HAF FUNDED SCHOOL HOLIDAY CLUB
FREE SCHOOL MEALS SCHEME
OUR FREE SCHOOL MEALS SCHEME IS RUNNING THROUGH THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS FROM MONDAY 21ST JULY - FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST
We work in partnership with Bedford Borough Council to offer
fully funded spaces to families who are eligible for free school meals on our Active
Care School Holiday Clubs over the Easter and Summer Holiday Periods across
Bedford. Children in receipt of benefit related free school meals are eligible to access the HAF programme.
The HAF Funded Active Care School Holiday Club includes a
free lunch as well as activities designed to ensure all of the children have a
FUN and ACTIVE school holiday this year in Bedford and parents can be confident
in their childcare and activity choice.
THE VENUE
Our fully funded HAF Active Care Holiday Club is running from a brand new venue this Summer
Bedford Greenacre Independent School, Manton Lane, Bedford MK41 7FZ
How to book
Approximately one month prior to the school holidays commencing, you will be sent an email by your child’s school, containing your login details (including a unique booking code) and you will need these details to access E-Vouchers.
If you believe you are eligible for benefits related free school meals and have not received these, please speak to your child’s school directly.
On the E-vouchers platform you need to search for ‘SSG Activities – Active Care’ to book onto our provision and choose the venue and dates you would like. You will be allocated a number of credits to use over the school holiday period.
If you have any questions regarding booking onto our free school meals scheme, please email info@ssgservices.co.uk or call 01234 340782.
THE ACTIVITIES:
At our Active Care Holiday Club each jam-packed day ensures
children aged 5-12 years old have access to a wide range of activities to keep
them busy, engaged, having fun and developing throughout each day.
Children are split into groups of similar ages and each
group move round activities under the following headings:
Inflatable Fun:
A huge favourite with all of our children there will be one
or more inflatables on site for children to access. Inflatables include
traditional bouncy castles, slides and inflatable target shooting.
Creative Crafts & Messy Play:
A themed creative craft activity will be on hand every day
for children to let their creative sides run wild. Themes are changed daily and
based on children’s feedback ensuring that activities remain relevant and fun.
Groups will build, stick, colour, draw and create each day and have options to
take creations home or add to our holiday display.
Inclusive Sports:
We ensure that children of all ages and abilities are able
to access a massive range of sports with specialist high quality equipment
playing inclusive games and sessions tailored to their age and experience.
Sports include team sports, racket sports, summer sports, American sports,
athletics to name but a few.
Active Games & Challenges:
A wide range of practical challenge and adventure games are
set for the children each day to test and stretch their cognitive and physical
boundaries and ensure our children are helped to enhance their leadership, team
working and problem-solving skills whilst at Active Care!
BRINGING THE FUN TO THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
We understand that the most important ingredient for our ACE
School Holiday Club has to be the fun and enjoyment of all of our children.
We ensure the day is well paced and that we have staff on
site that can bring a sense of fun, enthusiasm, genuine compassion and
excitement to all activities. Staff are fun, friendly and go out of their way
to ensure that they learn each child’s name as quickly as possible and make
them feel at home.
We incorporate daily themes within the club to ensure each day is unique, with themes including but not limited to:
AROUND THE WORLD
SUPERHEROES
ANIMALS
Nature
Mission Survival
Emergency Services
Life Skills
HIGH QUALITY & SAFE PROVISION
Our ACE School Holiday Clubs are a safe and high-quality childcare and activity option for all parents. All venues operate inline with the OFSTED benchmarks and are operated by experienced staff teams.
As an organisation we have been operating provision for children and schools across Bedfordshire for over 20 years ensuring:
- All staff are DBS cleared and have ongoing safeguarding and prevent training
- All staff are expertly trained in leadership of children and groups
- Each site has a qualified first aider
- Each site is visited daily by leadership and quality assurance teams
- All equipment is high quality and cared for
- All sites are secure, child and safeguarding friendly
- All activities are risk assessed and monitored
MAKE AN ENQUIRY
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
You can book online by clicking the ‘book now’ button, or over the on 01234 340782 (our phone lines are open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm).