Really Cool Afterschool
Flemington Community Cenre Hamlet Lane,
Balbriggan
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Children of the school age are looking for different ways to express themselves, to form an idea of who they want to become in the future. In order to help them to do so parents search for after -school activities such as sports, drama classes, music classes, dance lessons, art lessons etc. Those clubs are usually very expensive and have long waiting lists and unfortunately in the current economical climate only a few can afford to send their children for such activities.
This is where we come in. We would like to offer the children in the area an opportunity to express themselves through art, drama, music, movement and photography at affordable prices. We would like to create an after-school facility where the children could spend time in a creative interesting way giving parents a peace of mind and no need to search for different clubs and arrange transport, collection of their children as they will have everything in one place.
Our after-school will help the children to develop their interests in many aspects of life. We set up a curriculum for every child to find something they are interested in and which will give them an opportunity to develop their skills, become self confident and a well rounded person.
Our after-school will have plenty of activities carefully designed for the age of children in our care who are looking for new ways to express themselves. That is why we created a special program which is called: “ Express Yourself hourâ€.
The “express yourself hour†is a one hour block of activities different each day of the week when the children express themselves through various activities: Mondays-art, Tuesdays- music, Wednesdays-drama, Thursday-movement, Fridays-photography. The sessions will be child led with plenty of opportunities for the children to suggest their own interests in the subject, for example if the child is interested in rap music we will encourage them to do the research on the subject, show of their favourite tracks the way that the child will feel that he or she is leading the project while the teacher will fill in the gaps with preparing missing information and broadening children's knowledge on the subject in a fun and interesting way.
The children will be encouraged to talk about their interest and the teacher will be providing interesting and unusual activities and information. That will boost kids confidence and self esteem and also promote a healthy attitude and respect towards different opinions, styles, trends, tastes, fashions.
We want the children to feel important and heard, we want to show them different aspects of life and broaden their horizons.
Our curriculum will also include other important aspects such as:
• care of the environment by promoting recycling, saving water and energy, participating in events such as “tidy towns†“earth cleaning day†etc, educating on the importance of caring for the environment on a daily basis while doing everyday activities ( recycling in the class, doing art from recycling materials, not wasting water, switching off lights etc)
• promoting healthy lifestyle, personal hygiene, healthy eating, making smart choices
• promoting tolerance towards other cultures, traditions and customs, religion and believes, disabilities
• developing social skills
• supporting local community by participating in local events and festivals
