Summer Slam

Easter Holiday Children's activities 2010 - Summer Slam!

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February Half Term Children's activities 2010 - Summer Slam!

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• Gymnastics
• Theatre Arts and Circus Crafts
• Clowning Around!
• Games Galore
• X-plosive Sports

Booking Form -
February Half Term Summer Slam!

Summer Slam! 2009 Evaluation

We have now completed the evaluation of Summer Slam! in the 2009 summer holidays. Thank you to the.....

95 children who returned their evaluation forms

90 children put a

and 5 put a

to show their enjoyment of the activities.
No children put a

Children thought they gained (in order)

• Had fun!
• New skills
• Being active
• New friends
• Confidence
• Teamwork

Some of the things children would tell other children include:

• 'I had fun enjoying things I would not normally do'
• 'You see new people and make new friends'
• 'Activities are fabulous and a wide range of things to do'
• 'They are fab'
• 'It is great to learn new things'
• 'That it is just brilliant'
• 'Teachers and coaches are friendly and full of energy'
• 'It is fun and exciting and a great way to break up holidays'

Children thought that to make the activities better they could be longer and more of them!!

They also gave some wonderful suggestions for future activities including Athletics, Badminton, Skateboarding; Cooking; Gardening; Film Club; Judo; Tennis; Table Tennis; Computers; Break dancing and themed sessions such as James Bond or Harry Potter. These are all great ideas and I will investigate for next summer, thank you.

An independent person has selected the prize winners (one from each Primary School) for the £5 book token. A letter will be sent home at the start of next half-term and the book token will be awarded in assembly. Well done to the winners!!

63 parents returned evaluation forms - thank you.

Parents rated Summer Slam! overall as:

	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Average
Booking process	95%	3%	1%	1%
Organisation	96%	3%	1%	0%
Value for money	97%	2%	1%	0%
Activity leaders	95%	3%	1%	1%
Child's satisfaction	94%	4%	1%	1%
Overall experience	95%	4%	1%	0%

Parents did not rate any aspect as ‘fair’ or ‘poor’.

32% of parents felt the activities totally met their families’ needs; 57% felt their needs were met ‘very well’; 12% ‘well’ and 1.5% ‘reasonably well’, with 0% ‘not at all’.

Parents felt that a variety of things could be improved for next year including

• More activities for boys
• More activities for girls
• More sessions (especially the popular ones)
• Longer sessions
• Different timings
• More advanced publicity
• More flexible age groupings
• More flexible sessions

The overwhelming response to how children had benefited was ‘confidence’ and ‘social skills’ as children were able to try different activities in a range of locations, making friends with children from other schools and in different years.

Parents’ views on publicity

	Previously participated	Information home from school	PO6 website	E-mail	NECIP website	From a friend	What’s On poster	E-bulletin
How I heard about the programme	28	31	2	4	2	2	1	N/A
Best way to promote for the future	N/A	50	3	N/A	4	N/A	2	16

Your views are very much appreciated and will be taken seriously when planning future holiday programmes. We have already extended the length of some sessions for October half-term which has a record 180 children and young people participating.

The overall winner of the cinema tickets has been chosen independently at random and a letter will be sent home next week. Congratulations to the winner!

Thank you to the Activity Providers who responded. Overall, the response was very positive, with all providers enjoying working with the children who participated seeing them learn new and different skills and gaining in confidence. Providers made a few suggestions for future improvements; some of which have been incorporated into the October half-term programme. All providers are very happy to continue to work with the NECIP....thankfully!!

And finally.............a huge thank you to the providers for running fantastic activities; to the parents for encouraging and supporting their children to take part and to the children and young people for taking part. The programme was independently ‘quality assured’ with excellent results for interaction, play value and children’s independence. I visited many of the sessions and always saw happy, smiling children mostly engrossed in what they were doing!

Summer Slam 2007 & 2008!

469 children and young people aged 4 to 15 had great fun at 4 fantastic weeks of fun filled activities in 2007 and 2008

Children said they would tell other children that 'It was great fun and a chance to do something different'; 'Great way to meet other people'; 'Fun way of keeping fit'; 'Everyone should go';......'It is cool!'

Parents said their children gained by 'Trying activities that may not be available to them under normal circumstances'; 'Enjoyed learning new things/skills, mixing with other children from different schools';.......'I was very impressed by the whole scheme and organisation'

Activity leaders said successes included 'Children learned loads of new skills'; 'I gained further experience of working with a different age group of children';......'It was very well organised - we are keen to work with you again'

Thanks to everyone for making it such a success!

Sunday, 01 August 2010

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