|
|
|
A WARM WELCOME......
WASPS (Waterbeach After School Play Scheme) is an out of school club providing quality playcare for children and young people aged 4 - 11 years before and after school and in the holidays. We hope you find the site easy to navigate and are able to find all the information you need.
A PLACE WHERE...... CHILDREN HAVE FUN. The club provides a caring and fun environment with play opportunities designed to promote personal and social development, physical and intellectual skills and creative achievement. WASPS encourages and supports positive, fun activities and opportunities led by the children, where they can be comfortable being themselves. Children will join WASPS at different stages in their development, from different cultural and social backgrounds, with different abilities and personalities. We recognise these differences and listen and respond to them individually and appropriately making them feel valued and have comfort in the knowledge that we all make mistakes but that we aren't ridiculed, patronised or shouted at because of them. CHILDREN ARE VALUED. It is important that the children feel involved in the planning and day to day running of the club. We facilitate weekly children's meetings which are run by the children for the children. At these meetings they have the opportunity to discuss any ideas, questions or concerns that they have about the club. They are encouraged to suggest activities they would like to do, foods they would like to have at snack time and any changes that they would like to make to the environment, so that their ideas can be included in future planning. At these meetings everybody is given the chance to speak and their ideas or suggestions respected and valued, and expressed in a way that everyone can understand. We also have a suggestion box where ideas or questions can be posted, these can be named or anonymous, enabling all children to have the opportunity to put their views/ideas across, especially those who don't have the confidence to speak out at meetings or just choose not to. Staff are always available to help write these 'notes'. CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR. All staff are experienced and/or qualified in child care/youth work and registered with Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education). We employ a mix of well trained staff to supervise and manage the club so that WASPS can be a place where a child can be safe, have choices, feel respected and valued. We hope your children's time at WASPS will be one where they make friends, play, learn, experience diversity and have fun. We are committed to ensuring that our staff keep up to date with the latest training opportunities and government legislation relating to the care of the children. A file containing the clubs policies and procedures is always available to parents/carers and is situated on the front desk, as is a file containing training details of the staff at WASPS. Please feel free to read these files. PARENT'S ADVICE, HELP AND SUPPORT IS WELCOMED. There is a communication/suggestion box available for parents/carers, it is situated in the entrance hall. We always appreciate and value any suggestions/ideas made and make time to discuss every child and families needs with their carers.
WASPS is inspected by OFSTED. Do view our OFSTED report to read all the great things the inspectors said about our service |
Click on our favourite books on Amazon. WASPS will earn commission on purchases with Amazon website using this link. Thank you so much Our Links |
|
