Y Kidz Playscheme, YMCA Hawker Kingston

Y Kidz is Ofsted registered and we offer a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities.

• Sessions will be a combination of inside and outside (depending on the weather) One area is the bowls field and the other being the large field. Tailored activities will be set in both areas. The children’s groups will swap play areas to allow them the full range of the activities provided, halfway through the session.
• For structured arts and crafts activities, the needed resources (such as ribbon, glitter, stickers, etc) for that activity will be provided.

• A member of staff will be in the creche area to register children for the day.
• Please be prompt at dropping off and picking up children at the start and end times.

• You will be able to collect your child the same way you dropped them off. Again please arrive at the stated finish time.
• If you need to collect your child a few hours earlier than the collection time please arrange this prior to your child’s session with the Y Kidz holiday playscheme manager.

• There will be a small break in the late morning for 15-30 minutes to have some fruit and water. The next break will be at the same time but later in the afternoon. Lunch will be from 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm.
• Children need to bring their own packed lunch
• Drinking water will be provided on-site but children will have to bring their own named drinking bottle.

• Children have a briefing every morning in relation to the plan and movements for the day.
• There is a toilet to use in the crèche away from the centre’s public toilets.
• The outside basketball court will be accessible by the public. Y Kidz will use that area for activities at specific times.
• Y Kidz will not use dance studios unless we have booked a time slot with the centre

• A bag
• A packed lunch, plus snacks
• A water bottle already filled with water
• Suitable clothing for the weather conditions as we will be primarily based outside and a change of clothes.
• Comfortable footwear e.g. trainers. Please do not drop your child off in sandals or flip flops

Your child should come with sun cream applied and be wearing a hat if the weather is sunny and warm.

• Should your child require any medication e.g inhaler, EpiPen, etc, please bring on their first day in a labelled bag with a completed medical consent form.
• If your child starts to feel unwell and will not be able to attend a session, please call a member of the Y Kids team.

All staff are passionate about play opportunities and have been DBS checked. Operating with a staff to child ratio of 1:8. we promote a happy and safe half playscheme.

If you have any questions, please email venniceayethman@ymcaspg.org and we will be more than happy to answer these.