Village Square - Balmoral School

About Village Square - Balmoral School

The Village Square Trust’s Before and After School programmes provide a safe, stimulating and fun place for children to play with friends, do homework or simply relax and have fun.


Our programmes are run on site at participating schools.

Our Site Leaders work with a team of engaging Programme Assistants, who include student teachers. All our staff are Police-vetted and trained.

The Village Square Trust's Programmes for Children aims to exceed the safety standards and agreed codes of behaviour required by OSCAR and Oranga Tamariki. We are OSCAR accredited and able to provide WINZ subsidies to qualifying families.


What we do before school
The Before School Programme gives the children a chance to chill out before they begin a busy day at school. We provide indoor and outdoor games for them, and a light breakfast of toast and hot chocolate.


What we do after school
Our After School Programme has a structure that includes free play, themed indoor activities, quiet time and outside play. However, we do understand that the children have been at school all day and many of them will be tired, so we are flexible.

Outdoor Play
We try to get the children outside as much as possible on fine days.

Quiet Time
We offer a period of quiet time. During this time, children can do any homework they may have been assigned, or they can read, or complete word searches or maths sheets that we provide, or colour in, etc.

Homework
Children can work on their homework during quiet time, however we do not force them to do homework during this time. Our staff ratio does not allow our team members to help children with their homework on a one-to-one basis. We firmly believe that it’s the parents’ final responsibility to ensure that their children have completed any homework required.

Afternoon Tea
Our afternoon snack menu is planned on a weekly basis and is designed to be as varied and healthy as possible.

Before afternoon tea, we encourage children to eat what’s left in their lunchbox, however we don’t force children to eat. If your child doesn’t seem to have much appetite or is not eating, we will let you know. If your child doesn’t want to eat our afternoon tea, or has dietary requirements not covered in our menu, please pack them extra food in their lunchbox.