About Hopscotch Nursery, Kindergarten, day care & out of school clubs

Hopscotch provides child or day care, pre and ante pre-school education, a breakfast club, after school club and a holiday club. We are also able to negotiate with Companies to provide them with day care for their employees’ children and to provide families with short-term emergency care if for any reason they are unable to look after their children. For example, if a parent is hospitalised, grandparent is unwell or usual childminder has an emergency.

Day Care or child care provision operates from 08:00 hrs. - 18:00 hrs for 50 weeks of the year whilst the Kindergarten for children age 3 – 5 is embedded in the day care sessions and operates from 09:15 - 11:45 hrs. & 12:45 - 15:15 hrs for 11 weeks in each of the summer, winter and Easter terms only. Kindergarten for parents who need only afternoon day care commences at 13:30hrs.

In School Term Time a before-school and after school club is in operation. Hopscotch deliver children to the local schools in our own mini busses in good time in the morning and will pick them up from the local schools in the evening. We are also able to offer ‘in – service’ day care.

During the Easter and long summer vacation, a Holiday programme is in operation that will appeal to parents requiring full time day care. If at all possible the children will be taken out for at least part of the day to local parks, cinema or museums.

Collection of children
It is important for the security of your child that any change to those nominated for collecting the child is notified to the nursery manager.  A coded security system will be in operation.

Clothing
All clothing should be clearly marked with the child’s name.  Please provide soft shoes for indoor use, a change of clothes, sun hats for the summer and Wellington boots for winter.  These should be left at the nursery.  Hopscotch polo shirts and sweat shirts are recommended.

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