The children enjoyed Toy Story 3 at the cinema today, popcorn, sweets, Woody and Buzz kept the children entertained this morning.

The rest of the children that stayed at holiday club had fun making their own woody and buzz using all the craft materials. They were very busy bees.

Today the children enjoyed the trip to the fire station

They witnessed the excitement of all the hustle and bustle of the fire fighters rushing to a 999 call!

The children jumped aboard the fire engine and were allowed to explore the fire fighting equipment.

They all got the chance to put their fire fighting skills into action by spraying the giant hose.

Meanwhile the children at holiday club made their own fire station and fire engines using the creative materials.

The children are becoming more and more enthusiastic with their toy story creations.

Today the children have made figures using play dough.

Some of the children have decorated some posters for our Toy story display board along with a big Buzz and Woody picture.

The children have been involved in problem solving games. They have found this very enjoyable as they have asked to repeat the games again.

The children at the Willows Safehands Holiday Club have been able to bring in their own personal toys/belongings which they enjoy playing with. …Read more

Today at Palatine the children have been getting very messy with the gloop. The children have created their own Toy Story character masks using the craft materials. This afternoon the children have used salt dough to mould Toy Story figures which are going to be painted tomorrow once they have been in the oven.

We had a superhero theme day, photos below. Some great face painting with some of the children. We played party games like musical chairs. Had a competition so that we could design our own superheroes with their own superhero magical powers. We also played pass the parcel and dodgeball (dodgeball seems to be very popular). …Read more

Week commencing 02/08/10

This week at Palatine we have been very busy as we have had three birthdays to celebrate. For each birthday we have had party food for snack along with party games such as musical statues, pass the parcel and hokey cokey.

The children have started writing in their diaries where they can put in a daily entry if they like of what they have been up to at holiday club. …Read more

The children have been very busy so far at Palatine holiday club.  From painting to baking, bug hunting to dancing the fun is never ending.

The competition for ‘Star of the week’ is getting very close with certificates and prizes multiplying.

The theme for this week at Palatine Safehands Holiday Club is Toy Story as we are going on a cinema trip to see Toy Story 3 on Thursday.  To carry out the theme over the week the children are taking part in various activities relating to the films.

The children can:

• Make a Mr. Potato Head using a potato and different craft materials to decorate him.
• Make ‘Ham the pig’. The children will use paper mache to create their own money boxes.
• Toy story posters (such as ‘Andy’s toys’)
• Create their own Aliens using salt dough and paint.
• Create a green toy soldier by using green play dough.
• On Friday the children are ‘going to Andy’s party’ just like in the first Toy story. The children will be making some chocolate cornflake cakes for the party.

Next week we are celebrating the start of the football season for Blackpool by having a ‘Tangerine Tuesday’. The children are asked to wear an item of clothing that is white or tangerine.

On Thursday 19th August children can go on a trip to Blackpool Zoo where they will join all our other holiday clubs – please call for further information.

During the first week of holiday club we all took part in group activities to help get to know one another.  To begin the week as we mean to go on all the children agreed on a set of rules that both staff and children found fair to ensure everyone is safe and ensures that we can have lots of fun whilst at holiday club.

The children also took part in:

• Decorating name labels for the self registration board in the reception area
• Lego competition (Pictures are displayed in the reception)
• Made posters about the importance of road safety when going out on trips
• Gloop
• Play Dough
• Rice Crispy cakes
• Wii
• Board games
• football, cricket, hula hoops
• Iced cakes
• Discussed ideas of what trips and activities the children would like to take part in