Bowdon Church School offers many different clubs after school, which are communicated to parents each term and booked through Arbor.
Places are limited and the range of clubs can vary termly, depending on available staffing, but they include a large variety of sports, music, art and drama. These activities normally last for 1 hour at the end of school and there is a charge to pay for staffing and resources. Children who are eligible for Free School Meals are offered a free place on request.
Please note children must be committed to their extra curricular clubs and a high standard of behaviour is expected at all times.
If children cannot attend, for whatever reason, the Club Leader must be advised either directly or via the School Office.
For sports clubs children must:
Wear school PE uniform
Have their hair tied back
Not wear ANY jewellery
Bring an inhaler if needed
It is advisable to have a lightweight waterproof coat at all times of the year but when it is cold they should also wear skins or thermals. hat, gloves etc
We also strongly advise children playing lacrosse, hockey and netball to wear sports gloves (with grip).
Please remember to name all items including gloves!
We are fortunate to have high-quality on-site childcare for before and after school. The club is Ofsted registered and during their inspection in 2022 were awarded 'Met with No Actions'. Kids Collective staff work closely with the school to ensure quality care for Reception to Year 6 in Breakfast Club and Y1-Y6 after school.
The Breakfast club currently operates based in the drama studio every morning from 7:30 am onwards and provides breakfast together with a warm friendly start to the day. Parents dropping their children at the start of the day are requested to drop their children off directly at the studio door. Cars can pull up briefly into the drop off zone between 7.30 and 8.20 a.m. in order to do this but not be parked there for longer than a couple of minutes.
The after school club is situated in the drama studio, food technology room and Arts Hall each day. Please ring the bell at the drama studio door to collect your child. If you are arriving around a club pick up time between 4 and 5.30, please do not park on the internal road, please park in the staff car park. A healthy meal is provided, together with a range of different activities each day. After school childcare is available from the end of school to 6.00 pm. Children attending school activity clubs should report to Kids Collective first and then go to their club.
The clubs above are operated by Kids Collective. Please contact them directly if your child is not attending the club, or arrangements have changed, to ensure the safeguarding of all children. All enquiries should be direct with Kids Collective, and not via the School office.
PLEASE NOTE, PLACES ARE LIMITED. SHOULD YOU WISH TO OBTAIN A PLACE YOU WILL NEED TO APPLY TO KIDS COLLECTIVE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF A BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL PLACE.
iwanttobe@kids-collective.co.uk
Mobile: 07944 407400
Kids Collective website - for more information and the latest Kids Collective Ofsted report
After school childcare for our Reception children is provided by the school and should be booked through the school office. Booking emails will be sent out in the summer term prior to your children starting at the school. Childcare is available from the end of school to 5.30 pm. For enquiries mid year, please email clubsandtrips@bowdoncs.org
All children play out in secure play spaces.
Please collect children promptly as staff finish at 5.30 pm (Reception) and Kids Collective 6.00 pm (Y1-6).
PLEASE NOTE, PLACES ARE LIMITED. SHOULD YOU WISH TO OBTAIN A PLACE YOU WILL NEED TO APPLY AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF AN AFTER SCHOOL PLACE.
The school runs a large number of activity clubs each term for children in Y1-Y6. Booking arrangements are released termly via Arbor and children are enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis.
PLEASE NOTE, PLACES ARE LIMITED. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF A PLACE IN YOUR PREFERRED CLUB.
Parents are requested not to walk through the main school building after school due to safeguarding and security issues. Collection points will be clearly identified for all clubs.
Contact for After School Childcare and Clubs provided by the School is via clubsandtrips@bowdoncs.org