Colin Sure Start Summer Scheme

Colin Sure Start Summer Scheme is a fantastic way to get involved with some fun activities over July and August with your under 4s! It is open to any families registered with Colin Sure Start - and is free.

It is hugely popular and we have lots of interest and places on our activities are limited, so we are asking families only to book on to events/activities that they know they will be able to attend to try and make sure all our families get a chance to be involved.

We hope you can join us this year and look forward to seeing you at some of our events!

Please read through the information below about our Summer Scheme before booking.

Who can participate?

The Colin Sure Start summer activities are open to any family registered with Colin Sure Start. To book any event, you must be registered with Colin Sure Start, which means you live in the Colin area and have a child or children under 4. If you want to book on and this applies to you, but are not sure if you are registered, please give us a call on 90601417 and our team can assist you in getting registered if you are eligible. All of the events and activities are aimed at children under age 4. Parents or carers can bring older children to some of the events, provided they have at least one child under 4, and any older siblings are there to support and understand that the activities will be catering for younger children. 

Activities

The events will include a range of activities - sensory play, arts and crafts, physical activities, nature activities and music and dance. The activities will aim to support all abilities and ages from 0-4. Parents or carers are responsible for their children at all times during the events so you attend with them and full participation is encouraged! Most activities will be around 1 hour - 1.5 hours (except for the trips - they will be a bit longer) given the attention span of most wee ones, but there will be lots to do. A baby area will be set up at all events for mums/dads with newborns, and there will be toilets and changing facilities provided at all venues (except for Old Golf Course Road Park - there are no facilities at this venue). The activities are spread across the months of July and August and in venues throughout the Colin area.

Teddy Bears Picnic - Sensory play, arts and crafts, professional face painting, speech and language information, a special poo bear visit, finishing with a picnic and rhythm and rhyme session. 

Summer Sensory - A range of sensory based activities appropriate to age, stimulate senses with lights, touch and smell

Forest School/Nature Crafts - Another new event this year. Using the outdoors to enhance discovery, play and learning through natural materials, activities include den building and natural crafts 

Laganvale Farm Trip - Trip includes a soft play session then time on the farm and a picnic

Sports Day - An outdoor active session which includes multi-sports geared at toddler level

Music and Dance - Make and take home instruments, crafts, sensory exploration, finishing with a dance session from Gemma at make a sound 

Additional Needs summer sensory - A sensory free play session designed for children with additional needs

Fairytale - A brand NEW event- option to dress up, magical fairytale play stations, explore the nearby woods in search of the fairy doors, professional face painting, speech and language information, finishing with a rhythm and rhyme session

Fun with Colour - A popular event last year this event encompasses everything colour, make multicolored potions, painting, colour sprays, rainbow crafts, finish with a colour run in the park 

Delamont Country Park - Ride on the miniature railway, explore the play park and woods, finishing with a BBQ and games

Booking

This year we are once again using our online booking system for the summer scheme. In order to accommodate as many families as possible and because spaces are limited, we are asking families only to book on to events/activities that they know they will be able to attend to try and make sure all our families get a chance to be involved. Once an activity is full, you will still be able to put your name on a 'reserve' list for the activity so in case there are cancellations we can offer these out to those on reserve. Please remember this is in place to try and make sure that everyone gets something - its not just a limit for the sake of it. Your understanding is appreciated on this. Some of the activities have 2 or 3 different start times to accommodate as many as possible, but it is very important that families stick to their allocated time slots due to capacity in some buildings/venues.

The booking facility will open on Tuesday, 17th June, 4.30 pm right here on our Website on this page. If you are experiencing any issues with booking please contact us on 90601417. 

Trips

There is an outing organised for both July and August. We have 1 bus booked for each trip, so if you don't drive or have transport there will be a way of getting to and from the outing. If you have your own car or access to transport and can make your own way there that's great - please book on to the OWN TRANSPORT list. We will post the details of times and address ahead so you can meet us there. It also really helps to keep the spaces on the bus for families who couldn't get there otherwise. We also ask if you need to use a bus you only choose 1 trip initially to allow as many non driving families to access the trips. For booking on to the trips you will see there are 2 options - one for BUS and one for OWN TRANSPORT.

Confirmation

Once you have booked on to an event successfully, an email will be sent to the address you provide to confirm your booking. Our staff will also contact you a few days in advance of any event you have booked on to by phone just to confirm everything and run through any details with you. If for any reason you are no longer able to attend an event that you have booked on, there is a link on the confirmation email to 'cancel your booking' - if we could ask that you please cancel if unable to attend as this will allow another family to take up the place. Many thanks

Health and Safety

Wherever possible (and weather permitting) we are arranging activities and events outdoors or in the open air. Where activities or events are indoors, numbers will be limited in accordance with our Risk Assessment. All our activities are risk assessed and there will be a named first-aid staff member at each event. Please remember that your child or children remain your responsibility at all times during the activities or events. There will be a main staff member for each activity and their mobile number will be made available if you have any questions or issues on the day to contact. 

What to bring

We will provide everything you need for the activities, and a small healthy snack of fruit will be provided as well as water on all events. Some of the events (Trips and the Teddy Bears Picnics) a lunch/picnic will be provided for children, but for most of the events it will just be the healthy snack. Please make our staff aware at point of booking if you or any of your children have any food allergies. Things to remember: Sun cream, baby/toddler changing bag, antihistamine or anything relating to allergies, water or drink for babies.