Dicky Birds Breakfast and After School Club in St Andrews Hall

Curriculum

Our offering is less about a formal education and more about practising and learning life skills to further prepare your child for the future.

Every day is an opportunity to learn at our club! All the children in our care learn social skills, table manners, practice using cutlery, how to look out for one another, helping those in need, taking turns and more.

As our children develop, we recognise and reward their achievements like showing good table manners and supporting friends.

Older children also have the added opportunity to volunteer to be ‘Club Helpers’ and assist staff in laying the table, making sure everyone has a drink at dinner tea time and making sure everyone is having a good time, developing their leadership skills for later on in life.

Team

Our Dicky Birds Breakfast and After School Club is run by our talented Club Manager who has worked here for 12 years!

Similar to a Dicky Birds Day Nursery team, the club is home to five qualified, Nursery Practitioners, a highly skilled on-site chef, a SENCo Lead and Designated Safeguard Lead.

We are proud of our amazing team! Each staff member is caring, knowledgeable, and truly passionate about what they do. They work full-time and have many years of experience, which has allowed them to build strong, lasting relationships with the children, parents, and the local supporting school staff. This long-term commitment helps create a warm, supportive environment where everyone feels valued and connected.

Parent Partnerships

We go above and beyond to give a fully comprehensive level of care to our families!

We keep our parents in the loop of how their child is getting on at school and how they’ve been with us at the breakfast and after school club.

We also invite parents to come and spend time with their child in our setting to have fun and join in during the activities.

Facilities

We are located in St Andrews Hall in Surbiton, and provide a pack-away provision within walking distance to Maple Infants School and St Andrews and St Marks Junior School.

We take your child to their school at the beginning of the day and pick them up in the afternoon, ensuring that your child is getting to school and back to the club safely.

Classrooms

All children play together in the same space providing the opportunity for peer-to-peer support, starting from our reception aged children up to and including our year six, and guidance throughout the sessions by our staff.

Our offering includes three main areas: our hallway which doubles as an art room, our glass room where we have sit down meals and messy play, our kitchen where breakfast and tea is cooked fresh every day by our club chef, and our blue room which is a carpeted area where we hold activities such as role playing games and dodge ball.

Garden

We have a front garden area which we use in good weather. Children love to do water play and physical activities here, like hula hoop, skipping rope and much more.

During the summer term, we bring out our paddling pool for all children to cool down and relax during the hot weather.

Activities

We have a wide variety of activities for children to choose from at our club.

These include construction play such as Lego bricks, role playing and dressing up games, board and team games, arts and crafts, video games console and more!

We believe that children should have the freedom of choice when it comes to their play time and they enjoy choosing the fun activities to do with their friends and our staff.

Our Nursery at a Glance