Welcome to Busy Bods @ Ysgol Bodfari Playgroup and wrap around care.
Here at Busy Bods Playgroup we are committed to ensuring your child feels happy, safe and a sense of belonging. Your child will experience positive interactions and be exposed to an array of activities which will enable them to develop skills and independence preparing them for the future.
Our staff are fully qualified and have many years’ experience looking after children. Mrs Louisa Jones is the Playgroup Leader and Miss Sophie Threlfall is the Playgroup Supervisor and Aunty Sam is the Childcare Assistant.
Busy Bods playgroup is held Monday to Friday during term time. The sessions run as follows:
| 11:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. | £13.00 |
| 1:00 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. | £10.00 |
Children are accepted from 2 years 3 months, children do not need to be potty trained as we have designated nappy changing facilities.
We offer Early Education to all children the term after their third birthday. This entitles the children to 10 hours free childcare here at Busy Bods.
We are also pleased to provide the Childcare Offer Wales for three and four year olds. This offers up to 30 hours free childcare per week to qualifying working families.
Busy Bods @ Ysgol Bodfari will provide a healthy snack for your child and fresh drinking water is always available. We encourage children to bring their own water bottle which can be used throughout the day. Lunch can be provided by the school at a cost of £2.50 or alternatively you may bring a packed lunch for your child. Due to a change in Denbighshire’s school meal policy all meals must be paid for in advance.
When your child starts playgroup you may like to visit for your child to get to know the staff and other children, allow us to answer any questions and to discuss any needs your child may have and complete an entry record which gives us information on medical conditions, dietary requirements, religious practice or any special development needs.
We offer a safe, secure and stimulating environment for your child and implement the New Curriculum for Wales. The New Curriculum highlights the importance of children learning through play. Activities will be exciting, stimulating, sufficiently challenging, build on previous learning and take account of different abilities, including those with additional needs.
Busy Bods offers different areas exploration, encouraging the holistic development of children through the New Curriculum for Wales areas of
- Belonging
- Communication
- Exploration
- Physical development
- Wellbeing
Children will be given opportunities to choose and develop child initiated topics or activities as much as possible.
Based on children’s interests and seasonal topics we aim to provide the following experiences for your child:
- Science: plants, animals, sand and water, ourselves
- History: news, dinosaurs, castles, past events
- Geography: visits, maps, the seaside, countryside
- Technology: craft, construction, junk, cookery, paint
- IT: TV, DVD, computer, factual books
- Books, role play, marking, dough story time, singing, games, name recognition, letter and sound recognition, writing skills.
- Junk, paint, drawing, craft, dough, collage, role play, dance, music, drama.
- Sharing, working together, taking turns, independence skills, personal hygiene, tolerance of other cultures and awareness of own, emotions, preparation for school
- Sorting, matching, number and shape games, counting, physical equipment, puzzles, sand and water, cookery, role play, snack time, stories, songs
- Craft activities, circle games, parachute, climbing equipment, balls, hoops, bikes, dance, sand, water, large and small construction, action songs, finger rhymes
We offer the opportunity for children to play and take part in physical activities both indoor and outdoor daily.
Children will be encouraged to sing Welsh songs and rhymes, respond to simple phrases, count and recognise colours in Welsh and learn about the Welsh culture.
We are a Total Communication friendly setting and use Makaton throughout the session and introduce signs of the week.
Our after school club is held Monday to Friday, again during term time. The sessions are:
| 3:10 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | £9.50 |
| 3:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. | £11.00 |
A small healthy snack will be provided and fresh drinking water is readily available.
