We also went to the hall and did some dodgeball which turned into ball tig.  There was lots of noise when they were running away from each other. In the endroom we used dolly pegs to make some people and then used lots of different textured and coloured paper to clothe them.  
We also played a game of say what you see on the whiteboard, which was fine until someone drew a speed alien that they had made up. 
Little group got Clare back on Wednesday, and they made rockets which looked great, and had a game of football in the hall.  They also joined middle group to play floor is lava in the hall.

Middle Group  have enjoyed playing bean boozle this week, something I can't understand, but the children seem to love getting the choice of chocolate pudding or dog food flavoured sweets.  They have also been in the hall playing different games like floor is lava, and also dodgeball. 
They have also been baking in the kitchen and made some jam buns.  They went HUGE in the oven, but tasted good!
In the end room Middle Group played Mr and Mrs to see who knew each other the best and they have also played some Treasure Island on the whiteboard as well!

Big group have been busy, too with a big game of capture the flag out on the playground on Thursday as there was a lot of children in.  Then a game of War Games, like dodgeball but with more balls. 
They kicked off the week with What's In the Box? which had delights such as cold mushy peas and spaghetti hoops.
In the hall, big group had a great game of Stool Ball in the hall which is a Big Group favourite, and some A-Z quiz and Mafia to top  it off.  Friday is really quiet today, so all groups have merged and have a free choice with Pool, PS4, colouring and drawing and also some hall games. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Lots of interesting ideas again this week from the Little Group children, they have planned to make a GIANT cookie, which is the size of a cake.  It looks amazing, some of the children didn't want to bake at the same time, so they had a different choice of colouring and also playing chess. 

Little group have also made paper planes and raced them through the pool room, some were great and flew far, others were more suited to be stunt planes. 

In the end room, Middle and Little group joined up and had another dark disco, lights of and loud music.  

Clare also got out lots of wool on one day to make friendship bands with them and they all had a go at braiding and weaving.

Middle group have been really sporty and played some football in the hall, a very competative dodgeball game and a massive game of capture the flag with big group outside. 

Middle group have also been designing the best robot using a lego person template.  There were some great designs with lots of effort being put in from everyone, with some children taking the pictures home to finish!

Big group have been baking cupcakes and then decorating with butter icing that ended up tasting like angel delight? 

They have also played a loud and competative game of bingo, if that is even possible, and Mr and Mrs with their best friends.  As Thursday was very busy, Ryan decided to play a game of Wallop the Cone in the hall and to also take them to the park and find out what weird things each other can do, like wiggle ears and lick their nose. 

Another fun week!!
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Back again and now we are back into a normal routine. 

Little Group have kicked things off this week with making some chocolate chip shortbread biscuits to take home and also a teddy bears picnic in the end room where we decorated the biscuits and had snack on the floor. 
They have also made some really nice little pieces of art for the display board in the kitchen.  Each child has made a mini self portrait and Clare has backed them in colourful card. 
Little group have also been to the park and met up with some friends from school who were out there, and for once, it didn't rain!

Middle group have been playing some parachute games in the hall with favourites like cat and mouse.  
They have also made a brilliant New Years Tree to put on tbe window into the kitchen.  It has some of the children's resolutions on there, like "getting better at football" but the best one waws "get more sleep!"
They have also made some scarecrows usng lolly sticks and wrapped in coloured string.  They all made some fantastic scarecrows.  They also joined in with little group to do some den building in the hall with parachutes and plastic scaffold. 
They were most taken with pizza making using tortilla wraps as a base, then they had the option of adding different toppings.  They each made their initials using the toppings to tell them apart. 

Big Group have been world building, given a sheet to design their flag, national flower and animal, monuments or landmarks, uniforms etc, they all really got into it and created some brilliant designs.  It was great to see them all really diving into their imagination. 

They have also been really creative with white tiles and marker pens to create some beautiful artwork.  

There has been a lot of physical activites as usual with stage ball, running games and football in the hall, along with some relaxing times as well with Pool and PS4 and also the A-Z quiz and free drawing. 

Always lots going on at Kids' Club!
​See you all next week. 

Welcome back to a new year at Kids Club! We hope you all had a great time off.

The children have come back full of beans and seem to have settled right back into routine.  
We've had some great sessions already, especially in Little Group which have been mostly planned by one of the children in year 1.  She has added sessions like - Yoga and Paint a Pig!
Some of the more normal sessions, however have been making funny shaped penguins which you can see on the End Room window.  They are all fantastic and unique.  The children have used random shaped black paper and then used white circles and orange beaks complete with googly eyes.  
The children have also been writing and drawing about what they got and did for Christmas and wanted to put all this on stocking shapes. 
Clare has also got the children working together to complete two large pictures using tissue paper.  One, is a large penguin and the other is a snowflake. These will go up as a winter decoration somewhere in the building. 
Little group also wanted to have a party, so we used the day we had pizza for snack, and then had some dancing games in the end room with the light off!  They played Musical Statues, although I have no idea how anyone saw anything!

Middle group have been doing lots of physical activities both outside and in, one of which was floor is lava.  The children used the hall and set up different areas for safety when the Lava call was made. 
They have also played other games like dodgeball and bench ball.  
Michaela has tried her hand at Tattoos using facepaints, and she's done ok...
Joe is going to help next time to avoid dissapointment. 

Big group have done more forfeit games where children can choose a beanboozle challenge to taste. Some of the children need a drink alongside the game, while other actively look for the "fart" flavoured one.
They have also been playing some cube mini games in the hall, often a favourite session as each mini game includes different skills, meaning anyone could win overall. 
Mafia was also played on a busy Tuesday and Ben did a fantastic job of narrating the game. 
Big group have also needed lots running around and so have played games like, first to the bib and capture the flag to get them to burn off some energy, and Friday will open up Pool for them. 

So, lots has happened, and I have probably forgotten something. There are already some sessions planned by the children for next week which they are getting excited about.  We encourage the children to write down ideas on a sheet for the group in the kitchen so that their leaders can put it into the planning.  

Have a great weekend, see you all next week!

We've made it, the last after school club of the year!
As you can imagine, all groups have been busy with lots of Christmas crafts and everyone is very excited. 
Little group have been making 3D Christmas trees using paper plates folded into a cone shape and painted and decorated.  They looked fantastic.  They have also made some Reindeer heads using egg cartons! 
In the hall, there have been lots of dancing to Christmas music and also some great Christmas Treasure Island on the whiteboard. 

Middle Group have been dancing along with Little group in the hall with all the Christmas music, and they have also been decorating a large scale tree with baubles they have made and stuck on.  Middle group also made a huge mess in the end room when they made snowflakes out of paper.  The end products were beautiful, and the amount of tiny pieces of paper on the floor at the end of session was like a snow drift. 
Using brightly coloured card, middle group made some cards to give to friends or family, and have also been playing lots of physical games in the hall like benchball, capture the flag and dodgeball. 

Big group have been making some christmas cards also and had free reign of the glitter....
They also have had a festive edition of Treasure Island with some bonus sweets as well as prizes.  In the hall, there were some very competative games of ladders and stageball and also some favourite parachute games as well.  
Mafia was played on one of our busiest days, it was a long game, with the mafia winning against the villagers and there was a lot of cleaver acting during the game.  

So, that bring us to the end of after school club.  There will be one more day of playscheme this year on the 23rd, but then we are closed until the 2nd of January. 

All that is left to say is Merry Christmas, and I hope you all have a fantastic time off with your loved ones.  
​From all of us at Kids' Club. 

Little Group has been Christmas mad this last week.  They have been making Christmas Cards using various craft materials and card, making Santa decorations to hang on the tree, paper chains that have been wrapped around the tree in the foyer, designed a new christmas jumper, for which there was one lucky winner, and also made some really delicious brownies that were supposed to be cut into tree shapes, but we just ate them in squares. 
There were also lots of Christmas Themed games to play as well, including four corners, with Elf, Tree, Holly and Santa as the areas, and a Christmas Treasure Island on the whiteboard. 

Middle Group Has been keeping the christmas theme down until the final week so as not to overwhelm the children.  They have been doing lots of hall games, like Sharky Sharky, tig and some dancing and bowling.
They have also made Brownies (when do they not bake?) and they were really good. 
The children have been begging to have facepaint tattoos for a while, and they have got what they asked for.  There were some interesting designs, with one child having an octopus on her cheek.

​Big Group have been really busy with lots of craft and games.  They have all had a try at some pixel art, focusing on repeating patterns for wrapping paper, and some chrismas pictures, lots of them decided to try reindeers and santa. 
There was also some bingo in the kitchen, which, if you happened to pass thorugh, you'll have noticed it was a very noisy bingo, but they all had a great time, Ryan managed to somehow turn it into a competetive sport. 
In the hall, the children have played some favourites, like dodgeball, wollop the cone and 1 on 1 football.  
Back in big group room, some of the children have had a go at making some christmas cards or decorations, with free reign of the craft area. 

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Had no time for updates last week so here is a double dose!

The children in Little group have been planning and writing up their own sessions, and they have chosen to make rainbows!  They used paint to make them and then mounted them on the window in the End Room. 
They have also been into junk modeling, making lots of different objects, and some hve requested to make robots. 

There have been lots of physical activities going on with football in the hall, music games, four corners and time bomb.  There have also been lots of board games and card games played in a group, like Uno which is ver popular, and also colouring in and playing theor own snakes and ladders game.  

On the white board, the children have been playing some Christmas Themed Treasure Island and in the kitchen, making Tree shaped bisuits, and chocolate cakes. 

Gearing up for Christmas, the children have helped decorate the end room and the tree in the foyer and will be continuiing to make decorations throughout the comming weeks. 

Middle Group have also been realling into christmas making snowball pompoms, christmas cards, and started making their own advent callendar.  They have also been doing some themed painting and colouring competitions, along with some more general sessions, like facepaint tattoos, sharkey sharkey in the hall and going to the park. Middle group wouldn't be the same without some baking, and they made some snowmen shaped shortbread biscuits with chocolate drop buttons.  Yummy. 

Big Group have been doing lots of team games, with Stool Ball, Ladders, Capture the bib, and football.  They have also played dodgeball and parachute games.  So loads of physical stuff!

They have also played other games they love like Mr and Mrs, Higher or Liar,  Who am I? and Mafia.  

They also did some painting, where there were some genuinely beautiful pieces of art. 

So that's the end of a bust two weeks.  Countdown to Christmas now!