FUNSTOP after school care and holiday clubs

The East Dereham Day nursery, which has been established since 1989, provides a high quality of childcare and pre-school education.

The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6.00pm and operates for 51 weeks in each year only closing for one week at Christmas and the statutory Bank Holidays.

We feel that the Funstop currently offers the best in after school care in this area.

Funstop Hours of Opening

During term time, Funstop is open between 7.30am and 9.00am and re-opens from 3.00pm to 6.00pm. During school holidays Funstop is open between 7.30am and 6.00pm and will be closed for Bank Holidays as per term time.

We will open for Teacher Training Days, providing we have sufficient demand from parents.

We are open for 51 weeks each year, closing for one week during Christmas as well as statutory Bank Holidays.

Structure of Funstops Before and After School Care Clubs

Breakfast Club

Our Breakfast Club is open from 7.30am with breakfast being served at 7.45am. Children are provided with a cereal and/or toast breakfast, accompanied by a drink.
Our Funstop vehicles arrive at Funstop at 8.20am to transport the children to school and departs at 8.25am prompt.

After School Club

Funstop safely transports children from school by our fully insured people carriers, all fitted with seat belts, booster seats and first aid kits.
We collect from all local schools.

Our after school club is operated from our main nursery building, the children have the use of 3 separate rooms upstairs, here we offer a wide variety of board games, puzzles, construction and other toys/equipment.

The kids can play on the PS2’s or use the computers plus a new football table and scalextric track. We make use of the TV where the children can watch the new large flat screen TV with built in freeview and DVD player, we also have a Nintendo Wii with various age appropriate games which is very popular!
There is also an area to do homework with access to books and a computer.

The children also use downstairs and can make use of the computer or get involved in the various craft or cooking activities on offer.
We have a separate area where they can play board games, build models with K’Nex or Lego etc or read any of the books available. All the kids can make use of the outside area to play football and climb (weather permitting).

Admissions

For the After School Care Club, we operate a waiting list whereby children can be added to the list at any time. When a space then becomes available the child at the top of the list will be offered that space. However, this is dependent on there being sufficient spaces on the transport provided from that particular school.

Refreshments

Upon arrival at Funstop, all children are provided with a drink and a biscuit, toast or fruit. A snack type tea is available, at an extra charge, although children can bring their own packed tea if required.

Fees for Funstop before and after school club

Staffing

Funstop is managed by a team of qualified / experienced, caring and cheerful play workers. We have fully qualified staff as well as staff currently studying for NVQs in Play Work.

Please note that on our holiday club trips we have further additional staff to supplement our ratio of staff to children.

Cancellations, Payment and Period of Notice

If you need to cancel a session that your child attends please ensure that you contact Funstop by 9.30am at the latest in order that we can notify all of the relevant parties.

We regret that refunds for missed sessions will not be possible. Should you wish to cancel your child’s place at Funstop, four weeks written notice is required during which time you remain liable for all fees.
The sessional fees are payable monthly in advance with invoices being distributed during the last week of the previous month.
We ask for all fees to be paid by 10th day of each month after which all outstanding fees will incur an interest charge of 10% for each week they remain outstanding.

Please note that should your child’s school be closed for any reason, such as bad weather, Funstop will not be liable for the collection of children in these circumstances and will not open until the official opening times.

Please note that you remain liable for any fees during Baker/Training Days although your child can still attend club if you arrange transportation.

Structure of Funstop’s Holiday Club

Our After School Care and Holiday Clubs have different identities, as our Holiday Club is operated on a “come when you like” basis. All parents have to be registered with us to receive a copy of our Reservation Form, which are usually distributed approximately 5-6 weeks prior to the school holidays. Parents then indicate on this form which sessions are required and then return the completed form back to Funstop. Funstop will then contact parents approximately 3-4 weeks before the holidays to confirm which sessions have been reserved for them. Our full time After School Care Club receive priority booking followed by full time Holiday Club children, then we offer spaces on a loyalty basis before offering any additional spaces on a first come first served basis.

Our objective for the Holiday Club is to provide our children with numerous activities; projects, in-house visits and trips to ensure that they have a wonderful break from school. Not only do we provide an excellent service for working parents, we do offer a well-earned break for parents!

Activities

During all school holidays we offer regular external trips. There will always be one trip per week except during the summer holidays when we have 12 trips over the holiday period.

We also offer numerous themed weeks and activities including cookery, games week, sports week, art and craft, t-shirt printing, jewellery making, clay work, puppet making, gardening, circus workshops and lots more.

Premises

During the school holidays Funstop is operated from the first floor of our main nursery building. Here, we offer 16 spaces per session.

Refreshments

Children are provided with a drink and a biscuit at mid-morning. At mid-day a cooked meal can be provided on the same basis as the nursery but with larger prortions for the holiday children.We operate a menu, which has been carefully selected and reflects Norfolk County Services menu. Vegetarian and special diets can be catered for. A copy of our current menu is available upon request. Breakfast and tea can be provided. Breakfast, which consists of cereal and toast is served between 7.45am and 8.00am whilst tea is served around 4.30pm.

During our full day trips, we do ask for all children to be supplied with a packed lunch. It is not possible to provide tea on our trip days although; children can bring a packed tea if required.

Fees for funstop holiday club

Please note that we are open from 7.30am – 6.00pm and if you would like your session to be extended before or after the short day times then this can arranged.

Cancellations, Payment and Period of Notice – Holiday Club

If you need to cancel a session during the school holidays please do so as soon as possible in order that any trips or activities will not be delayed. We regret that it is not possible to give refunds for missed sessions.

Once you have had confirmation from Funstop that your Holiday Club spaces have been reserved you are liable for these fees whether you attend the sessions or not.

All Holiday Club children will receive an invoice for their sessions during any particular holiday and we ask for payment as soon as possible or by the last week of the holiday.

Additional After School Care and Holiday Club Information

Access into the Premises

Access into our premises is via a “security code” entered into a digital touch pad. Once the correct code has been entered the entrance door will automatically unlock allowing access into nursery. All parents are given the security code, which is changed on a regular basis. Therefore, the only people with automatic entry is existing parents and staff.

Parking

It is vitally important that the Cherry Tree Car Park is used at all times.
This is not only for the safety of your children but was a recommendation made by the Highways Dept of Norfolk County Council when we were granted our planning permission.

Collection Procedure

It is vital that you notify the club if your child is being collected by anyone other than those people authorised on our records. Children will not be permitted to leave with anyone for whom authorisation has not been granted. Please ensure that your child is collected promptly and telephone us if any delay is envisaged.

And Finally!!

The atmosphere at Funstop is informal and recreational whilst maintaining a clear code of conduct. We are confident that all children who attend Funstop will be welcomed with open arms and hope we will be treated as a second home!