Welcome

Firstly, thank you for booking with us this summer at Stamford High and we welcome  all the new families who have joined us this year.  This 'Parent Guide' contains a comprehensive clothing list, last minute checklist, directions and a map.  If you should have any queries at all, please ring us - John or Judith Jones - on 01780 753461 and we will do our best to help you.

How to find us

The camp is once more on the junior school site at Stamford High School for Girls, together with the usual sports facilities on the junior school site.  The junior school is on the A43 Kettering Rd and the entrance to the site is opposite the tennis courts.  To view the map: Click here »

Arrival and collection

• 8.00am  - 9.00         For children who have booked the Early Care service
• 9.00am - 9.30am     Children arrive for registration, supervised activities.
• 9.30am - 10am        Guided tour for parents, please ask at reception

Parents who have booked the Early Care service may arrive from 8.00am.  On the first morning, all the children and parents will be met by the staff, any tuck shop money and /or medications (clearly named please) should be signed over at this point. The children are allocated their group (all groups have names) and introduced to their group leader. They are then taken to the main hall for supervised activities until the programmed activities start for each group at 9.30am. All the children will be shown the key facilities e.g. toilets, assembly point for break and lunch time, junior base (where applicable) etc. as part of their first morning on the site. Activities start straight away to minimise any possible shyness.

For any parent who would like a site tour, this will take place immediately after the timetable has started. You are most welcome to stay for the tour but it is worth noting that the sight of a parent can upset an already shy/nervous child and may just tip the balance that first morning!

A timetable showing each of the group's activities for the week is posted in reception. You will also normally find our camp manager here to sort out any problems you might have. Any T-shirts/caps that have been purchased in advance will be distributed to the children during their first morning. Our individually designed camp T shirts/caps (£6/£5.00) can also be purchased any time during the week from reception.

Please make sure that you send all medical information in advance to our office so that we can brief all the staff accurately on your behalf before the camp starts, please don't forget to leave any medications (clearly identified) with the camp manager when you drop your family off.

• 4.30pm - 4.45.pm     Children are collected from the camp
• 4.45pm - 5.30pm      For children who have booked the Late Care service

Parents who have booked the Late Care service may collect up to 5.30pm.  All children must be signed out by a member of our staff for their safety. As you leave, if we are unsure as to who you are, you may be asked your identity, please do not be offended by this!

Lunch / break times

Cold drinks, biscuits and a full packed lunch will be supplied by the camp. There is also a small tuck shop open during the breaks selling fizzy drinks, sweets etc. We recommend that children bring a maximum of £1 per day spending money and as little as 20p for the younger ones, and this should be lodged with the staff at the start of the week/day.  For the lunchtime activities the children will be in mixed age groups. They have the opportunity to choose an activity from a prepared list that is introduced earlier in the morning by their instructor. There will be a different range of lunchtime activities each day. This often gives them the chance to repeat an activity they have enjoyed earlier in the week.

Mum/Dad - at Stamford: don't forget packed lunches are provided!

What to wear!

There is no point in being smartly dressed for this type of holiday, although we appreciate that most children like to look the part!   Below is a suggested list of clothes to wear and spare equipment to bring each day to help you with the packing.

Campover: Sleeping bag, pillow, change of clothes,  toothbrush, torch, nightclothes, teddy?
                   (Wed night-see 1 Night Campover notes)

With the very youngest children, you may want to add extra underwear etc. to this list just in case although we do carry some spares. All equipment necessary for the activities will be provided by us but if your child would like to bring any particular item, please make sure it is clearly labelled and that we know about it.

Notes:

• Younger children - if your child is susceptible to sunburn, please try to make sure that they have cream on before they come to us. We do carry sun tan cream in our first aid kits, but it takes a long time to get ready to go out if we have to cream up several children in each group! A hat for protection is a good idea as we spend a lot of time outside.

Swimming

The children will swim at least twice a week so they will need their swimming gear those days, the exact days will be posted nearer the time.  Quality armbands are provided for all age ranges and there will be four members of staff on duty in the pool and at least one will be an RLSS qualified lifeguard. All the children are given a swimming test before they go swimming so that their ability and safety in the water can be assessed.

Parents - please don't forget the WET swimming things at the end of the day

How are the groups arranged?

We normally group children according to age and they are split up into 1 year age bands e.g. there will be a group of 4/5 year olds, a group of 6/7 years olds and so on. Sometimes the oldest group may have a 2 year age spread. If you have asked us to put friends/family together, we will do our best to arrange this. If we feel that the age difference is too great, we would discuss this with you.

For the most part, the children stay in the same group with the same group leader for the whole of the week, this particularly applies to the younger children. It is only when a specialised activity is timetabled e.g. swimming that they might find they have a different instructor.

1 Night Campover-£25

Fancy dress

On the last day of the camp we run a theme day where the children get dressed up, have their faces painted if they want and enter the fancy dress competitions. This is optional but be warned, it usually very well supported!  So be prepared and hunt out their favourite outfit now!

Early/Late Service £30 per week/£3 per session

Tasters-£70

If you have booked a taster and find that you would like to extend to the full week, simply let either your child’s group instructor know or visit reception when you come back into the camp.  The balance payable for an extension is £80 and the reception staff or the camp manager can help you with this.  If you make a decision after you have left the camp on Tuesday night, please feel free to ring the office on 01780 753461 and we will confirm your place.

Lost property

Lost property is always displayed in the reception area, please make a point of checking it before you leave the camp each day. Please ring us if you have lost something that you actually want back. Everything that is left goes to the Red Cross a month after the camp has finished.

Camp Policies and OFSTED Registration

We are registered  by OFSTED to provide a holiday service for children from the age of 4 upwards and are regularly inspected at both sites.  Our registration certificate is office out of season and is on display at both our sites when the camps are running.  If you need our registration number to claim the Working Families Tax Credit, please ring us on 01780 753461. 

We also keep a portfolio of evidence that includes our procedures and camp policies to help demonstrate how we comply with the standards that are inspected by OFSTED and underpin the revised Children Act 2004.  These polices can be requested by parents at any time.  We have written policies and procedures on Child Behaviour, Child Protection, First Aid (sent out with each booking), Health and Safety, Fire Evacuation, Equal Opportunities, Discipline, Lost/Left Children, Excursions Off Site, Sick Children, and Parental Complaints.  All staff receive a full set of these policies as part of their induction and training programme, we are most concerned with their ability to implement them practically on a daily basis as part of looking after the children in their care.  

• To claim the Working Families Tax Credit, ring for our registration number
• All policies and procedures available on request

Finally -useful phone numbers

To make an enquiry: it is very important that if you have a query either before the start or during the camp that you contact us and not the school -John and Judith Jonesl on 01780 753461, we do have an answer phone so you can leave us a message at anytime or e-mail us on info@churchillsummercamps.

In emergencies during camp hours: our camp manager can be contacted on a mobile phone number – 07802 726678.  NB this number only operates during the camp weeks.

 Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all there!

STAMFORD  :  SUMMER DAY CAMP DIRECTIONS

Dates : From Aug 3 for 3 weeks,  Mon - Fri,  9.30am - 4.30pm

Venue : Stamford School for Girls, Junior school site

1 ) Coming from Stamford town centre : the junior school is situated on the A43 Kettering Rd as you leave Stamford on the road that takes you to the A1 South and the Carpenters Lodge roundabout. The A43 is on the right-hand turn up the hill from The George Hotel and the river. The school is on the right 400yds away, immediately after the football ground.

 ***** We all look forward to seeing you there*****

CHURCHILL SUMMER CAMPS, KARNAK HOUSE, SECOND DRIFT, WOTHORPE, STAMFORD PE9 3JH

01780 753461 phone and fax
E Mail:  info@churchillsummercamps.