COOL KIDS

We are here to support parents & carers with wrap around care for children who attend Portway Infants & Juniors. We provide a breakfast club & after school club which has a positive, fun, safe setting with staff who care and support all children!

Breakfast Club

Where to find us…

Our breakfast club is held at Busy Bees Pre-School, next to Portway Infant School, to the left of their staff car park you will find a drive way leading up to the Scout Building. We are located through the gates in the Annex building.

To ensure our children’s safety we ask all parents to park on the road and walk up the drive way, please be aware that there that BT have access to the drive so there may be active cars or vans at all times. If you do require to park out side of the building please contact us and we will be happy to help!

Breakfast Club Routine

Morning pick up

From 7:25AM a member of staff will be at the bottom of the drive leaving at 7:30AM. This is our only ‘pick up’ service we offer in the morning enabling you as a parent/ carer to drop off your child without having to walk up the drive.

Free play

During 7:35AM -8:20AM children are free to play with the morning recourses with their friends.

Foundation- Y4 This includes a home corner, construction area, small world area, book corner, colouring area and games/ puzzles.

Y5- Y6 This includes colouring area, games/ puzzles and iPads.

The breakfast tables

Breakfast runs from 7:35AM- 8:15AM, when children enter the setting they are asked if the would like to place their food and drink order. Their food is brought to the table for them to eat during free play.

Tidy up time

At 8:20 we have a quick tidy of the room and get all of our belongings together for our physical time before going to school.

Physical time

At 8:30AM children with either be outside or in the hall for some physical time, this is often playground games or football.

Walk to school

In year groups the children walk down with an allocated member of staff to school.

Where to find us…

Our after school club takes place in the hall of the Portway Infant School. Please follow the staff car park walking past the shed and through the gate to the hall door. From 3:45PM the staff car park gates will open towards the left of the school, as a parent/ carer you will have access to the car park during 3:45PM- 6:00PM.

Please be aware that we may be located in the year two block when the hall is booked however you will receive a text giving you an update if this is the case!

After School Club

After School Club Routine

School drop off/ pick up

At 3:30PM children in the infants are brought to the hall by their class teacher, juniors are picked up by a member of staff in the band stand near the office.

Free play

During 3:30PM- 6PM children are free to play with the evenings recourses with their friends. These recourses change during the week. Every night children have access to the playground/ grass unless it is not safe to do so due to the weather.

Snack time

Snack runs from 3:35PM- 4:45PM, when children enter the setting they are called to the kitchen area where they pick what they would like for snack before heading to the snack tables to eat.

Meet the team…

  • Sharon Batchelor

    Owner & Manager

  • Jane Bailey

    Owner & Manager

  • Charlotte Imlach

    Supervisor

  • Stephanie Henderson

    Play-worker

  • Alison

    Playworker

  • Sara

    Play-worker

  • Katie

    Play-worker

  • Sanj

    Playworker

  • Louise

    Playworker

  • Ellie Cheney

    Play-worker