Holiday Playscheme

If you are a parent or carer looking for a relaxed and inspiring environment where your children can make new friends and experience new adventures during the School holidays, then look no further.

Ashton Gate Out of School Care runs a holiday playscheme that is open to all children aged four to eleven. We are open every school holiday, Monday to Friday, 7.45am to 6pm (apart from Bank Holidays) and we are open on Ashton Gate Primary School’s inset days too. All playschemes are held in our Old Chapel Park site, opposite the school’s Early Years and Key Stage 1 buildings on Ashton Gate Road.

Summer 2017 Holiday Playscheme

The Summer 2017 Holiday Playscheme runs from Friday 21st July – 5th September.

We have planned an exciting programme of activities for the summer. Each week has a different theme check out our plan to see what we have going on. As our play setting is child-centred and child-led, we do our utmost to facilitate any activities, games or adventures that your children might come up with!

To book the Summer Holiday Playscheme, you must first be registered with us (Registartion forms have been sent out to existing users) . Then you can use the booking form to choose the days you would like your child to attend. When we have processed your booking form, we will send an email confirmation. (When you register with us, you will also have the option of booking your sessions online.)

• Summer Holiday Playscheme Booking Form: Booking form
• Summer Holiday Playscheme Activity Plan:Activity Plan

Trip Days

During the holiday playschemes, we often take the children on exciting outings. This could be to a farm, zoo or park providing the children with lots of fun activities to complete, animals to see, and soft play and playgrounds to explore. To ensure the safety of the children, we always have safety talks with them before we leave and put on high visibility vests. We have a 5:1 adult ratio and have the children in groups that are checked and ticked off every 30 minutes. We move around the establishment as one group and thorough risk assessments are carried out beforehand.

Additional Information

• • Lunch: your child must bring a packed lunch to holiday playscheme. We will provide snacks during the morning and afternoon and water will be available throughout the day.
  • Outdoor Play: we try to spend as much time as outside as we can so your child should have a coat and/or suitable weather gear.
  • Messy Play: please dress your child in clothes, including their outdoor gear, suitable for painting or other lively activities. We do keep spare clothes for emergencies!
  • Online Booking: you can book online with
    Libacura. If you do not yet have a login, please contact us. You can also use Libacura to check your account and pay online.
  • Trip Departure Time: we still open at 7:45am for early arrivals. Please aim to have your child with us by 9:30am so we can make a prompt start.
  • Trip Return Time: we aim to return from a trip by 5:00pm (although this may be affected by traffic). If we are running seriously late, we will try to contact you.

Session Fees

Holiday Playscheme Session Fees

We have increased the fees for the first time in three years to cover increasing staff costs, overheads and reduction in non-fee income. We have also simplified the registration fee structure to cover our administration costs and give access to all three clubs.

2017-18 Registration Fee is £50. The registration fee applies to each family; there is no charge for additional children.