Kineton Playgroup Opens After School Club

KINETON, 18^th September, 2006 --- Kineton Playgroup announced today that it has opened its after-school club at Kineton Primary school and appointed Carol Hooper as the supervisor.

Hooper, is one of the existing staff at Kineton Playgroup in addition to leading the Kineton branch of Rainbow Guides.

Hooper commented: “Our aim at the after-school club is to give the children the opportunity to enjoy themselves.  After a long day at school we focus on the social, the imaginative and the fun.  We play board games, football and hide n’ seek.   We do arts n’ crafts, construct objects with Lego and other materials and build dens.  We pick blackberries, go for walks and plan to start a gardening club.   We want the children at the club to use their imaginations to have safe, fun play and most of all we want them to enjoy the experience.”

The after-school club opened at the start of term, on Tuesday 5^th September and operates from 3.15pm to 6pm during term time for primary age children.

Kineton After School Club is run by Kineton Playgroup Limited.  Kineton Playgroup became a limited company on 1^st August, 2006.

The Playgroup was awarded lottery funding in December 2005 to construct a purpose built pre-school facility on land situated at Kineton Primary School .    The after-school club is part of a series of developments linked to the new building from which Playgroup will provide facilities for adult education in basic skills, lectures and health education sessions with local health professionals and creative workshops for both adults and children.  These will be done in conjunction with Kineton Primary School and will follow the Government’s Every Child Matters and Extended Schools agendas.  The new building is scheduled to open in September 2007.