Washingwell Whizz Kids Before and After School Club

 

Welcome to Washingwell Whizz Kids!

We provide before and after school club childcare provision for all children on roll at Washingwell Primary School (including Nursery children) and we are delighted to offer the service as part of our extended provision to support our families. 

We pride ourselves on the flexibility and quality of service that we provide and whilst you may not require a place for your child on a regular basis, we ask that all members of our school community agree to the terms and conditions outlined below in case you require ad hoc places throughout your child's time at Washingwell. 

Thank you. 

Mrs Hall; Head Teacher

 

Our Out of School Club Team consists of Mrs Johnson and Miss Guest who cover breakfast sessions and Miss Head and Miss Hughes who cover after school sessions. All will be happy to help you with bookings or queries relating to breakfast and after school club. 

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is open from 7.30am - 8.40am each day and the charge is as follows:

£5 per session.

There is no access to the building before 7.30am.

Breakfast is served to those children that are dropped off by 8.15am. A breakfast menu consisting of cereals, toast, fruit and yogurts is available daily. We may offer special breakfasts in line with celebrations or events for example Pancake Day. In these instances the daily menu will continue to be available.

After School Club

After School Club is open from 3.20 - 5.45pm each day and the charge is as follows:

£10 per session

A snack is offered to children between 3.30pm & 4.15pm. Food served, fulfills the criteria of the School Food Standards for Food Served Outside of School Hours.

Washingwell Community Primary School is proud to be a healthy school.

Policies

Washingwell Whizz Kids is ran and managed directly by the school itself.  As such, all school policies in relation to behaviour, safeguarding, first aid, food hygiene etc are adhered to at all times. 

Bookings & Payments:

Parents will pay via card when booking their sessions via Parentpay. Bookings can be made and cancelled up until 5pm the night before the session. If you book a session and need to cancel, you can do this yourself, via Parentpay, up until 5pm the night before without being charged, however after 5pm, cancellations for the next day will not be refunded.

All booked sessions will be charged in accordance with the fees listed above. Late collections (after 5.45pm) will incur a £50 charge to contribute towards increased staffing costs - this will be applied to your account by the office staff. Please note, it is essential that bookings are made via the booking system. This allows us to ensure adequate staffing and catering for the number of children that we have in each session.

Sessions are available to book ordinarily a term in advance to allow parents and carers maximum time to book for individual needs.

Children who are not booked in via Parentpay will not be admitted. 

Childcare Voucher Payments (TFCC/ GovCC etc):

If you wish to pay for Washingwell Whizz Kids via voucher payment this needs to be done in advance of booking sessions.
You will need to make a payment via your voucher scheme, let the school office know that you have made the payment and how much is to be allocated to each session e.g. £20am ,£50pm.

The office will then allocate a credit to your account which will allow you to book sessions without paying via a card. As you book you will see the credit amount go down and therefore know when to top up again, following the same process.

We ask that, where possible, you top up in a bulk amount to reduce administration time and to ensure that you have funds available as and when needed, particularly around holiday times when staff are not working.

Terms and Conditions:

It is the responsibility of the school to:

• Ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of your child whilst in before and after school club.  
• Discuss with parents promptly any concerns/issues regarding their child's attendance at Washingwell Whizz Kids.
• Minimise any closures of the club. It is our aim to remain open, but parents should be aware that some situations, for example weather or heating failure may be beyond our control and we will not keep children in school if we cannot keep them or the staff safe. 
• Provide a safe and stimulating environment with a selection of free choice activities for all children to enjoy

It is the responsibility of the parents/guardians to:

• book their child in to breakfast and after school club sessions using our Parentpay system 
• Communicate effectively with Washingwell Whizz Kids staff. 
• Collect their child no later than 5.45pm when the club closes.
• Telephone school urgently if an exceptional circumstance will prevent you collecting your child by 5.45pm
• Let us know in advance if someone else will be collecting your child 
• Respect our local residents when dropping off/collecting children from before and after school club (please do not park in front of residents’ garages/driveways or prevent them access to their property in any way.) 
• Ensure that all bookings are made via Parentpay in advance 
• Ensure that the account does not fall into a deficit 

It is the responsibility of the child to:

• maintain standards of their behaviour as expected by teaching staff during the school day.
• Be polite and considerate to all members of staff and other children in Washingwell Whizz Kids.

Please note that failure to adhere to the terms and conditions, in particular repetitive late collection (after 5.45pm) may result in your child being refused a place at Washingwell Whizz Kids.

Our Washingwell Whizz Kids Team will be happy to help you with bookings or queries relating to breakfast and after school club. They can be contacted via the Washingwell Whizz Kids email address: whizzkids@washingwell.org.uk

Please note, emails may only be checked during Whizz Kids operational hours 7.30am – 8.40am and 3.20pm -5.45pm.