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Duchy Preschool Summer Holiday Club Offer 2025

We are pleased to announce the Duchy Preschool’s Holiday Club offer for 2025!

We can’t wait to welcome your children for a fun-filled summer.

The holiday club will be based at Duchy Primary School, Bowley Meadow site. We have a range of activities planned to keep the children entertained throughout their time at the club. Here’s a sneak peek at what we have lined up:

  • Sports Week: A week of exciting games and mini sports for everyone to enjoy.
  • Nature Week: A fantastic opportunity to explore the outdoors and connect with nature.
  • Water Play: The perfect way to cool down and have a blast with water-themed games and activities.
  • Arts and Crafts: These will be available throughout all sessions, allowing your child to explore their creativity.
  • Trips: We hope to visit the RAMM Museum in Exeter, Cullompton Library, and local parks including Broadclyst.

When?

Our sessions will run on the following weeks:

  • Week commencing 28th July – Monday to Friday, 9am – 3pm
  • Week commencing 4th August – Monday to Friday, 9am – 3pm
  • Week commencing 11th August – Monday to Friday, 9am – 3pm

Who?

The Holiday Club is open to:

3 and 4 year olds and children of primary school age.

Funded Preschool Children

If you have any funded hours remaining at the end of the summer term, you will be able to use them for holiday club, you are also able to pay for sessions via any of the voucher/tax free childcare schemes as you do now.

Session Prices

3/4-Year-Olds:

  • £40 Full Day (9am–3pm)
  • £20 Half Day (9am–12pm or 12pm–3pm)
     Prices include snacks and outings. Please provide a packed lunch.

Primary School-Aged Children:

  • £36 Full Day (9am–3pm)
  • £18 Half Day (9am–12pm or 12pm–3pm)
     Prices include snacks and outings. Please provide a packed lunch.

How to Book

If you would like to book, please contact us via famly or email: Duchypreschool@googlemail.com

For those children not already enrolled with us, please complete a booking form to secure your place.

Payment is required at the time of booking, which is non-refundable. Please book early to avoid disappointment!

We hope your child will be able to join us for some great activities and make lots of fun memories this summer.

If you have any questions, or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Do you know about the HMRC app?

Did you know you can claim and manage Child Benefit on the HMRC app? You can even use it to keep personal information such as your address and bank details up to date.

Get on it to be in control of your money and tax today. Download the HMRC app: bit.ly/EYAHMRCapp 

To access the app, simply:

  1. Search ‘HMRC app’ in the App Store or Google Play Store and download the free app
  2. Follow the instructions on screen to complete set up – you will be asked to sign in. If you don’t already have an ID and password, this can be created on the same sign-in page.
  3. Once this is all set up, signing into the app can be even faster with a PIN, fingerprint or facial recognition, allowing you to have all your personal tax information at your fingertips.

Childhood vaccinations

When your child starts nursery they will be learning and playing with more children. If they are not up to date with their jabs, they could be at risk of catching preventable diseases.

A list of the vaccinations a child should have had, by age, is available via the NHS website: NHS vaccinations and when to have them – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

If you are not sure if your child has had all of their vaccinations, you are able to check their personal health record (the red book) if you have any questions, you should contact your child’s doctor’s surgery.

The benefits of vaccination and possible risks to a child if they were to catch these diseases, can be found in the links below: