Today we have made chocolate moulds to decorate and have also decorated some biscuits.

We have made paper-mache masks (Princess Fiona and Shreck) for our Shrek themed week next week.

We have done posters on the safety of using the internet.

A group of children did a Hercules performance of singing, acting and dancing, and performed in front of the rest of the group.

We have a self registration board with an insects theme. The children pin their bug onto the flower petals when they arrive in the morning.

Chris has been doing a lot of football and team games in the gym as he is going into his final yr at university training to be a P.E teacher for high school aged children.

We have been cutting and sticking making holiday club collage posters to brighten up the walls.

We have made salt dough and the children made their own thing ranging from bugs to hotdogs to bowls, they then painted them after they had been in the over.

All children have their own holiday club diary which they put an entry in each day of what they have done each day and what they have enjoyed.

Week commencing – 5/7/10
Went on an insect walk around the school field collecting insects, brought materials back such as grass to make pictures from.
Active day- went on adventure park and had a mini sports day, little prizes for winners
Made pizza which they ate for snack and chose what topping they all wanted.
made cheese straws for afternoon snack.

Week commencing – 12/7/10
Made French flags and posters for display ready for  Bastille day
Researched famous French places
Bastille day – red white and blue day (children and staff dressed up) have pictured printed off but cant attach as was on old managers camera
French snacks throughout the day: croissants and made French baguettes and garlic bread.

Week commencing – 19/7/10
Designed and made own kite tested them on the field
Decorated cupcakes with icing sugar and sprinkles.
Baked Flapjacks to take home.

Week commencing – 26/7/10
This week we have planned a crazy sock day which will be on Thursday
Bring cardboard boxes i  from home, make own models.
Italian Day on Friday, make flags, posters, wear red green and white and make Italian snacks which we will research and ask the children about.

This week at Montgomery High School there’s a Shrek theme all week.  With superb activities all week long including :-

• Making and decorating gingerbread men.
• Decorating the cinema room/corridor as a swamp.
• Painting pictures of Shrek and the other characters.
• Making paper mache Shreck/Fiona masks.
• Making a donkey pinyata.
• Typing and making a display on ‘my perfect swamp’.
• Shrek Olympics (ie medieval Olympics).
• Fancy dress.

It’s days before the start of the Safehands Holiday Club – summer clubs.

There’s been a superb response, with children excited and ready to have a summer holiday full of fun.

If you haven’t booked your place get in touch now – or if you want to drop in and try it for an hour can do that too.

All Holiday Clubs are open 7am until 6pm every weekday for the entire School Summer Holidays.

Today the BBC featured a story regarding the lack of holiday care across the UK.

Regions in England reporting particularly high levels of holiday childcare shortages included the South East, the West Midlands and the North East.

It seems from the research the North West of England are well provided for in terms of  holiday care provision.  Safehands alone operate 7 Holiday Clubs in the North West of England but we are looking for more!  With our schools and community incentive scheme, which financially benefits schools and community centres we hope to role out many more clubs across the UK in the coming months.

If you know of a holiday care need in your area – let us know, our Holiday Club team will pro-actively work towards filling that need and provide even more great care for children of all ages and all abilities.

Call – 0844 848 2810

Following the recent cuts to school funding, Lancashire based Safehands Care Ltd – one of the largest total family care companies in the UK, have launched a partnership programme that can provide schools with valuable additional source of income.

Safehands Care have a funding package available to all schools and community centres of up to £100 per day depending on capacity! Which equates to a massive £6500 per annum! A superb source of additional income for any school, college of community centre, with facilities for up to 50-100 children per day.

The range of activities at Safehands Holiday Clubs is simply amazing, designed to keep children from 3-14 stimulated and engaged all day long. With our extensive experience in childcare including Nurseries, Crèche care and of course babysitting – Safehands staff always have new activities and past times ready to go!

This superb partnership package must come as much needed good news to school governors in these times of austerity for school across the UK.

For further information call 01253 407903

It’s not long before the Summer Holidays and there’s high demand for places at the seven Safehands Holiday Clubs across the North West.

Over the next few months the team at Safehands will be planning the Autumn Holiday Clubs with the addition of a few more North West locations.

Given the huge interest of our newly re-packed brand of Holiday Clubs we are pro-actively seeking partner schools in the London and Manchester areas.

If you are interested in running a Safehands Holiday Club in any area of the UK we’d be delighted to hear from you.

Today Safehands Holiday Club have implemented online payment system for Holiday Club payments.

By working with PayPal, Safehands provide the ability for parents to make online payments via credit card or through there PayPal account.

If you would like to make a payment on line please click here.

We do accept vouchers for Holiday Club payment.

Please let us know which type of voucher you would like to use so that we can processes it accordingly.

Safehands Holiday Clubs places are fantastic value for money.

For NHS and Public Sector workers we’ve introduced some fantastic discounts.  To find out more take a look at the online booking form