About our Breakfast Club

Our Aims:

• To provide a welcoming, safe and secure environment for pupils before the beginning of the school day;
• To allow children who are from impoverished backgrounds the opportunity to eat a healthy and nutritious breakfast, ;
• To provide an affordable and early drop off childcare facility for parents/carers during term time;
• To continue to build positive links/relationships with parents;
• To provide children with a nutritious breakfast at the start of the day in a pleasant and relaxed environment;
• To provide a calm play environment in which children can engage socially with children from other year groups.

About the club

The club is opened from 7.30-8.30am weekdays, during term time

Breakfast Menu

The Medway Breakfast Club is quite simple; we give our children a very healthy breakfast, which consists of the following:

Cereals with Hot or Cold Milk

Multigrain Hoops

Cornflakes

Weetabix

Rice Krispies

Toast

Wholemeal Toast

OR

Best of BOTH (White and Wholemeal Bread)

Drinks

Milk and Water

Fruit

Bananas

Red Grapes

Green Grapes

Blueberries

Strawberries

About the Club

The club is open from 7.30am until 8.30am weekdays, during term time.

What we offer

We provide a healthy breakfast, including fresh fruit, cereals and bread. We promote independence and responsibility by encouraging the children support the leaders with the club set up and preparation of their choice of healthy food. We use fresh ingredients and fresh drinking water, which is available at all times. We meet individual dietary requirements and parental preferences wherever possible. We recognise the importance of healthy nutrition for children delivered in a calm, friendly setting.

Activities during the Breakfast club

Activities have been developed to ensure there is a balance between educational, creative and active opportunities. Activities include: board games, arts and crafts, construction play, dodgeball and outdoor play (weather permitted).

Behaviour

The Breakfast club have created a list of rules for acceptable behaviour whilst at the club, as well as adhering to the Medway’s behaviour policy.
 

• Children are expected to respect each other, staff and visitors.
• Staff will encourage a caring atmosphere, of consideration and respect for everyone attending.
• We aim to encourage appropriate behaviour through praise and good behaviour.

A high standard of behaviour is expected from the children attending the club. Therefore, if a child persistently misbehaves they may be given a period to ‘cool down’. Continual or extremely bad behaviour will result in dismissal from the club. The club reserves the right to charge parents for any extra expenses incurred, due to damage of the school property.

Accidents

• In order to ensure the best care for your child please ensure you give the club up-to-date information regarding the child’s needs, especially medical conditions and dietary requirements.
• The club holds full insurance cover for accident and public liability.

In the event of an accident or injury every effort will be made to contact the preferred contact as soon as possible.
 

If you have a query or concern at any time, please speak to a member of staff at the club when you drop off your child. If you prefer to arrange a more convenient time for a meeting with the club leader please contact the school office.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Payment of fees

The current fees are £1.00 per child per session, payable via the School Office. We recommend payment is made a minimum of one week in advance and a credit balance is maintained at all times.

Changes to days and cancelling your place

You must give us one week notice of termination, or of changes to attendance, otherwise you will still be liable to charges. If you need to change the days that your child attends, please contact the School Office. We try to accommodate wherever possible.

Arrivals

Arrivals are through the Skipworth Street entrance, using the breakfast club door.

The club finishes at 8.30am, leaving children 10 minutes to get to class; the KS1 children are escorted back to class.

We look forward to welcoming your child to our popular and happy Breakfast club. We are confident that your child will enjoy their time at our club and you can be reassured that they will be receiving a good breakfast.

The most important meal of the day!

(Please read the Breakfast Club Policy for full details)