Creative and Sports Day camp

FOREST SCHOOL AND CREATIVE SPORTY HOLIDAY CAMP

HOLIDAY ACADEMY DAY-CAMP Booking is open and we look forward to welcoming you for all drop off and pick ups at the Cavendish school venue

We are open from 8:30-6pm as usual

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⚡ SCIENCE workshop on Monday 16th Feb afternoon provided by ‘Kids With Brains’ whose mission is to spark curiosity and build confidence science through engaging, hands-on experiments; encouraging self-discovery in a safe, fun, and adventurous environment

⚡ SCHOOL OF NOISE music workshop on Tuesday afternoon with Cecilia Tyrrell, Sound Artist and Composer, (most recently heard on Night Tracks BBC Radio 3). Finding the science in sound, playing on unusual instruments. With careful listening and imagination, you will be curating a composition of experimental soundscapes using sounds from around us

⚡ ART MEETS ARCHITECTURE workshop with artist and teacher, Flora Robson, investigating the work of Iraqi-British Architech and artist, Zaha Hadid (famous for Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku and the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, nicknamed Glasgow’s Guggenheim) with paper straws and tape (watercolours and masking tape option for 3-4s)

Every Morning:
Art with Jo Miller – celebrating Lunar New Year of the Horse on Tues, 17th Feb – Drawings and collages to give the look of illustrations exploring Budapest based, Enikõ Eged’s quirky illustrations using coloured paper and pens
-Remembering the artist John Constable who lived in Hampstead at 40 Well Walk in the 1820s. In honour of his 250th anniversary exhibition at Tate Britain we will look at his CLOUD studies using acrylic paints. Constable regarded the sky as the ‘chief Organ of Sentiment’ with 40 or so sky studies on the high ground of Hampstead Heath capturing the transient atmospheric conditions – he often noting the time, date, and wind direction on the back
-Embracing the Winter frost and sleet with WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPES using SALT CRYSTALS to give a unique effect of cold air and ice formations
-In the after-glow of St Valentine’s day we will make LUMINARIES – lanterns with coloured heart shaped windows – what makes a soft, coloured light (from an idea by Christie Burnett)? There will be much glueing and cutting with scissors

Children’s Yoga with Grace Barry-Tait – Chill out at Holiday Academy with creatively introduced yoga fun – choosing animal shapes, story-telling and songs – accessible and engaging – calming the mind and gently building strength, flexibility, and balance

 Playground games and activities – After all the structured learning at school, it’s great to have imaginative, UNSTRUCTURED ACTIVE PLAY where you can make friends and have the best time. On top of the strength and gross-motor skills gained, children also benefit from the body awareness, sensory regulation, executive brain function, and increased self-esteem.
We will provide DEN MAKING equipment, and DRESSING UP costumes. 
Sporty playground games include playground team games – Monsterball, Dragon’s jewel, Orient Express, Tulip, Sharkey-Sharkey, and obstacle courses, for example. Also ‘hand/eye’ skill games, Volley ball, Handball, Tennis and own-choice games to burn off that high energy. Enjoyable for the sporty and non-sporty alike

Afternoon, break-times and wrap-around: We will have playground time, cosy-corner story time, reading time, cooking (cold) activities, measuring things, building towers, Lego activities, jigsaws, games, building with cardboard boxes and recycling materials, percussion instruments, encouraging role-play, imaginative games, and child-choice arts and crafts

:) The location is Regent’s park/Primrose Hill/St Mark’s Garden for the Forest school groups. We are able to do fire-making, bush craft skills (weather dependent) and be able to enjoy all day outside. Led by Naima Aden, with Owen Lewy-sharp, Phoebe Featherstone and Abishai Yussuf. February Forest school is usually mixed age (extended hours available) :)

Finding the cognitive and academic benefits for children through
having fun, making friends, and engaging in play at Holiday Academy

To encourage reading over the holidays we have a ‘book box’ at the gate for swapping books for all ages – please take advantage of this!

Terms and Conditions apply, and we reserve the right to change venue or any part of the programme to best accommodate the children’s needs.