At Poplar Primary School, we run our own wraparound care club called Buttercups in a separate building within the grounds of the school.

Our Extended School Day is available to pupils from Reception to Year 6.

If you have a Nursery child, we do extend the club to them but the spaces are more limited due to the age ratio and Level of qualified Nursery Staff. We would ask that you contact Miss Kavanagh, our Early Years and Key Stage One Assistant Headteacher to ascertain if we have space.

We aim to provide a warm, stimulating and safe environment where the children are happy and cared for by our friendly, experienced staff. Miss Tulino is the Buttercups Manager and she oversees a staff of around a dozen. Most of the staff who work in the wrap-around club also work in the school and are well-known to the children.

Our Values and Aims

The welfare and development of the children is at the heart of our Extended

School Day and all that we do is geared to meeting the children’s needs.

Our aim in extending the school day is to provide good quality, affordable before and after school childcare to support families attending Poplar Primary School.

The provision aims to bring out the best in every child and to provide a range of varied activities and experiences which contribute to their all-round development.

Our aims will be achieved by:

Providing a safe and welcoming environment for the children

Teaching children to respect everyone and uphold the school’s

values

Bringing children together to play and relax with their friends before and after the school day

Promoting and rewarding positive behaviour

Being inclusive, caring and fair

Providing exciting and stimulating activities

Creating positive experiences for all

Our Expectations

We are proud that we have an attractive, stand alone and spacious internal and external learning environment. We expect it to be maintained and respected by the whole school community. We aim to encourage a friendly, caring atmosphere with a high level of co-operation, so that everyone has an opportunity to enjoy school life before and after the normal school day.

The school reserves the right to refuse children’s attendance at clubs where their behaviour is likely to affect the running of the clubs and where behaviour in school is a significant cause for concern. Parents/carers will be given written notice if their child’s behaviour is a cause of concern and their place at the clubs may be withdrawn.

Extended School Day Hours

The before and after school clubs are available Monday to Friday throughout the school term, excluding: bank holidays, inset days and any unexpected school closures, e.g. in the event of adverse weather conditions.

Before School Breakfast Club 7.45am - 8.45am

After School Club 3.20/3.25pm - 6.00pm

Nursery Lunch Club 11.30am - 12.30pm

Rates Academic Year 2023-2024

Before School Breakfast Club:

Nursery to Year 2 = current rate £5

Year 3 to Year 6 = current rate £5

Afterschool Club

Daily rate pick up at 4.30pm £9.50

Daily rate pick up at 6.00pm £16.50

Breakfast club 7.45am (drop off) combined with after school club 4.30pm (pick up) = £14.50

Breakfast club 7.45am (drop off) combined with after school club 6pm (pick up) = £19.25

Activities on offer

The children have many different activities in both the Breakfast and Afterschool Club and these could be from drawing, reading in a book corner, board games, malleable play including sand, painting, craft activities, football, ping pong, pool and so on…

During the lighter evenings the children also have access to the playground with the trim trail, field, climbing frame and equipment.

We do not have a television on during the session or electronic games but on occasion the children may have a film evening or have a movie which finished the theme the

Waiting lists

We currently have capacity for 60 children in the morning and 86 children in the afterschool club. Whilst we try to accommodate all of our family’s needs, we do also operate a waiting list if the club is full on certain sessions. If there is a waiting list, we constantly update and reviewed.

Contact with Staff

The best way of contacting the club before 12pm is via email. Should you wish to make an enquiry or leave a message regarding either Breakfast or After School Club, Buttercups can be contacted by emailing buttercups@poplarprimary.org – the staff will check the email daily.

Extended Schools Email

If you wish to email the school regarding our Breakfast or After School Clubs, please use the email address: buttercups@poplarprimary.org. The email address is monitored between daily. If your enquiry is urgent, please call either

the Extended Schools Landline or Mobile.

All childcare vouchers, tax free childcare payments and student grant payments will be processed by Mrs Walden, in the School Office. Any queries regarding these alternative payment options should be directed to the School Business Manager, via the school office email address: poplar@poplarprimary.org.