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Notice to all parents and carers:

We will be operating our services for breakfast club and after school at our schools – Booker Avenue, Dovedale and Woolton Primary for children of key workers and critical workers.

We will be at school as normal tomorrow morning for breakfast club and we will update you as our plans develop.

Please stay safe! x

Dear Parents and carers of Dovedale Kids’ Club,

It is with mixed emotions that we are announcing that our friend and colleague Jeannette Davies, the Site Manager of Dovedale Kids’ Club is retiring at the end of term.

Jeannette has been the Site Manager at Dovedale for the past 10 years and first started working for the company in 2004.

Jeannette has decided to retire to be able to spend more time with her family.

From January, Sarah Barnard will become the Site Manager and Sonya Ahmed will become the Breakfast Club Manager. They will be supported by Debbie Tambourini as the Junior After School Club Manager.

Sonya has been working for Kids’ Club since 2018 and Sarah has been with us since 1999!

We would like to thank Jeannette for her years of hard work and dedication to the hundreds of children she has looked after over the years. We will miss her so much!

Jeannette wanted to share a message with you all:

Dear Parents,

You will have heard by now that I am retiring from Dovedale Out of Hours Kids’ Club at the end of this term. I have had a long career in childcare culminating in ten very happy years at Dovedale.

I will be very sad to leave Dovedale and Kids’ Club and I know I will miss seeing the children, staff and parents who have made my job at Kids’ Club so rewarding.

Many of you will know that I have two daughters who live in Wales and Holland and I am planning longer visits to them and their families. I have four grandchildren and a great grandson. School pick-ups will be something that I can do as a grandmother! I also enjoy walking, so I plan to continue this during my retirement.

I will be keeping in touch with Sarah and the rest of the staff team and look forward to hearing how our Dovedale family is.

Best wishes to you all.

Jeannette

Dear Parents and Carers, we will be back operating at Dovedale from Monday 7th September and wanted to share the following information with you.

We cannot wait to see you and your children – we really have missed you all so much!

Bubbles:

As previously mentioned, the children will be kept in the same bubbles as they have been in during the school day. For Dovedale this will be in year groups.

Drop off and pick up:

Drop off for Breakfast Club and pick up for After School Club will be at the main school entrance on Herondale Road. A member of staff will be there to sign your child in and out.

Please follow the one way system at the gates per the tape that the school have put up, in line with the school’s procedures.

When queueing for drop off or pick up, please ensure to practice social distancing and stay 2m apart from other people. If you or any member of your household has been displaying any of the symptoms of Covid-19, please do not bring your child to Breakfast Club and ensure you notify the school.

Breakfast Club:

Please make sure your child has clean hands when they arrive at Kids’ Club in the morning. There will be sanitiser stations throughout our site for the children to use.

If you have two or more children attending, they have to be in separate bubbles per the headteacher’s guidance (unless they are in the same class and bubble at school.)

The children will be split between the Infants Hall and the Junior Halls to ensure that there is plenty of space. All of the bubbles will be socially distanced with a space of 2m around each space where possible. Reception and Year 1 will be on the Infants side and Years 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be on the Juniors side, spread out across the canteen, the music room and the gym.

The children will be served their breakfast and afterwards have table top games and activities they can do.

The children will wash their hands when they are finishing up at breakfast club so they are ready to start the school day nice and clean and we will take the children up to class meeting point per their staggered start times.

Please bear your child’s start time in mind when bringing your child to breakfast club, to ensure that there is enough time with us in the morning to make sure they have time to eat. Please arrive no later than 8:30am.

After School Club

When picking up at after school, please queue at the Herondale entrance. There will be a member of staff there to arrange collection of your child and sign them out. We will get your child ready and bring them out to you.

During the afternoon, the children will be split between the Infants Hall and the Junior Halls to ensure that there is plenty of space.

Following government guidance, we will try to ensure that the children play outside as much as possible and keep the bubbles apart from each other as much as possible.

The children will wash their hands when they come to us and there will be antibacterial gel and foam around the setting that they will be encouraged to use as the session goes on.

Please arrive no earlier than 3:45pm to pick up your child.

We will keep our daily pick up lists as a form of record to state who was in each bubble and which member of staff was with that bubble, in case a child or member of staff reports signs of Covid-19, we can trace who they have been in contact with.

We have a massive amount of fun outdoor equipment that can be cleaned after each use at the end of each session to ensure a wide variety of exciting play. Nothing will be shared across bubbles during each session.

The Bubbles will have their own:

Toys – sets will be rotated on a weekly basis with a wide range of options. They will be cleaned daily and then at the end of the week the next bubble will get that set.

Books – which are age relevant and that can be wiped down.

Tablets and games consoles which will be cleaned after each use

Art and craft selection – Felt tips, pencils, colouring in and class pack art and crafts.

As always, we will do our utmost to safeguard your children and we want to make sure you feel safe and relaxed that your children will be safe with us.

We also want you to tell your children that we have missed them and we are so excited to see them and have fun at Kids’ Club like we normally do!

Kind regards,

Jeannette, Debbie and the Dovedale Kids’ Club Team 🙂

Contact Details:
Jeannette: 07960416559
Debbie: 07434249466

Dear Parents and Carers, we will be back operating at Woolton Primary from tomorrow, 2nd September and wanted to share the following information with you.

We cannot wait to see you and your children – we really have missed you all so much!

Bubbles:

As previously mentioned, the children will be kept in the same bubbles as they have been in during the school day. For Woolton this will be in class groups.

Drop off and pick up:

Drop off for Breakfast Club and pick up for After School will be at the gate at the entrance to the mobile (our usual base.) A member of staff will be there to guide your child inside. There will be markers on the ground.

Please follow the one way system that the school has in place, to enter through the Out Lane entrance and to exit through Hunts Cross Avenue.

When queueing for drop off or pick up, please ensure to practice social distancing and stay 2m apart from other people. If you or any member of your household has been displaying any of the symptoms of Covid-19, please do not bring your child to Breakfast Club and ensure you notify the school.

Breakfast Club:

Please make sure your child has clean hands when they arrive at Kids’ Club in the morning. There will be sanitiser stations throughout our site for the children to use.

If you have two or more children attending, they have to be in separate bubbles per the headteacher’s guidance (unless they are in the same class and bubble at school.) A member of staff will sign your child in.

The children will be split between the mobile (our normal base) and the infants hall to ensure that there is plenty of space. All of the bubbles will be socially distanced with a space of 2m around each space where possible.

The children will be served their breakfast and afterwards have table top games and activities they can do.

The children will wash their hands when they are finishing up at breakfast club so they are ready to start the school day nice and clean and we will take the children up to class per their staggered start times. Please bear your child’s start time in mind when bringing your child to breakfast club, to ensure that there is enough time with us in the mornings to make sure they have time to eat.

After School Club

When picking up at after school, please enter through the Out Lane entrance and exit through Hunts Cross Avenue, per the school’s one way system. We will get your child ready and bring them out to you.

During the afternoon, the children will be split between the mobile (our usual base) and the infants hall. We will have split registration times so the children are not all in the mobile and the infants hall at the same time, despite them being separated and social distancing measures between the bubbles being in place. We also feel that it’s best to keep them outside and the bubbles apart from each other as much as possible.

The children will wash their hands when they come to us and there will be antibacterial gel and foam around the setting that they will be encouraged to use as the session goes on.

We will keep our daily pick up lists as a form of record to state who was in each bubble and which member of staff was with that bubble, in case a child or member of staff reports signs of Covid-19, we can trace who they have been in contact with.

When we return to school, the Reception children won’t be with us until 21st September, allowing for additional space for the infants and also more time for us to plan the setting and flow of the site as we have not been able to visit the school site until the 2nd September.

We have a massive amount of fun outdoor equipment that can be cleaned after each use at the end of each session to ensure a wide variety of exciting play. Nothing will be shared across bubbles during each session.

The Bubbles will have their own:

Toys – sets will be rotated on a weekly basis with a wide range of options. They will be cleaned daily and then at the end of the week the next bubble will get that set.

Books – which are age relevant and that can be wiped down.

Tablets and games consoles which will be cleaned after each use

Art and craft selection – Felt tips, pencils, colouring in and class pack art and crafts.

As always, we will do our best to safeguard your children and we want to make sure you feel safe and relaxed that your children will be safe with us.

We also want you to tell your children that we have missed them and we are so excited to see them and have fun at Kids’ Club like we normally do!

Kind regards,

The Woolton Kids’ Club Team 🙂

Please see the below document with regards to updates for returning to Booker Avenue Kids Club.

Bubbles:

As previously mentioned, the children will be kept in the same bubbles as they have been in during the school day. For the infants this will be in year groups and for the juniors this will be in class groups.

Drop off and pick up:

Drop off for Breakfast Club and pick up for After School will be at the Infants School entrance.

When queueing for drop off or pick up at the Infants School entrance, please ensure to practice social distancing and stay 2m apart from other people. If you or any member of your household has been displaying any of the symptoms of Covid-19, please do not bring your child to Breakfast Club and ensure you notify the school.

Breakfast Club:

Please make sure your child has clean hands when they arrive at Kids’ Club in the morning. There was be sanitiser stations throughout our site for your child to use and we have the safety data sheets available for them.

At breakfast club, we will have a member of staff on the gate who will guide you down to Kids’ Club. The infants will enter the school at the canteen at the usual double doors entrance and the juniors will enter the canteen at the automatic doors entrance. If you have two or more children attending, they have to be in separate bubbles per the headteacher’s guidance (unless they are in the same class and bubble at school.)

At breakfast club, the infants will sit separated in their bubbles. The juniors will be separated into their class bubbles. All of the spaces will be socially distanced with a space of 2m around each space where possible.

The children will be served their breakfast and afterwards have table top games and activities they can do.

The children will wash their hands when they are finishing up at breakfast club so they are ready to start the school day nice and clean and we will take the children up to class per their staggered start times.

After School Club

When picking up at after school, please enter through the infants gate and walk down through the car park. We will get your child ready and bring them out to you. Please use the pedestrian pathway to leave the school.

During the afternoon, we will have staggered registration times so the children are not all in the canteen and hall at the same time, despite them being separated and social distancing measures between the bubbles being in place. We feel that it’s best to keep them outside as much as possible and the keep the bubbles apart from each other as much as possible.

The children will wash their hands when they come to us and there will be antibacterial gel and foam around the setting that they will be encouraged to use as the session goes on.

We will keep our daily pick up lists as a form of record to state who was in each bubble and which member of staff was with that bubble, in case a child or member of staff reports signs of Covid.

When we return to school, the Reception children won’t be with us until 21st September, allowing for additional space for the infants and also time for us to plan the setting and flow of the site as we have not been able to visit the school site until the 1st September.

We have a massive amount of fun outdoor equipment that can be cleaned after each use at the end of each session to ensure a wide variety of exciting play. Nothing will be shared across bubbles during each session.

The Bubbles will have their own:

Toys – sets will be rotated on a weekly basis with a wide range of options. Cleaned daily and then at the end of the week the next bubble will get that set.

Books – which are age relevant and that can be wiped down.

Tablets and games consoles which will be cleaned after each use

Art and craft selection – Felt tips, pencils, colouring in and class pack art and crafts.

As always, we will do our best to safeguard your children and we want to make sure you feel safe and relaxed that your children will be safe with us.

We also want you to tell your children that we have missed them and we are so excited to see them and have fun at Kids’ Club like we normally do!

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

The Booker Kids Club Team 🙂

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