With apologies, due to insurance purposes we can only accept
children between the school years of 1 and 6. Under very extenuating
circumstance we may agree to taking a Year R child but this must be
agreed in writing with our Manager before booking.

We are a HAF funded provider, although it’s not guaranteed as we
have to apply for funding each holiday period.
Part of the funding criteria is to ensure every child receives a hot
lunch including dessert during their day with us. If we are lucky
enough to receive the funding then you will not need to provide a
packed lunch or snacks.

Our success of the grant will be expressed in our newsletter to you
via email. Please read this carefully as to whether you need to bring
lunch and snacks. We will also put notification on our social media
platforms. Please note there will never be any funding during the half
term periods (February or October) and a packed lunch and snacks
must be provided each day.

If lunch is not provided by us please ensure that your child brings the
following;
* A healthy packed lunch
* 2 healthy snacks (fruits & vegetables are great options)
* Water bottle which we will refill throughout the day.
NB: Pouncing Panthers do advocate a healthy and balanced diet, so
when packing your child’s lunch box for the day, you might wish to
include fresh and non processed food products such as fruit,
vegetables, whole meal bread and biscuits, natural yoghurts, raisins,
fruit drinks and water.

NB: We do not have refrigeration facilities available at our venue so
therefore as well as the healthy food mentioned above, we
recommend hard cheese, crackers, bread and to pack frozen gel, ice
packs with the lunch.

Our standard activity day runs from 9.00am to 5.00pm. Registration
will open at 8.50am and we request that you start registering no later
than 9:00am.
We do operate an early-bird drop off from 8:15am at an extra £5.00
per child. This optional extra should be booked online at time of
booking.
Full Day hours – 9am – 5pm
Please note however that day sign out closes promptly at 5pm. We
do levy fees for late pick-ups at £5 for every 15 minutes. (Free for the
first 14 minutes as we understand there are some unavoidable
circumstances)

We can take holiday club bookings up until 6pm the working day
before the childcare is required, subject to availability

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has other childcare funding streams available to support families, through the Universal Credit/Tax Credit system. If a holiday club is an Ofsted Registered provider, families may be able to claim back any additional childcare costs through their HMRC gateway (up to 85%).

For your information, here are the links –

UNIVERSAL CREDIT – https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/universal-credit
WORKING TAX CREDIT – Help paying for childcare: Tax credits and childcare – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

A family can be in receipt of Universal Credit and not be entitled to Free School Meals because it is only the lowest income families who qualify for benefit-related Free School Meals.

HAF means Holiday Activity Food

If an eligible HAF family has used their HAF entitlement, i.e. 4 places per child over Easter, and would like to book additional places or hours, then they can claim a percentage of costs back through their current benefit claim.

There is an App that we can use to validate if a family is entitled to HAF funding. Please get in touch with us and we can let you know if you’re unsure.