Ridgefield holiday playscheme summer 2021

Here are the details for the Ridgefield summer holiday playscheme. Book sessions using the form below.

Child led play and PARS- Please note that all our activities are optional to the children. At no point will we make children take part in our activities. Children that do take part in our activities are free to change, adapt or stop at any point during the activity. With “riskier” activities, such as tool use and fire use activities, discussions would be had with the children in adapting or changing these.

Messy and water play

During our holiday club, the children will take part in activities that may get their clothes wet or messy and may become spoiled. We strongly advise children are sent in old clothes. We will not discourage children to take part in these activities while they attend our setting. 

Suitable clothing and footwear 

Children will take part in a high level of physical activities while attending our play schemes. We advise children wear comfortable clothes i.e., tracksuit bottoms, T-Shirt, jumper, and coat. We also strongly advise that sensible footwear is worn i.e., trainers. A high volume of injuries from previous play schemes are a result of bad footwear. 

We also will use the outside area in all weather conditions, so we strongly advise that children are sent with warm clothing in winter and suitable clothing in summer. 

Swim wear

During the summer play scheme we take part in water activities so please send children in with Swim wear, wet shoes and a towel and a change of clothes.

Summer Week 1	Morning activities			Afternoon activities
Thursday 22 July	Nature Weaving Gather fallen leaves/ flowers and wool to weave them into place.	Make your own Tic-Tac-/toe bag	LUNCH	Cone Scramble How many cones can you unscramble before the other team?	Wet Chalk Watch as the colours of chalk spread over the pavement.
Friday 23 July	Pom Pom Shooters Simple to make and lots of fun.	Make ice-cream in a bag Add sprinkles and sauce for some extra flavour.	LUNCH	Water Jump Rope Will you be able to jump the rope without spilling any water?	Cinema Club Sit back and relax with your ice-cream bag.
Summer Week 2	Morning activities			Afternoon activities
Monday 26 July	Mud, glorious mud! Use nature loose parts, fallen leaves/ flowers, sticks and stones to create a mud face.	Jelli Baff fun! Can you travel through a paddling pool full of Jelli Baff?	LUNCH	Nature Pictures with a bang! Create beautiful pictures with leaves, petals and a hammer!	Den Building Build a tent so you can hide from the bear!
Tuesday 27 July	Trip to the park Smartkidz will be going to the local park for a picnic and lots of group games.		LUNCH	Smoothies and cupcake decorating With an array of ingredients what will you make?
Wednesday 28 July	Groovy Lava Lamps As you add simple materials watch them transform into a groovy, cool lava lamp.	Carboard Roll Projector Create a variety of different shaped shadows.	LUNCH	Rocket Madness Create and design your rocket ready for it to take a place on our launch pad. Will your rocket soar?
Thursday 29 July	Frozen Sun-catchers Explore and pick a range of outdoor items to create a frozen sun-catcher	Frozen Hands Using plastic gloves, glitter, buttons, beads and any other resources you can find to create a frozen hand.	LUNCH	Coloured Ice-cube smash Using a hammer to smash ice cubes into the tiniest of pieces.	Ice cream Factory Sprinkles, sauce and ice cream cones.
Friday 30 July	Nature Crowns What can you use to create your own royal crown?	Bug Hotels Gather all the resources you will need to make a bug’s forever home.	LUNCH	Nature Café Make a bee sugar bath, butterfly feeder and bird pizzas to feed all the bugs that visit us.	Movie Madness! Join us for a movie and some popcorn.
Summer Week 3	Morning activities			Afternoon activities
Monday 2 August	Jewellery Making	Garden Gnomes Create your own garden gnome using terracotta pots and paints.	LUNCH	Assault Courses Can you create different types of courses using our loose parts to challenge yourselves and your friends?
Tuesday 3 August Julia Donaldson Day!	Stick Man Have you ever thought about creating a stick man? Well now is your chance.	Cave Baby Find rocks and paint them cave baby style.	LUNCH	The Gruffalo Make a Gruffalo crumble. What will you add?	ZOG Can you help Zog to rescue the lost Princess?
Wednesday 4 August	Summertime tea party! Now with any tea party there is a lot of preparation involved. From tea towel teddy bears, hats for us to wear, and DIY flowers (as centre pieces). We need to get creative.		LUNCH	Summertime tea party! Let us enjoy some scrumptious snacks, followed by games, such as musical chairs, charades and many more.
Thursday 5 August Harry Potter Day!	Potions Class Mix, stir, bubble, boil, fizz, bang. Which one will your potion result in?	Charms Class Make a wand and practice some of your own spells. With a swish and flick.	LUNCH	Muggle Quidditch Join us for a game of quidditch (muggle style). Will you catch the snitch?	Magical Fires with butterbeer (child-friendly of course).
Friday 6 August	Glow in the dark lanterns Using glass jars, silhouette shapes and paint will you be able to make a lantern?	Shadow Drawing How many amazing types of shadows can you make?	LUNCH	Torch It! Can you hide before the torch finds you!	Cinema Club Relax after a busy week with some popcorn.
Summer Week 4	Morning activities			Afternoon activities
Monday 9 August	Can you see me? Glow in the dark everything with face paints, silly putty, glitter and glow in the dark sand.		LUNCH	Glow in the dark Gallery Display the masterpieces from this morning in a blacked-out gallery.	Glow in the dark jars Design your own night light.
Tuesday 10 August Superhero Day!	Heroes Fashion Design and make your very own superhero capes, masks and accessories.	Make them fly! We will be giving the heroes a chance to fly around an assault course with challenges on the way.	LUNCH	Superhero Sports Smash like Hulk, Shoot like Spiderman, Throw like Captain America, Dodge like Black Widow & Fire like Iron Man.
Wednesday 11 August Pirate Day!	Walk the plank Will you survive the walk, or will you swim with the gloop?	Treasure Hunt Find the clues, complete the challenges to win the treasure.	LUNCH	Pirate Craft Join us with making treasure maps, wooden legs, eye patches, pirate hats and anything else you can think of.	Smartkidz pirate ship Altogether now with a heave and a ho lets build a pirate ship.
Thursday 12 August Jurassic World Day!	Dinosaur Inventors Invent your own dinosaur from teeth to claws.	Dino Eggs Using clay make a dinosaur egg for your baby dinosaur.	LUNCH	Fossil Making & Hunting Simple salt dough recipe to create your own fossils and search the hidden site for fossils.	The hunt has begun! Can you spot and identify the dinosaur tracks whilst on our journey.
Friday 13 August	Giant Nail Station Smartkidz very own nail bar, can you help our busy customers with their nails.	Blind Man’s hide and seek Use all your other senses to find your friends- no peeking allowed!	LUNCH	Pizza Parlour Make your own dough and create your own pizza faces from an array of interesting ingredients	Cinema Club Enjoy your pizzas while you watch a movie of your choice.
Summer Week 5	Morning activities			Afternoon activities
Monday 16 August Camping Day!	Camping! Build a tent using all sorts of materials.	Camping Crafts Make a tin can lantern with a candle in it, woodchip necklace, paracord bracelet or a bow and arrow.	LUNCH	Dirt and Worms- Yummy! Make a yummy snack that looks like dirt with wriggly worms in!	Magic Fires Sit around the campfire and watch all the different colours dance in the flames and make up silly stories.
Tuesday 17 August	Kite Making Can you create different types of courses using our loose parts to challenge yourselves and your friends?		LUNCH	Pond Dipping Enter the world of ponds and see what you can discover.	Hopscotch What will you use to create a Smartkidz hopscotch?
Wednesday 18 August Water Mania!	Bubble foam-water table What can you find lurking in our bubble foam table?	Water Jump Rope Will you be able to jump the rope without spilling any water?	LUNCH	Water Park Madness Now it is time to up the game, time to get the soapy sponges, the sprinklers, the hose and buckets. Let us create games and have lots of fun!
Thursday 19 August Knights and Princesses	Outfits We have to look the part what will your outfits look like?	Dragon Quest Can you complete the quest and save the princess/ prince from the dragon?	LUNCH	Celebrations Time for a Medieval feast fit for the knights and princesses. With jousting competitions, jester jokes and some Medieval dances.
Friday 20 August	Rainbow Paper Spinner Watch as the colours dance around as you spin it.	Tile Painting Using textiles markers create a colourful tile masterpiece.	LUNCH	Paper Plate Craft Using paper plates, paint, glitter and any other resources you can find to get crafty with paper plates	Egg Carton Flowers Get creative with a range of resources to make a beautiful flower.
Summer Week 6	Morning activities			Afternoon activities
Monday 23 August	A day of Zen Recover and relax, homemade face masks, nail painting, hand massages, and relaxation bottles.		LUNCH	Zen tangle artwork Tricky, yes but impossible, never!	Nature Yoga Let us relax altogether within the environment they love!
Tuesday 24 August	Sock Bunnies Use a range of resources to make an adorable sock bunny.	Clothes Pin Tag With a twist of football and traditional tag join us for a game of clothes pin tag.	LUNCH	Puppet Bonanza Strings, wooden pegs, materials and anything else you can find to create a puppet.	Puppet Show Will your puppet steal the show?
Wednesday 25 August	Painting with bubbles Bubble painting is so much fun. The children can look at how the colour mix and blend together.	Bubble Snake Maker Can you create your own bubble snake?	LUNCH	Homemade bubble wrap roller Roll up the bubble wrap and watch the patterns form onto paper.	Bubble Mania Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles everywhere. Use a range of bubble equipment to make lots of bubbles.
Thursday 26 August	No brushes allowed Splat painting, spaghetti painting, water gun painting, cotton wool toss painting. So many ways to paint who knew!		LUNCH	Messy Twister Slipping and sliding do not fall on our messy twister mat.	Messy Races Your favourite sports day races with a messy twist.
Friday 27 August Sports Day!	Smartkidz Golf Course Create a Smartkidz mini golf course. What obstructions will you design and overcome.	Beach volleyball A large game of volleyball with beach balls.	LUNCH	Capture the flag Can you capture the other team’s flag without being caught?	Film Friday Sit back and watch a film with some orange fizzy (orange juice and fizzy water).
Summer Week 7	Morning activities		LUNCH	Afternoon activities
Monday 30 August	BANK HOLIDAY
Tuesday 31 August	Fairground Games Hook a duck Ring Toss Coconut Shy Shooting Tins with nerf guns Bean Bag Toss	Make some Cotton Candy and Homemade Ice Lollies	LUNCH	Circus Workshop Our big top circus workshop encourages movement, coordination and balance skills through circus skills from juggling to tight rope walking.
Wednesday 1 September	Spray Paint Art Design your own stencils and create master pieces with spray paints.		LUNCH	Shiny Mud Balls We are going to attempt to make shiny mud! Can we really make shiny mud?	Sunography Create amazing pictures using natural resources and the sun.
Thursday 2 September Back to School Day!	Pencil Cases and P.E bags Design and create a pencil case or P.E. bag ready for school to start!		LUNCH	Bookmarks Make a bookmark for your favourite book.	Traditional playground games
Friday 3 September	American Drive in! Frist things first we need a car! Design and model a 3D car created out of anything and everything!		LUNCH	Snacks! Secondly, we need snacks. Get busy making popcorn boxes and pic n mix snacks.	Movie Time Get comfy and relax after all your hard work designing your very own drive through.

Registration

Fill out this form to book your child onto the holiday playscheme.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have not already completed one, please complete a Smartkidz Play and Learn registration form in addition to holiday club form