Breakfast Club

Our breakfast club provides an essential service to many of our families. It offers a balanced meal, a safe and stimulating environment and social and emotional support to our children.

Breakfast clubs have repeatedly reported the following benefits:

 • increased concentration
 • improved confidence
 • an increased understanding of the importance of healthy eating
 • an opportunity to prepare for learning and engage in positive social interactions

Breakfast club is very popular and very well attended. 

Nursery Breakfast Club

This is solely for our nursery school children. The session starts at 7.45am and finishes at 8.45am. The cost is £2.00 per session. This needs to be booked in advance via Parent Mail under Nursery Breakfast Club by the Thursday preceding the following week. 

Early Bird Breakfast Club

This is open to children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 only. The session starts at 7.45am and finishes at 8.45am. The cost is £2.00 per session. This needs to be booked in advance via Parent Mail under Early Bird Breakfast Club by the Thursday preceding the following week.

Free Breakfast Club

This club is open to children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 only. It is free and does not need to be booked in advance. The session starts at 8.15am and finishes at 8.45am.

Admission to this club is from 8.15am to 8.30am only. Children will not be allowed to attend after 8.30am. This allows children to have sufficient time to enjoy a nutritional, healthy breakfast before the start of school. 

Breakfast-Club-Booking-Form.pdf

Menu

A nutritional, healthy breakfast club menu is in place. Wholemeal bread/toast, water, milk, fruit juice and fresh fruit will be available daily as well as the daily menu choice.

Activity Timetable

A two weekly activity timetable has been produced so that children know what activity they will be taking part in on what day.

Treehouse after school club

The Federation runs the Treehouse After School club at Birchwood Junior School.

This runs from the end of school to 6.00pm. Children from Woodlands Infant and Nursery school and The Lancaster school are walked to Treehouse After School Club by a familiar known adult. Children are given time to relax after the school day and enjoy a healthy snack which is provided. They then participate in a variety of activities from arts and crafts to sporty fun and play outside.

The after-school club should be booked in advance through the school office on 01522 800971 or birchwood@forestskies.co.uk.

They charge £3.50 until 4.30 and £9.00 until 6pm. Children staying until 6pm will have a hot meal provided by Good Lookin Cookin.