
Keeping
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Summer Holidays 2025
A secure, safe, caring environment for children to enjoy their school holidays.
Join us this Summer!
Structured Activities
Get ready for an exciting summer full of adventure, creativity, and fun! Join us for our themed weeks packed with activities to inspire every child:
Summer Club Themed Weeks:
Week 1: Elm Fest – Festival Fun
Week 2: Animal & Nature
Week 3: Circus Skills
Week 4: Science, Space & Rockets
Week 5: Sports, Games & Dance
Summer holiday activities
🌟 Elm Fest – Week 1! 🌟
🍨🍦Ice Cream Station & Sign-Making Fun
What’s a festival without a sweet treat? During Elm Fest Week, we’ll be setting up our very own Ice Cream Station on select days! Children will help create colorful, festive signs to promote their ice cream stand, then enjoy building their dream sundaes with sprinkles, toppings, and more. It’s a delicious mix of creativity, teamwork, and summer fun — the perfect way to cool down and celebrate together!
✨ Glitter Tattoos & Glitter Nails ✨
Sparkle and shine from head to toe! Choose your favorite glitter tattoos or get your nails dazzling with colorful, sparkly designs.
🌈 Festival Hair Braids & Glitter 🌈
Twist, braid, and sprinkle glitter in your hair for a magical festival look that’s all your own.
🌸 Make a Flower Crown 🌸
Create your very own beautiful flower crown using fresh or faux blooms — a perfect accessory for feeling like festival royalty.
🎶 Make Rainbow Shakers 🎶
Craft your own colorful rainbow shakers to bring the beat wherever you go! Shake, dance, and celebrate with your new musical friend.
🎀 Friendship Bracelets
Weave, knot, and bead your way to personalized bracelets you can swap with your besties — the ultimate symbol of summer friendship!
🌿 Den Making
Become a master builder! Use sticks, branches, and teamwork to build your own secret forest hideaway. Will it be a fort? A fairy hut? A woodland castle?
🌿 Animal & Nature Week! 🌿
🐛 Caterpillars Arrive!
Watch nature’s little wonders up close as we welcome live caterpillars. See how they wiggle, munch, and grow before they become beautiful butterflies!
🦋 Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Artwork- Design your own beautiful butterfly based on observation drawings of the butterflies we released. Use paints, glitter , sequins and more.
🍂 Mud Pie Playdough
Get messy and creative! Mix, squish, and mold your own mud pie playdough — perfect for pretend cooking and earthy fun.
🐦 Bird Feeders
Help our feathered friends with handmade bird feeders. Decorate them, fill them, and hang them with care — then watch who comes to visit!
🎭 Animal Masks
Become your favorite creature! Make and decorate wild animal masks to wear, role-play, and let your imagination run wild.
🎪 Week 3 – Circus Skills! 🎪
🎨 Face Painting
Transform into a tiger, a clown, a butterfly, or anything you can dream up! Step right up for a fabulous face paint makeover to match your circus alter ego.
🌈 Parachute Games
Team up under the giant rainbow parachute for classic games, giggles, and tons of movement. Run under, pop the ball, make a mushroom — the fun never stops!
🤹♂️ Juggling Skills
Learn the basics of juggling with scarves and balls. Impress your friends as you toss, catch, and master cool circus tricks!
🎀 Make a Ribbon Dancing Stick
Create your very own ribbon stick to twirl and dance with. Swirl bright colors in the air and let your imagination soar!
🚀 Week 4 – Science, Space and Rockets! 🚀
🌕 Moon Sand Play
Squish, mold, and explore soft, sandy moon dust you can shape any way you like — just like walking on the moon!
🚀 Junk Modelling Rockets
Turn recycled materials into awesome rockets ready to blast off into space. Use your imagination and build your very own spaceship!
🎨 Moon Painting
Paint craters, stars, and glowing moons with colors that make your space scene come alive. Get messy and creative!
🪐 Planet Crafts
Make colorful models of the planets in our solar system — swirl, sparkle, and learn fun facts about each one!
🏅 Week 5 – Sports Competitions, Games, and Dance! 🏅
Scooter Races
Kids race around a marked course on scooters, competing for speed and fun! It’s a great way to develop balance and coordination while staying active. Helmets and safety gear are provided to ensure everyone has a safe ride.
Elm Cottage Sports Day with Prizes
A fun-filled day of classic sports day games like sack races, relays, and egg-and-spoon competitions. Children compete in teams and earn points toward exciting prizes. It’s all about teamwork, laughter, and friendly competition!
Dance Party Games
A high-energy session combining music, dancing, and interactive games like musical statues and limbo. Kids can let loose, show off their moves, and win small prizes. It’s the perfect mix of fitness and fun in a party atmosphere.
Parachute Games
Children work together using a large, colorful parachute for games like ‘cat and mouse’ and ‘popcorn’. These activities encourage cooperation, motor skills, and group play. Always a favorite for excitement and teamwork!
Create Your Own Medal and Crown
A creative craft session where children design and decorate their own medals and crowns using art supplies. This hands-on activity celebrates imagination and gives everyone a chance to feel like a champion. All creations can be taken home proudly.
Table Tennis
Kids learn the basics of table tennis in a relaxed, friendly environment. Sessions focus on improving hand-eye coordination, quick reflexes, and sportsmanship. Matches are casual, with the emphasis on fun and fair play.
Dodgeball
A fast-paced team game where kids dodge, throw, and catch soft foam balls. It’s great for building agility, teamwork, and quick thinking. All games are supervised with safety rules to keep it fun and inclusive.
Basketball
Children practice dribbling, shooting, and passing in structured drills and mini-games. Sessions focus on skill-building, confidence, and team spirit. Everyone gets a chance to score and be part of the action.
Rugby
Tag rugby sessions introduce kids to basic rugby skills without contact. Children learn passing, running, and teamwork in a fun and safe setting. Perfect for building fitness, coordination, and a love of the sport.
Summer holiday activities
🌟 Week 1 – Elm Fest! 🌟
🎨 Big Chalk Art Morning
Get creative and turn the pavement into your masterpiece! Grab some colorful chalk and make giant drawings, silly doodles, or epic murals with your friends.
💦 Water Fights
Ready… aim… soak! Cool off with epic water battles. Whether it’s sponges, spray bottles, or buckets — no one stays dry in this splash-tastic showdown!
🌈 Parachute Games
Team up under the giant rainbow parachute for classic games, giggles, and tons of movement. Run under, pop the ball, make a mushroom — the fun never stops!
🫧 Bubble Party
Step into a world of bubbles! Giant ones, tiny ones, bubble wands and foam galore. Dance, chase, and pop to your heart’s content.
🎀 Friendship Bracelets
Weave, knot, and bead your way to personalized bracelets you can swap with your besties — the ultimate symbol of summer friendship!
🔑 Design Your Own Keyring
Unleash your inner designer and create a one-of-a-kind keyring to take home. Funky, fun, and all you.
🍃 Week 2 – Animal & Nature 🌿
🌲 Woodland Trail Walks
Wander through winding paths, spot hidden treasures of the forest, and see what nature has to offer. Keep your eyes peeled — you never know what you’ll discover!
🌿 Den Making
Become a master builder! Use sticks, branches, and teamwork to build your own secret forest hideaway. Will it be a fort? A fairy hut? A woodland castle?
🎨 Observation Art
Slow down and look closely — then bring nature to life on paper! Use leaves, trees, bugs, and birds as your inspiration to sketch, paint, or collage what you see.
🧶 Pom Pom Animals
Fluffy, fuzzy, and totally adorable — make your own woodland creatures out of pom poms! Hedgehogs, owls, bunnies — anything goes!
🐦 Bird Feeders
Help our feathered friends with handmade bird feeders. Decorate them, fill them, and hang them with care — then watch who comes to visit!
🍃 Nature-Inspired Playdough
Squish, sculpt, and create with scented, nature-colored playdough. Add leaves, sticks, stones, and imagination for woodland-themed creations!
🎪 Week 3 – Circus Skills 🤹♀️
🎨 Face Painting
Transform into a tiger, a clown, a butterfly, or anything you can dream up! Step right up for a fabulous face paint makeover to match your circus alter ego.
🎪 Circus Games
Test your skills at classic carnival games! Ring toss, bean bag throw, and silly challenges await — full of laughs, prizes, and friendly competition.
🎗️ Tightrope Walking Competition
Balance like a true circus performer! Can you make it across the “tightrope” without falling off? Show off your steady steps and daring style!
🎈 Balloon Juggling
How many can you keep in the air? Practice your juggling skills using colorful balloons — it’s trickier than it looks, and way more fun!
🎟️ Box Office Role Play – Create Your Own Tickets
Welcome to the box office! Design and decorate your very own circus tickets, then role-play selling, scanning, and announcing the big show.
☁️ Cotton Candy Cloud Dough
Soft, sweet-smelling, and so squishy — make your own cloud dough inspired by cotton candy! Mix, mold, and play in this fluffy sensory wonderland.
🚀 Week 4 – Science, Space & Rockets 🧪🌌
🌞 Make Your Own Sun Catcher
Catch the sunshine and turn it into art! Design a beautiful, colorful sun catcher to hang in a window and brighten your day with every beam.
🌱 Gardening & Planting Experience
Get your hands dirty and connect with nature! Dig, plant, and care for your own little green friend — flowers, herbs, or veggies — and watch it grow.
🎨 Pebble Painting
Turn ordinary stones into mini masterpieces! Paint patterns, animals, messages, or magical creatures to keep or hide for others to find.
🧪 Slime Making Station
Stretch it, squish it, swirl it — it’s slime time! Mix up your own gooey, glittery, colorful creation at the ultimate sensory play station.
🚀 Junk Modelling Rocket Making
Blast off with your imagination! Use recycled materials to build the wackiest, coolest rocket you can dream up. Tape, decorate, and prepare for lift-off!
🌕 Moon Sand Play
Scoop it, mold it, and squish it like soft lunar dust! Dive into moon sand for sensory fun that’s out of this world.
🏅 Week 5 – Sports Competitions, Games & Dance Week 🎉
🏅 Ultimate Fun Sports Day Games
Get ready for a full-on festival of friendly competition! Jump, sprint, balance, and laugh your way through a wild variety of games — from sack races to sponge relays and beanbag tosses. It’s all about teamwork, energy, and having a blast!
💃 Dance Party
Hit the floor and show off your best moves! Whether you’re into twirls, TikTok routines, or wild freestyle, this is your moment to dance like no one’s watching (but everyone definitely is)!
🏹 Archery Competition
Take aim and let those arrows fly! Test your focus, strength, and skills in a friendly archery challenge. Bullseye bragging rights are up for grabs!
🏃♂️ Running Races Around the Track
On your marks, get set… GO! Dash, sprint, or power-walk your way around the track in races full of speed, spirit, and cheering crowds.
🌟 Elm Cottage Talent Show
The spotlight’s on you! Sing, dance, tell jokes, juggle, or surprise us with your one-of-a-kind talent. Anything goes in this legendary Elm Cottage showcase!
🥇 Create Your Own Medal
You’re all champions — now design a medal to prove it! Sparkly, colorful, wild, or wonderful, your medal is 100% unique (just like you).

Workshops
RUGBY . We’re excited to welcome a visiting rugby coach for a fun-filled, action-packed rugby workshop! Children will learn new skills, build confidence, and enjoy a fantastic team experience.
LEGO Club. With easy-to-follow instructions, children will build fun LEGO models, either on their own or together with friends. Our team will guide them every step of the way, encouraging creativity, concentration, and teamwork.
MULTI SPORTS. A visiting multi sports coach will lead an action-packed workshop full of fun games and activities. It’s the perfect way for children to try different sports, build skills, and stay active!
CREATIVE DANCE. This is a great way to build flexibility, strength, and creativity. Together, we’ll learn a vibrant pom-pom dance routine and have the chance to perform it for our friends at the end—cheering each other on all the way!
CIRCUS SKILLS
🎪 Featuring in our Week 3 – Circus Skills: Project Hoop! 🎪
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Project Hoop joins us for a magical circus workshop! You’ll have the chance to try out juggling, clowning, acrobatics, and more – all with guidance from trained professionals. It’s a fun-filled session that helps build confidence, teamwork, and creativity while learning amazing new skills. Step into the spotlight and discover the joy of the circus! 🎉🤹♂️✨
SCIENCE LAB LIVE!
🚀 Featuring in our Week 4 – Science, Space & Rockets: Hands-On Science Workshop! 🔬
Hosted by a science-mad presenter, this unforgettable workshop is packed with awesome experiments, mind-blowing demonstrations, and plenty of hands-on fun! Children will watch “magic” tricks and spectacular science come to life with bubbles, smoke, and flying things galore. It’s fun-filled, action-packed, and guaranteed to keep curiosity soaring. Get ready for a wild ride through the world of science and space — it’s going to be out of this world! 🌌🧪✨
Please check dates for workshops on the booking page.
Continuous Free Play
Always open, offering a variety of activities to suit every child’s interests.
Children can enjoy lots of activities across our indoor and outdoor spaces.
A secure, safe, caring environment for children to enjoy their school holidays.
- Arts and crafts, construction with K-NEXX, Mega Blocks,
- Dressing up and role play, tabletop games like jigsaws and wooden train tracks
- Relax in our cozy chill-out zone complete with books, puppets, blankets, cushions, and a TV/DVD area
- Outdoor den building, team games, and use a variety of multi-sports equipment
- All activities are fully supervised to ensure a safe, fun environment that encourages teamwork, physical activity, and a love of the outdoors
