Clubs & Extra Care

Outdoor Explorers

We take inspiration for these sessions from many places including ‘Forest School’ and ‘The Muddy Puddle Teacher’.

During our ‘Outdoor Explorer’ sessions, we will be using only natural, repurposed or upcycled resources. The whole session will be outdoors in all weathers (extreme hot/cold or stormy weather will be reviewed).
The children benefit from outdoor curriculum linked learning which will cover all of the Early Years Foundation Stage seven areas of learning as well as supporting the Characteristics of Effective Learning in an outdoor environment.


These sessions should inspire a love of nature, provide enriching meaningful learning and improve children’s mental health and wellbeing by encouraging them to be more active outdoors.

Each room (Blue, Green and Pre-school) will have one session per week.

Messy Play Group

Open to babies and toddlers from age 3 months with their parents/carers every Monday and Thursday morning during term time from 09:30 to 11:00 (1 hour of messy play plus 30 minutes clean-up).

£5.00 per child (payable via cash or BACS). Includes painting, water play, playdough, and gloop, plus refreshments and biscuits. Please bring old clothes, spare clothes, and a towel!

Holiday Club & Wrap-around Care

Our Holiday Club runs from 08:00 to 16:00 (with a late extension to 17:00) during February half term, Easter, May/June half term, and the first three weeks of the summer holidays.

Summer Stay & Play: During summer, playgroup opens one morning a week for informal parent/carer stay-and-play sessions with indoor/outdoor activities and refreshments.

Childminder Links: We work closely with local registered childminders, including one based directly at playgroup, to provide seamless before/after hours care.

Primary School Transition

We maintain excellent links with Meridian Primary School. During the summer term, Reception teachers visit playgroup to meet rising pupils, and we take preschool children on walks to visit the school, join sports mornings for a 50m sprint, and end the year with a celebratory family BBQ!