School Age Childcare Information Book

Aberdeen City Council
School Age Childcare

Information Booklet for Breakfast, After-School & Holiday Clubs

Cults, Culter, Cornhill,Countesswells, Kirkhill & Mile end Primary Schools –
Breakfast and After School
Ferryhill,Heathryburn, Manor Park & Orchard Brae
After School only
Abbottswell Children can attend Kirkhill.
Westpark & Quarryhill children can attend Heathryburn
Riverbank and Seaton Primary Schools –
Breakfast Only
Cults, Mile End & Orchard Brae– Holiday Clubs

Services
School age childcare provides a safe, caring environment offering a range of active, stimulating, and restful activities for primary school age children & secondary pupils with additional support needs.
Breakfast Clubs: offers childcare with the option of a healthy breakfast.
After-School Club: offers childcare with lots of activities include baking, arts, and crafts, outside play, ballgames and construction such as Lego, Knex and junk modelling.
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Holiday Club: offers childcare during school holidays and some In Service
days, where children can participate in fun activities- trips and outings, arts
and crafts, music games, sport, and interesting projects. It offers an
opportunity to make friends and socialise.

Regulation
All settings except Seaton & Riverbank are registered with the
Care Inspectorate.
Details of inspection reports can be found on their website careinspectorate.com and are displayed in settings.

Staffing
All Settings are staffed by experienced, qualified, and caring staff.
All staff are registered with the Scottish Social Services Council and hold core training in the following: Child Protection, First Aid, Food Hygiene, and Infection Control.
Staff hold or are working towards SVQ Level 2, 3 or 4 in Play Work Childcare Learning & Development or Social Services Children & Young People.
Managers hold or are working towards either BA or PDA in Childhood Practice.
Staff are easily identifiable within settings through
wearing their uniform

Registration
A registration form must be completed before a child can attend the setting. The information on the form must be kept up to date by parents/guardians and will include medical information, emergency contact
numbers and other information specifically about your child.
The registration form additionally asks
for consent for:
1.   Photographs to be taken and displayed of your child within
the setting and additionally used in publicity for Aberdeen City Council School Age Childcare
2.   Staff or assessors of staff who are taking SVQ
qualifications to observe your child/children as part of their training, and our own staff for the purpose of assessing and planning for the child’s overall development.
3.   Permission to take your child out of the building on short
outings (e.g., a walk to the park)

Payments
Fee Structure
Breakfast Clubs £5.80
Riverbank £2.90
Seaton Fully Funded

After School Club £15.02
Holiday Club Full Day £35.23
Holiday Club Half Day £21.08
We offer a discount scheme for families in receipt of certain benefits, details will be provided with registration pack
We accept childcare vouchers and Child Free Tax Credit
Information can be found on https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
For customers who do not receive funded childcare, we are able to offer direct debit payments. This offers you a no fuss, secure method of payment, no more online or cash payments and it’s our preferred method of payment. Your invoice will be issued 10 days prior to the deduction date.
Once it’s set up, you’re covered by the Direct Debit guarantee,
details of which are on the enclosed instruction.
All Fees are payable within 28 days of invoicing and failure to make timely payments may result in your child’s place being cancelled.

Cancellation and Changes to a Regular Booking

It is the responsibility of the parent to notify the setting of any changes to the normal booking, whether these changes are temporary or permanent and to inform the setting if your child will not be attending on their regular day.
Should you be cancelling your child’s permanent place, one month’s Notice must be given to the Senior Playwork Practitioner or Playwork Practitioner at your child’s setting.

It is also important to notify the setting if your child will not be attending for any reason and to note that you will still be charged for that session.

Dropping off / Collection Procedures
Each club operates their own drop off/collection procedure, and the Senior Playwork Practitioner or PlayworkPractitioner will discuss this with you prior to your child/children’s attendance. Please inform staff if your child is not going to be attending or being collected by another person. If you do not inform us of this, then we will be required to contact you to check that it is alright for this person to collect your child.
Collection can only be made by adults (over the age of 16 years) who are registered to collect the child. We recommend that there is a regular person to collect the child daily. If someone other than the regular person is collecting the parent must ensure that they contact the setting and make the staff team aware of this if the staff team are not made aware of this the child and the person must wait until authorisation has been sought from a
parent/guardian.
If an emergency occurs and you are unable to get back on time, then please contact the setting by phone.
If a parent or carer is late for collecting their child, then staff will wait 15 minutes before contacting the parent or carer. If they cannot be contacted
or the parent or carer has not contacted staff, then the child’s emergency
contacts will be contacted. If they are not available and the parent or carer has still not contacted staff after another 30 minutes, then staff will contact Social Work and arrange for the child to be collected by them.

SNACK
Children will receive a healthy breakfast and snack with fresh fruit and vegetables, milk and water are available. If your child has any allergies, please ensure this information is included in the Registration Pack and discussed with the Senior Playwork or Playwork Practitioner. We follow the National Guidance for Healthy Eating in Schools.

Policies and Procedures
All settings work to the same policies and procedures. These are available to view in the setting and can be discussed with the Setting Manager or Playwork Practitioner.
Parental Involvement
Parental involvement is an integral part of running our setting and we actively encourage feedback from parent/carers and appreciate your views and comments.
Google Site
We have a secure Google Site for sharing information with parents and photos of activities that the children have been taking part in.

Holiday Club Provisions operate during Easter, Summer & October holiday periods and cover February & May In Service Days.
Booking Links are sent out around 3 months prior to each holiday period and booking is on a first come, first serve basis.
The clubs offer a variety of activities, outdoor play, games, art & crafts whilst being mindful that the children are on holiday.
There are occasional trips to visit local amenities and workshops or visiting specialists such such Police, Fire, Therapets.
We offer full day or half day sessions between the hours of 8am and 6pm ( 9am - 3pm for ASN) morning & afternoon snacks are provided but children must bring a packed lunch.
Half Day sessions are either 8am - 1pm or 1pm - 6pm