Bananas Breakfast Club: For children 3-11 years

Monkspath Bananas Breakfast Club is open from 7.45am until the start of the school day. It is our aim to bridge the gap between the start of the school day and parents working hours and to provide children with a healthy and nutritious breakfast in a caring environment. There has been proven research that having a healthy breakfast helps children’s motivation and self-confidence, and it also improves children’s levels of concentration.

We appreciate that parent’s working patterns need these extended hours which enable many families the flexibility they need, whilst their children are provided with an enjoyable, fun, interesting and safe environment.

We provide a variety of healthy cereals, toast, fruit juice, water and milk. Children can then choose from a variety of fun activities with their friends. The children are then safely ‘delivered’ to their class (or to Monkeys), for the start of the school day.

Bananas Teatime Club: for children 3-11 years

Bananas Teatime Club offers parent’s a choice of length of time they wish their children to attend Teatime Club. Session times are the end of the school day until either 4.30pm or 6pm. We plan a range of fun, age appropriate activities for children to participate in.

We are extremely aware that at the end of the day, some children may simply want to relax and enjoy quiet time. However, children may prefer to join in with more structured activities, therefore, we offer outdoor play, physical activity and games, ICT sessions where they can develop their computer skills, cooking sessions or they may like to sit and have stories read to them or join in with a range of creative or other activities. Children are also offered the opportunity to do their homework enabling a more relaxed time with parents when they get home. 

During the teatime club a selection of food will be on offer over the week, which varies from a choice of fruit and vegetables, toasted teacakes or cheese and biscuits. If your child is booked into the later session option (end of the school day-6pm), they will be given a light nutritious meal at approximately 4.45pm, to keep them going until they go home for their dinner. Drinks are on offer at all times.