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The Easter holidays will be upon us before we know it ☺, so we’ve compiled this handy Clubs & Camps Guide with loads of great activities to keep the kids entertained. Don’t forget to check our event diary & Place To Go too for more ideas! Don’t forget to say that you saw it here on Chiltern Chatter ☺
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ACTIVITY DAY CAMPS
CHILTERN FOREST SCHOOL: WOODLAND HOLIDAY CAMPS – CHESHAM & HIGH WYCOMBE
Activities include: woodland crafts, shelter building, campfire, bug hunting, woodland games, tree climbing and chilling in hammocks but most of all….having FUN in the woodland! For ages: rising 5’s – 11 years old.
Dates & times: 6th, 7th & 8th April, 9:30am – 3:30pm
Location: Great Kingshill School, High Wycombe and Hawridge & Cholesbury School, Chesham.
Cost: £35 per day (half days available)
Website: www.chilternforestschool.co.uk
SUPER CAMPS – CHESHAM BOIS, HIGH WYCOMBE, & GERRARDS CROSS
Super Camps activity camps are the perfect way to put the magic back into school holidays.The programme is jam-packed with fun activities that will keep your child entertained for hours. Depending on the age of your child you can choose one of three activity camps with Super Camps. Easter Multi-activity Camps (ages 4 – 14), including a variety of sports, games and arts and crafts. No two days are the same and the price includes all activities. Raw Adventure (ages 7 – 14), an opportunity to connect with nature, mastering skills like shelter-making, fire-lighting and archery. The Great Super Camps Bake Off (ages 7 – 13), children will love this week long culinary challenge, baking new recipes and old favourites.
Camps run 9am – 5pm, with extended hours also avaliable (8am – 9am and 5pm – 6pm). Childcare vouchers can be used.
Dates & times: Dates vary depending on venue, camps running between 30th March and 17th April
Address: The Beacon School – Chesham Bois, Royal Grammar School – High Wycombe, Thorpe House – Gerrards Cross
Telephone: 01235 46700
Email: info@supercamps.co.uk
Website: www.supercamps.co.uk
WOODROW HIGH HOUSE
Day Camps run throughout the school holidays, every week day, excluding Bank Holidays. Woodrow High House are Ofsted registered. Activities are outdoor fun designed specially for two age groups, 5-7 year olds and 8-11 year olds. The types of activities, dependent on age, include low ropes, rocket building, archery, pond dipping, orienteering, treasure hunt, obstacle courses.
Dates & times:29th March – 8th April. Drop off is 8.30-9am and pick up 4.30pm. Woodrow High House can also offer an extended pick up until 5.30pm for an additional £5 per child.
Cost: £37 per day, with a 10% sibling only discount.
Address: Woodrow High House, Cherry Lane, Woodrow, HP7 0QG
Telephone: 01494 433531
Website: www.londonyouth.org.uk
AMERSHAM ADVENTURES – AMERSHAM FIELD CENTRE
Fun outdoor holiday activites for 5-7 year olds & 8-14 year olds. See website for more information about specific activities.
Address: Amersham Field Centre, Mop End, Amersham, Bucks, HP7 OQR.
Cost: £12 – £24 per child
Telephone: 01494 721054
Website: www.field-studies-council.org/amersham
ARTS & CRAFTS
MINI MONETS WORKSHOPS
Easter in Harefield Studio –
4th & 5th April 10am – 3pm, for ages 5 – 12 years, £49/day. We will be exploring pottery and clay with our expert. The children will be guided in making clay bunny rabbits or any of their favourite animals. We will also be decorating glass with our specialist.
11th – 14th April, ages 8+ Discover & Design your own STREET STYLE, £59/day (min 2 days). After a sell out sucess in February half term we are extending our Urban street style and design masterclass. It’s a 2 day minimum as we go into depth to get the professional results. To explore fully come for all 4 days. Students will create t-shirts and their own canvas bag brand. They will discover a new style of illustration mixed with graffiti techniques to create really new really cool ART!
Easter in Beaconsfield –
6th & 7th April, 10am – 3pm £49/day or £90 for 2 days. Come and explore modroc bunny sculpture Wednesday and Mindcraft perspective on Thursday. Modroc is a plaster impregnated gauze designed to aid the healing of bones and is also used widely in eductaion and craft worlds for creating models. It can be modelled around wire netting, foil etc. Thursday we will be teaching city perspective paintings featuring the Minecraft game. Children can create their own imaginary cities or buildings.
Maths & Science Workshop – Beaconsfield
6th & 7th April, 3pm – 4pm, £10
We are starting Maths and Science classes to open your children’s mind to the beauty of maths and science. The trial lesson is £10 for one extra hour following our art workshops.
Venue: See details above or website
Telephone: 07900212499
Website: www.minimonetsuk.com
COOKERY
BEVERLEY GLOCK COOKERY SCHOOL
Easter baking workshop to make delicious Easter goodies (for ages 5 – 12 years) – Wednesday 30th March 10am – 1pm, cost £37.50.
Pasta Workshop – make delicious pasta to share over the Easter holidays (for ages 5 – 12 years) – Tuesday 29th March, 10am – 1pm, cost £37.50.
Venue: Princes Risborough
Telephone: 0870 766 8290
Website: www.beverleyglock.com
DRAMA
PERFORM DRAMA
Wizard of Oz, follow the Yellow Brick Road for three fun-filled days, 4-8 year olds in Amersham & Beaconsfield.
BEACONSFIELD
Dates & times: 30th March – 1st April, 10am – 3pm
Address: St Michael’s Church Hall, Grenfell Road, Beaconsfield,
HP9 2BN
Telephone: 0845 400 4000
Website: www.perform.org.uk
EDUCATIONAL
FLYING START TUITION
Chesham Tuition Centre: English and Verbal Reasoning, Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning Booster courses, Tuesday 29th March – Saturday 2nd April.
Berryfields Primary School, Aylesbury: English and Verbal Reasoning, Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning Booster courses, Monday 4th April – Friday 8th April.
Telephone: 01494 772898
Email: hello@flyingstarttuition.co.uk
Website: www.flyingstarttuition.co.uk
HOLIDAY CLUBS
BUSY LIVING HOLIDAY CLUBS
Ofsted registered holiday clubs for children aged 4-12 years in Amersham & Chalfont St Peter. Busy Living offers friendly holiday clubs open to all children from 8am – 6pm.
Based at Elangeni School in Amersham and St Josephs School in Chalfont St Peter.
Telephone: 01494 722318
Email: info@busy-living.co.uk
Website: www.busy-living.co.uk
SPORTS
THINK TENNIS, DUKES WOOD, GERRARDS CROSS
Easter Camps at Dukes Wood LTD offer the chance to improve your technical and tactical abilities in a fun and safe environment. Full day courses for children over 7 years, half day courses for children aged 3 1/2 and over.
Dates & times: 29th March – 1st April and 4th April – 8th April
Address: Think Tennis Ltd, Dukes Wood LTC, Gerrards Cross Sports Club, Dukes Lane, Gerrards Cross, SL9 7JZ
Cost: see website
Email: tom.thinktennis@gmail.com
Telephone: 07814 440841
Website: www.thinktennisltd.supanet.com
PLAYBALL SOUTH BUCKS
Easter ‘Crazy Science’ Camp – have you ever wanted to make an exploding volcano or balloon hover craft, blast a rocket into spaceor make sherbert? These are some of the crazy experiments we’ll be doing! Multi-sports, dance, ‘crazy science’ experiments and arts & crafts. Suitable for ages 3+
Dates & times: 30th – 31st March & 4th – 6th April, 10am-3pm
Address: Curzon Centre, Beaconsfield
Cost: £40 for the day, (10% sibling discount), further discount if more than one day booked
Email: joanne@playballsouthbucks.co.uk
Website: www.playballkids.com
PETER LAVERY TENNIS, CHESHAM BOIS
Easter Camps at Chesham Bois Tennis Club catering for all standards. Suitable for ages 2-17 years.
Dates & times: 29th March – 1st April & 4th – 7th April
Address: Head Coach, Chesham Bois Tennis Club, The Beeches, Woodfield Park, Amersham, HP6 5QQ
Cost: See website
Email: peterlaverytennis@live.com
Telephone: 07885 206587
Website: www.peterlaverytennis.com
TENNACE
Tennis camps for 3-15 year olds at GXLTC for all abilities.
Dates & times: 29th March – 15th April
Address: GXLTC, Bull Lane, Gerrards Cross, SL9 8RN
Cost: Contact Andy Scholfield for costs
Contact details: 07791 912490
Website: www.tennace.com
WYCOMBE WANDERERS
Football courses for 4-12 year olds. Each day is a fun mix of coaching practice, skills development, penalty shoot-outs, skill challenges and small-sided games.
Dates & times: 29th March – 8th April, 10am -3pm
Address / Venue details: Beaconsfield, Chesham & High Wycombe, see website
Cost: see website
Website: www.wwset.co.uk/holiday
PURE FOOTBALL OPPORTUNITIES
Dates & times: 29th March – 1st April & 4th – 8th April, 10am – 3pm.
Address: Chalfont St Giles Junior School
Cost: £15 per day
Contact details: Josh Briant
Email: josh@pfoltd.co.uk
Website: www.pfoltd.co.uk
PLAYBALL BUCKS
Easter Playball Camp – for children aged 3 – 9 years. A fun and active day of Playball games and activities, arts and crafts, cooking (and eating!), followed by dancing with Hazel from Popstars or more Playball activities. Eash day has a theme – eg Space, Pirates, Easter…etc. The children are divided into groups by age – staying with friends or siblings if they like. Half days available. Please contact us with any questions or to book.
Dates & times: 30th – 1st April & 4th – 6th April, 10am-3pm (early drop off available from 9:30am)
Address: Woodrow High House, Cherry Lane, Amersham, HP7 0QG
Cost: £40 for the day, (10% sibling discount), further discount if more than one day booked
Email: jenny@playballbucks.com / biba@playballbucks.com
Website: www.playballkids.com
