Tic Toc Play Clubs

Tic Toc Play run kids clubs in Sompting, Burgess Hill & Hassocks. We have Breakfast, After School and Holiday clubs where the children choose their play.

We are proud to be a playwork setting, children are allowed to be themselves. they can develop at their speed.

A typical play session will start with a risk assessment of the site, checking for broken glass and anything else which might create a hazard to children.

Then some pieces might be brought out, such as dressing up clothes, lengths of cardboard tubes, pavement chalks or rope to make a swing from trees. Often very little is brought out, because children are often more imaginative when provided with less “stuff”. More toys doesn’t mean better play.

During the session play-workers will generally wait to be invited to play, although they will make it clear that they are there if needed as a resource or a refuge. A play-worker may conceive of themselves as, among other things, a loose part. If a child is undertaking a form of risky play, such as climbing a high tree, the play-worker might casually stand close by to keep an eye on things. One thing the play-worker will not do is shout at the child to get down.

Sometimes a child will, for behavioural reasons or because of complex needs, be placed on a one-to-one. Their play-worker will determine what level of involvement in their play is necessary and useful on an individual basis throughout the session, but in general play-workers aim to encourage children to play together, without being reliant upon the adult’s onsite. Instead, we position ourselves as a resource and refuge, as someone the children can approach should they want a witness or assistant, more materials or if they feel things are getting “out of hand”.

At the end of the session the site will be checked again for any necessary maintenance or alteration, and all the play-workers will chat about any issues that day or the next day before children arrive.

At staff meeting we will reflective on the practice, any issues which came up during the week is discussed openly. Some details of the children’s play might be recorded in the interest of understanding their personalities and styles of play better. While play-workers are interested in how individual children grow and change as people, there is no sense of “progress” in play and no ultimate goals.

Children’s interests and abilities in play develop at their own pace and on their own terms, and we’re just there to help them along the way.
Each day is different.


Parent’s
Fantastic web site,
Newsletter
Parents handbook,
parents informatio folder
picture boards in all the clubs
all the information you could want to know.
great staff
Our staff are qualified, First Aiders, Health & Safety, Food & Hygiene certificates, CRB checked, Ofsted registered
we ensure that we help children though the EYFS, though play and observations

Tags: Recreation & Fitness,Child Care Service