Out of school clubs Holiday Clubs Forest School Holiday Club - Emberton About our Holiday Club Olney Road, Emberton, MK46 5BX The centre offers fun, active childcare for children aged 4-13 during the school holidays, delivered by our team of experienced forest school leaders. Taking place completely outdoors, children will participate in a range of activities from mini beast hunting, den-building, natural crafts and cooking on a campfire. We have also planted more trees to develop the outdoor environment and built our first outdoor shelter. Over the next couple of years we aim to plant over 500 trees and shrubs, build several outdoor shelters and other wooden structures and sculptures, develop an orchard and allotment area, and develop a range of other outdoor provisions that will enhance the activities and sessions on offer. 2024 Holiday Dates Monday - Thursday (excluding bank holiday) W/C 29th July W/C 12th August W/C 26th August Time: 8.30am - 4:30pm Price: £42 per session Places are available to book online here Please note all these sessions can be paid using childcare vouchers/schemes, please email us once your booking is complete letting us know which scheme you would like to use, and we will provide you with the details. As Emberton was originally apart of the Village Federation of Schools if your child attends one of the Village Federation schools, they can have a priority place for Emberton Holiday Club, please email Francesca on [email protected] for a booking form and email the form to us ([email protected]) by noon on Thursday 6th June. If you have any questions or problems please email us on [email protected] or call us on 07872470266. We look forward to seeing you soon! Catering The children need to bring their own pack lunch and snacks for throughout the day, however, a hot snack (such as crumpets, vegetarian chilli with nachos, vegetable kebabs, s'mores, cheese fondue, damper bread, muffins, pizza wraps, cheese toasties and soup) along with hot chocolate is provided as part of a lovely activity where children can gather around the campfire to help cook their own snack in the company of the other children and our forest school leaders. Activities Include: Building and lighting fires Cooking on a campfire Tree climbing Den and tree house building Natural crafts Mini-beast hunting and nature tracking Tool use Rope swings Scavenger hunts Pond dipping Meet Eric - Outdoor Practitioner Eric joined Acorn Early Years Foundation in August 2022 at the Kents Hill site before moving over to Cold Harbour site in February 2024. Due to relocating he then transferred to Acorn Day Nursery in Emberton which consists of a Nursery and then the Nature Kindergarten and outdoor learning centre. Since joining the company, he has begun study for his Level 3 Forest School Qualification which covers a large variety of topics, and he is really keen to complete this qualification and support the other staff members to have the love and passion for Forest Schools and supporting them into understanding how and why we do what we do. Eric's favourite thing to do is taking the children on minibeast hunts, searching for the creepy crawlies, and looking at their habitats using tools, creating pencils and fairy wands with support of peelers, and cooking on the fire, Eric supports the children in lighting the fire as well as cooking their own snack and hot chocolates, YUM! Francesca is the Forest School Designated Safeguarding Lead, so if you ever have any concerns or would like to chat about anything safeguarding related, please visit or call on 01234 230394 and ask to speak to Francesca directly - alternatively, contact Laura Tingey (our Head of Early Years & Compliance) on 07889540737.