The Out of School Club meets in the halls of Killermont Parish Church in Rannoch Drive, Bearsden, and provides care for up to 60 children each day.
Staff collect children from Killermont Primary School at 3pm each day and the Out of School Club is open until 6pm.
The Breakfast Club operates every school day from 7.30am and the children are taken to Killermont Primary School for 9am.
The fact that staff are in the Out of School Club every morning means that we can respond quickly to emergency school closures, thus allowing parents to avoid disruption to their work.
On most school holidays and in-service days, (with the exception of Public Holidays), the Club is open from 8.45am – 6pm, and early morning care from 7.30am can be made available if required.
Children from other schools are also welcome to attend, although cannot be collected from or delivered to their school.
Sometimes there is insufficient demand for the Out of School Club during school holidays; however, a full and comprehensive consultation with parents is carried out before a decision is taken to close the Club.
The children are actively involved in much of the planning and decision making in the Club and particularly enjoy planning the healthy snack menu.
Activities
The large sports hall at Killermont Church can easily accommodate a wide variety of activities, and there is direct access into the local park, where as much time as possible is spent.
With staff support, the children plan the activities on offer every day which may include :-
- Arts & crafts – painting, card making, jewellery making, Hama beads. Children have access to many craft books for ideas.
- Imaginative play – dolls & prams, train set, action figures, dress-up.
- Construction – Lego, K’Nex
- Baking
- Physical play – football, badminton, parachute games, team games, rounders, basketball
- Table top and board games
- Music & dance – CD player, dance mat, karaoke
- Technology – computer, Playstation, TV, DVD and video
Although a variety of activities are offered each day, anyone can ask for something else to go out – and it will!!
Summer Holidays
During the school Summer Holidays we operate a Summer Club from 8.45am till 6.00pm each day.
During this time there are two or three trips each week to local areas of interest in Glasgow and the surrounding area.
Previous trips have included visits to The Tall Ship, Glasgow’s Science Centre and the Imax, Victoria Park, Kelvingrove and Mugdock Parks, The Peoples Palace, Kings Theatre, cinema and many others.
On other days, the children may participate in arts & crafts, baking or sports and team games amongst various other activities, most of which are listed above.
More Information
The Killermont Out of School Club is operated by Step by Step Nursery.
For more information, call: 0141 942 7201 or 0776 5922 302