- 0161 726 5022
- Info@schoolofplay.org.uk
Initial Registration Fee: £15
Breakfast Club: £7 per session
After School Club: £10 per session
Full week before & after school: £76.50 (10% off)
Full week before school: £31.50 (10% off)
Full week after school: £45 (10% off)
Sibling discount: 10% off (only 5% if the weekly discount is already applied).
School of Play reserves the right to increase prices throughout the school year, however, should you make a future booking and our prices change, you will not be charged extra fees (please check T&C’s for full details).
Payments can be made in full at the time of booking or evenly spread monthly instalments, for more information on this, please visit our how to book page.
To book your child’s breakfast or after school club sessions, simply login to your online account and follow the easy to navigate booking steps. If you are using us for the first time, you will need to create an account and provide us with all the requested information. Click here for our step-by-step guide on how to set up your account and make a booking.
We currently have 45 spaces per day available before and after school. 20 spaces are reserved for nursery and reception children joining the school every September. We currently only accept children who attend Urmston Primary School into our wraparound care.
We want to start the day off right; we provide a healthy breakfast and some light activities to prepare your child for the day ahead. Our team will then supervise the children to their classrooms in time for registration. The staggered start times due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been taken into account by our team.
Our staff will collect all the children from their classrooms at the end of the school day. Nursery, Reception and Year 1 children will be taken to our main HUB (music room), whilst children in Year 2 – 6 will be taken to the junior sports hall. Children will be kept in separate bubbles within each room bubble during the session.
Children will have several different activities to choose from. They can play sport, get creative, participate in role-play, chill out in the reading area, complete any homework they may have, and much more. At 4 pm, your child will be given a light snack to keep them going until tea time. Children attending an after school sports club delivered by another provider will be given a snack when they arrive from the session. The staggered finishing times due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been taken into account by our team.
Tapestry builds an extraordinary record of a child’s experiences, development and learning journey through their early years and primary education. Using photos, videos and diary entries, our staff, along with parents, ‘weaves’ the child’s story and how they are growing and developing. The Tapestry platform then works seamlessly to enable these memories to be kept as a permanent record of each child’s unique journey. All information held in the platform is stored securely and can be downloaded and shared as required. Parents can view their child’s progress online and how much fun they’re having, whilst also uploading their own comments and media.
We have introduced this service for no extra cost, if you wish to set up an account for your child, please email our setting manager and she will be happy to get you started katy@schoolofplay.org.uk
If you already have a Tapestry account set up with us, you can log in here.
In line with government guidelines, we will follow all the safety measures set out for out-of-school club settings. We will be doing everything we can to prevent the spread of the virus within our setting, whilst still maintaining a level of fun and normality for the children.
It’s important to remember that if your child experiences any symptoms, please do not bring them into the club and inform us as soon as possible. Should a child test positive, every other student and staff member within their bubble will likely need to self-isolate for 14 days. If this is to happen a credit note will be added to your account for cancelled sessions, no direct refunds will be given.
Bubbles
Bubble 1: Nursery, Reception and Year 1
Rooms: Main Hub, Library, Playground
Bubble 2: Year 2 – 6
Rooms: Junior Sports Hall, ICT Suite, Playground
Children will be kept in bubbles of no more than 15 children, and they will be kept in bubbles within their room bubble.
To see all the safety measures we have in place, please visit our COVID update page – https://www.schoolofplay.org.uk/covid-update/
When dropping off at our breakfast club, please ring the School of Play doorbell at the Main Junior Office located on the right-hand side. Due to current guidelines, parents will not enter the premises at any point, a member of our team will collect your child from the entrance and sign them in on our electronic system.
When collecting from our after school club, please ring the School of Play doorbell at the Main Junior Office located on the right-hand side. Due to current guidelines, parents will not enter the premises at any point, a member of our team will bring your child to the door on collection. There will be no written signing out process; our staff will use our electronic register to sign your child out.
We have recently installed a new security camera and speaker system, which will speed the collection process up. You will need to ring the doorbell, stand in front of the camera and let our team know who you are collecting via the speaker system.
Sports Sessions (Football, Dodgeball, Hockey, Swingball, Archery, Volleyball, Badminton & more)
Arts & Crafts
Cinema Nights
Reading & Homework Corner
Board Games
Construction Play (Lego, Mechano, etc)
Imaginative Play (Dressing up, Kitchen, etc)
Sensory Play
Mad Science
Dino Fossil Experience
Magic Show
Creepy Crawly Show –
Cooking Class
Chocolate Making
Festival Party’s (Halloween, Christmas)
Easter Egg Hunt
Princess & Superhero Visit
Lacrosse – scheduled for Autumn Term
Fencing – scheduled for Autumn Term
Additional Sports Workshops (American Football, Yoga & more)
Language Lessons – French scheduled for Autumn Term
Please note workshops, events, and shows will usually occur once or twice per month, but there is no guarantee of this. If your child is already attending our club on the day of a special activity this will be included as part of the session you have paid for; otherwise, you will be able to book on an ‘ad-hoc’ basis should we have availability. We will do our best to vary the days when these occur; sports workshops will take place regularly. If you have any ideas or suggestions for new or special activities, don’t hesitate to get in touch – info@schoolofplay.org.uk
We are currently limited to the workshops we can offer due to the ongoing pandemic.
Breakfast Club
Water, Toast, Cereals (low sugar), Croissants, Crumpets, Pancakes, Waffles, Fruit, Yoghurts
After School Club
Water, Scones, Teacakes, Bagels, Pitta Bread, Hummus, Fruit, Veg, Brioche, Yoghurts, Rice Cakes, Tortilla Chips, Biscuits, Crackers, Breadsticks
Click the links below to view our monthly menus.
Food Menu Week 1 & 3
Food menu Week 2 & 4
The food provided is only a light snack and not an evening meal. If you would like to make any suggestions on the food available at the club, please get in touch on info@schoolofplay.org.uk
In the event of an emergency or any last-minute changes to your child’s collections arrangement, you can contact the club management directly on this number. You will only be able to contact this number during club hours (Monday – Friday).
The HUB for School of Play is the music room in the main junior school building; this is where you will have to drop off or collect from. We also have access to an additional classroom, the library, playground, and use of the sports hall (from 4.30 pm) for various activities.
See COVID bubble information above.
Late Payment
Any payments that are overdue by more than 2 days will incur a £10 charge and then a subsequent £5 charge every day after that. We understand Childcare Voucher, and Tax-Free Childcare payments can take longer to reach our account, so if you are mistakenly charged, we will rectify this immediately. Charges will not be automatically taken from your card or childcare account; however, the charge will be added to your account with us.
Late Collection
Any parent late collecting their child will be charged £5 and then an additional £5 for every 15 minutes over. Our after school club finishes at 6 pm every day.