School age childcare: national children's charter

Activities we'd like to do

On weekdays, we're tired after school and don't have much time so we mostly want to rest and chill out.

On weekends, we'd like to be able to have
a lie in and start activities later than the school day starts, so we propose 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
We have more time and energy so we'd like to do more things outdoors and learn new skills (e.g. languages, cooking, and looking after animals). Some local trips could also be good.

During the school holidays, we like to do similar things as at the weekends, but we also have more time for longer trips (e.g. camping), learning new things, and creative projects
(e.g. drama performance).

Activities we'd like to include all the time are:

• Chillout – read, draw, watch TV, YouTube and films, nap etc. A quiet room needs to be available for this.
• Getting outdoors – to the park, playground, walks, climbing trees, going to the woods and gardening.
• Online gaming – including Minecraft, Fortnite and VR. It would be fun to do this together rather than when just at home.
• Creative and expressive arts – drama, storytelling, singing, crafts, playing instruments, film-making, puppetry, and drawing.
• Indoor activities – board games, dodgeball, pool, table football.
• Food – visit local shops for ingredients to cook dinner or bake, grow food together, go out for dinner, or have BBQs.
• Sports – football, swimming, basketball, netball, trampolining, and badminton. In rural areas where we don't have as many options close by we'd like tasters of activities we don't normally do like darts, archery and fencing.
• Meet new people and/or have a space to be with people that have the same interest or experience, like animals, science, caring for family members, or books.