Hertfordshire | Children's Holiday Clubs

Special 1/2 hour lessons for children aged 3+ on led horses every Saturday. Courses available during the holidays. 1 day courses for younger children and two day courses for the older child.

Saturday morning lessons for children aged 3+. Lessons last for two hours and include tacking, grooming and general advice on how to look after your horse as well as 1/2 hr riding lesson. Riding courses available during the holidays. Please book in advance.

Core hours on camp are 9.20am to 4.30pm with extended care available at an extra cost,dropping off any time from 8.00am to 9.20am and picking up between 4.30pm & 6pm.

Early Booking discount available until 1st March saving £5 per day on any Easter camp or workshop and £8 per day or £40 per week for any Summer camp or workshop. We also offer working parents the flexibility to pay with childcare vouchers.

Get back to basics and explore the outdoors, RAW Adventure Camps are fully endorsed by TV explorer and author Benedict Allen.

RAW Adventure Camps are back with a new and improved programme! This year, we’re making sure that both younger and older explorers get the most out of their adventure experience, whether they are new to RAW Adventure or coming back for more!

Activities for this year include, Advanced Navigation, Trap Making, Wilderness First-Aid, Wilderness Cooking and Tactical Evasion Tasks.

Our continuing relationship with Ventura events enables RAW to bring real-life animal encounters including merrkats, tenrecs, snakes, spiders and moreto selected camps.

GET YOUR DISCOUNT! Use the code ALL4KIDS12 either when booking online or by telephoning 01235 832222 and get £4 off per child per day!

Core hours on camp are 9.20am to 4.30pm with free extended care available, dropping off any time from 8.00am to 9.20am and picking up between 4.30pm & 6pm.

Early Booking discount available until 1st March saving £5 per day on any Easter camp or workshop and £8 per day or £40 per week for any Summer camp or workshop. We also offer working parents the flexibility to pay with childcare vouchers.

From the minute our doors open until the very last child is picked up, every day at Super Camps is packed full to the brim with action, adventure and fun.

From the energetic to the creative, from the classis to the unusual, your child can expect to take part in up to eight awesome activities each day.

Parent friendly loyalty point scheme, earn point for each booking you make, recommend a friend and earn even more points.

When you make your booking you can request for your child to be grouped with up to two friends provided they are no more than one year apart in age.

GET YOUR DISCOUNT! Use the code ALL4KIDS12 either when booking online or by telephoning 01235 832222 and get £4 off per child per day!

They have fully qualified, industry professional teachers dedicated to bringing out the best in each child during highly energetic and exciting workshops that focus on encouraging creativity, social skills, and team work, whilst developing the all important four C’s: Confidence, Coordination, Communication and Concentration.

Young Starz Academies - Weekly Performing Arts Workshops
They hold brilliant Performing Arts workshops, which are a fantastic and fun way to build your child’s confidence levels and maintain health and fitness as well as improving social skills. Workshops run at the weekend and weekdays after school. They all last for an hour and a half, and explore Drama, Dance and singing divided into separate sections, whilst working towards an end of term presentation.

Young Starz Parties - Parties for 1-12 years
Let your childs party be the talk of the playground! Ensure that your child and their guests have the best time by booking a themed party experience. An enthusiastic costumed entertainer will tailor your party according to your child’s age and interests with the funniest games, mini disco, balloons, an interactive journey they'll never forget and much more. With many themes full of laughter, Drama, Dancing and singing specifically designed to stretch their creative minds. Your child will be spoilt for choice!

Young Starz Holidays - Half Term Holiday Courses
Now boredom is a thing of the past! Young Starz Academy have created fun, themed, short Performing Arts courses exploring Drama, Dance and singing, which are designed to keep young minds busy, creative and engaged during the holidays, and an end of week performance to show parents. Now your child will look forward to the holidays!

Call now to find your nearest Academy!

Established at St Mary's school Rickmansworth since 1990, many of the current staff attended as children which gives a lovely "family feel". All staff have attended training sessions and are CRB police checked as per Ofsted requirements.

• Singing, Dance and Drama for boys and girls aged 4-16.
• 20 years of stretching imaginations.
• Improving: articulation, confidence, poise, creativity and imagination.
• Holiday Courses for Summer and Children’s Themed Parties.

Stagecoach provides a wonderful environment where children of all abilities can interact with other children in an atmosphere of warmth, creativity and development

Stagecoach St Albans is dedicated to providing quality education in the performing arts, together with developing confidence, articulation, communication skills and imagination. We provide two performance opportunities a year.

For full details contact 01582 609762 or click on our website.

WEEKEND STAGE SCHOOLS: Children aged 4 and 5 years attend a 2-hour session where they discover the delights of the performing arts in an informal, but safe and caring environment. Children aged 6 – 17 years attend a 3-hour session.

AGENCY: Top Talent Agency represents Top Hat students for professional work in the West End and Television Commercials as well as films and modelling jobs, an ex pupil is Rupert Grint. Join Top Hat and your child could take their talents to a more professional level. www.toptalentagency.co.uk

WEEKEND STAGE SCHOOL LOCATIONS: Potters Bar, Welwyn, Stevenage, St. Albans & Hertford

STREET DANCE CLASSES available in Potters Bar and St Albans. See our website for full details.

Residential and day courses, summer camps, activity days, family camping in August and choose from a large range of wonderful birthday parties.

Qualified and patient teachers are in the water with beginners.

Established in 1993, we at Aqua Style are enthusiastic in teaching swimming to children from the ages of 6 months up to and including adults in very small groups or One to One. All our teachers are fully qualified and experienced.

Weekly Term Time lessons and Holiday Crash courses for babies, toddlers, children and adults take place in Northwood Middlesex and Bushey Hertfordshire.

For further information please email or contact the above number.

Email: aquastyle44@btinternet.com
Web: www.aquaswim.org

Why do students and parents choose PQA?

• Professional Tuition in drama, singing and dancing
• Specialist Film & TV module
• Regular Masterclasses from top professionals
• Perform at a top West End theatre
• Cinema screenings of students’ own films
• Opportunities to perform every term
• PQA Film festival screened at the Empire Cinema Leicester Square
• Creative Stages – our unique awards scheme
• Trinity Guildhall exams for those who want them
• FREE T-Shirt, bag and folder
• Unique resources for staff to ensure quality of lessons
• FREE DVDs of film work sent home
• Classes run for 44 weeks of the year
• Pay in easy monthly direct debits

PQA. Be yourself. Be Amazing!

PQAcademy locations:

Amersham – Amersham College, Aylesbury – The Mandeville School, Belfast – Strathearn College, Bournemouth – Talbot Heath School, Bradley Stoke – Bradley Stoke Community School, Brentwood – Shenfield High School, Bridgnorth – Endowed School, Brighton – St Aubyns School, Bristol – Red Maids School, Cambridge – Parkside Federation, Chelmsford - Chelmer Valley High School, Cheltenham – Pate’s Grammar School, Croydon – Chelmer Valley High School, Eastleigh – Barton Peverill College, Guildford – St Catherine’s School, Hemel Hempstead – Bovingdon Primary School, Hertford - Regional College, Leicester - South Leicestershire College, Milton Keynes – Oakgrove School, Penn – Sir William Ramsay School, Rochester – Dance Junction, Southend - Belfairs High School, Southwick - Southwick Community Centre, Tonbridge - K College, Wickford – CLC Building, Woodford Green – Bancroft SchoolM

AND……… Mallorca – Agora School Portals, Portals Nous, 07181

• Suitable for anyone in the family - ages 7 - 107
• Uses several types of software to meet all needs.
• Can be taken over either four mornings (double lessons)
• or eight (single lessons), depending on the student.
• Relaxed stress free holiday course
• Teacher is a qualified special needs tutor and typing trainer
• Recommended by the Richmond Dyslexic Association but suitable for anyone
• Visit the website below for further details
• Private tuition for students with learning difficulties, 11+ and up to 18 also available

Splash learn to swim is a carefully designed fast-track children’s swimming course for beginner swimmers that are happy in the water without one to one assistance, with or without floatation devices. Splash learn to swim has two different levels; one for beginner swimmers and one for more intermediate swimmers.

We have an exemplary health and safety record, we’re Ofsted and CSSIW registered and we accept all childcare vouchers. Splash runs from 8.30am-9am (beginners) and from 9am-9.30am (intermediates) over the course of a full week and if you’re new to Splash you can get 10% off your first booking.

Love acting, singing and dancing? Looking for a fun and unique way to spend your school holidays?

We're holding 4 musical theatre summer courses, three near to London in Hemel Hempstead, Kingston and Godalming, and one in Edinburgh.

Skills Courses are fantastic week long, residential courses where you will work with leading directors, choreographers and composers, create your own brand new musical, build skills and boost confidence, make new friends and have lots of fun! You will also gain a Grade 6 certificate in Musical Theatre in Production from Trinity Guildhall.

To book visit our website or call: 0844 415 4858

Staff hold NVQs in Playwork. Debby owns and runs both clubs ensuring that the best possible care is taken of your children. TASC collect children from schools in Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Mill End Chorleywood.

TASC for children aged 4-8 years. The Youth Club for 8-12 years.

Equipment includes Snooker, Pool, Football, PS2s, Air Hockey, Dressing Up, Construction Toys, Table Football .... the list is endless. The Youth Club has a separate computer room and TV room. We also have a TV and DVD room at TASC. We are well known for our wonderful art and craft and have a garden with swings, slide, sandpit, basketball, bikes etc.

During the Holiday Club we have snooker/football tournements, sports sessions, art & craft, parachute/drama/party games plus lots more. Children choose what they do and when.

Web: www.theholidayclub.net

Classes and Clubs
Our after school classes are enjoyed by hundreds of children every week as they develop skills and confidence with food, creating nutritious and exciting dishes from scratch. Our specially created programme has been developed with a variety of school facilities in mind, so whether your school has a fully-fitted food technology suite, or just a room with access to washing up facilities, we have a solution that will fit. And with over 100 different recipes completed (and counting) there is a fantastic variety and something new to look forward to each week.

Parties
Our recipe for a successful party is to take all the stress out of the organising - you provide the children, and we’ll provide everything else. At the party, children make their own party lunch or tea. The menu of recipes include a choice of savoury and sweet treats and they will make enough so they can take something home in their party bag too.

Tuition
We provide one-to-one or small group tuition that is designed to provide a solid foundation for later life by developing key skills in the kitchen.

Holiday Workshops
We run half day themed cookery workshops during the holidays in Henley on Thames, Tylers Green and Milton Keynes - please get in touch for more information.

Many have Ofsted regulated Active Tots Creches providing child care, soft play and nursery activities for children from 4 months and some centres offer a unique pre-school nursery education where, in addition to working through the learning foundation stage of education, children can also learn to swim, develop hand-eye coordination in early years, ball skills, balance and coordination skills through gymnastic activities and rhythm and rhyme through music and movement.

Birthday Parties operate in most centres with a range of entertaining options.

An award winning swimming lesson programme with ASA qualified instructors teaches toddlers from 5 months to children of all ages to learn to swim and gain water safety skills all year round.

In Berkshire, East Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Harrogate, Kent, North London, Surrey and West Sussex, we offer;

• children's cooking courses,
• children's cooking, chocolate and afternoon tea parties,
• holiday workshops,
• Duke of Edinburgh and student survival cooking courses,
• support with cooking at your school, nursery, children's centre, conference, food related event or photo shoot.

We provide a fantastic service and believe passionately in developing children's cooking skills through active learning.

We also sell our cooking party kits, lots of cooking accessories and children's hats and aprons across the UK.

We teach all children to cook. We have loads of experience and don't worry if your child has food allergies as we have special recipes, cooking kits and cakes for children with food allergies.

Kindermusik® is a high quality, award winning programme enhancing all aspects of child development including social, emotional, cognitive, physical, language and musical skills and is endorsed by childhood development experts. It also meets the government EYFS guidelines. Fun, small classes are taught by highly qualified licensed Kindermusik® Educators nurturing children's love of music. Recognising the parent is the most important child's teacher, quality home materials including CDs, instruments and books are provided to enable the Kindermusik® experience to continue at home.

Kindermusik® also provides a flexible, rewarding career for those who are musical and love children.

Classes are held throughout the UK and Ireland. For more details on classes and career opportunities see the Kindermusik® UK website.

In term-time students aged 7 to 16 come for 3 hours and are coached separately in acting, singing and dancing. Younger students spend 90 fun pack minutes with us in classes that blend all three disciplines. All our holiday courses have an exciting blend of drama, singing and dance to stimulate all areas of creativity, with the added buzz of a performance at the end.

All three venues have classes on Saturday, and in St Albans we also have classes on Friday evening. Our holiday courses this year are on 31 March - 4 April, 28 July - 1 August, 4 – 8 August at all venues, and an extra week in St Albans 11 – 15 August.

Cookery School for children - workshops and cookery clubs run in Bucks, Herts, Berks and Oxon during term-time and school holidays.

Cookery School for adults - everything from baking and pastry making to Thai, Indian and Italian cookery and one-to-one cookery sessions designed specifically for your requirements.

Cooking Parties for ages 5-18 years - we'll come and run your child's cooking party, bring all the utensils, ingredients, party bags, help the children cook their own lunch or tea and clear up afterwards while you sit back and enjoy the party.

DIY Cooking Kits - wherever you are in the world your child can have a cooking party even if we can't get there. We'll write the party for you, talk you through it and provide you with aprons, chef's hats, recipes, party bags, sprinkles and cake cases, almost as good as us being there.

Splat Store - we also have a large on line cookery store selling products to make cooking fun such as aprons and oven gloves, utensils, cookie cutters, cake stands, cake cases, cooking kits, cookery courses, sprinkles and glitters.

Though based in the North West, we provide party entertainers throughout the North West. Children and teenagers are getting more sophisticated, and we have some great activities that will make your child’s party be a day to remember!

For young children, we can do things like crafts, Japanese origami, African drumming and face painting. For teenagers’, we have lots of party ideas. These include makeup and beauty for girls, street dance, break dancing and Rapping and DJ skills.

We also do Caribbean banquets and have special graffiti art activities including ones where we graffiti mural a bedroom or play room.

These fun party activities can also work with adults and for corporate events. They usually last 1 ½ to 2hrs and cost as little as £235.00 + VAT so why not give it a go? Contact us via our website web-form or call one of our friendly team today!

Our aim is to guarantee your little superstar an excellent time while helping them live a healthy, fun and fit life. We offer over 20 different sports and activities including football, basketball, rugby, tennis, athletics, gymnastics, dance, tri-golf and netball. We also offer children's sports parties.

Visit our website or contact us for full details.

Hertstoppers Cheerleading Club is a new and exciting club, which runs weekly classes in Hatfield, open to boys and girls aged 5-25. No experience is necessary.

We are holding a summer camp from 28th-31st August, at Mount Grace School, Potters Bar, from10am-2pm. It costs £15 per day with a 10% discount for attending all 4 days. We will be learning all divisions of cheerleading with lots of other exciting activities including games, making up chants and designing uniforms.

For more information or to book your space please call Amy on 07923685563 or email hertstoppers@hotmail.co.uk

ESTA also has an agency and this year alone - members from both schools have appeared or are appearing in Pantomime, on CBBC, in the West End, at The National Theatre with The National Youth Theatre, and in a Steven Spielberg film!

ESTA’s Summer Schools are very popular and children join from all over the world as well as London! Do contact us for dates.

(Discounts on mentioning All4Kids)

For info and applications:

Tel: (020) 8741 2843
Email: esta@clara.co.uk

We have set up a data base of Martial Arts Academy’s School’s and Club’s in the UK. That will teach people with all types of disabilities. When people phone us up we can give them a telephone number of the said organisation.

We have joined forces with Sho~Shin Budo Kwai, who run a summer camp every August information will be on our website. We have also joined forces with the Disability Martial Arts Festival. The Festival was started by the late Terry Taylor.

Email:dmaa@blueyonder.co.uk

Core hours on camp are 9.20am to 4.30pm with extended care available at an additional cost,dropping off any time from 8.00am to 9.20amandpicking up between 4.30pm &6pm.

Early Booking discount available until 1st March saving £5 per day on any Easter camp or workshop and £8 per day or £40 per week for any Summer camp or workshop. We also offer working parents the flexibility to pay with childcare vouchers.

Great workshops available for 2012 include A Passion For…The Stage, Dance, Creativity, Food and Invention. Along with brand new courses for 2012 at selected venues, Junior Sports Leadership Award, Spy, Detective and Dance.

Our A Passion For…Holiday Workshops have been designed by experts to enable children to gain new knowledge and skills in a fun environment.

We believe that these five-day workshops equip children with essential life skills such as learning to take responsibility for their own choices and problem solving, as well as giving them memorable experiences and a sense of achievement. Each child will be encourages to reflect upon their progress each day in their own development diary.

GET YOUR DISCOUNT! Use the code ALL4KIDS12 either when booking online or by telephoning 01235 832222 and get £4 off per child per day!

• Singing, Dance and Drama for boys and girls aged 4-16
• 20 years of stretching imaginations
• More than 12 million hours of confidence building
• Stagecoach: Training for Life
  
• Summer Workshops
  

Tennis Centre facilities include both outdoor and indoor courts offering a weekly programme of coaching and matchplay events for both adult and junior players by fully qualified LTA coaches.

Gosling Ski & Board Centre offers an extensive range of Ski and Snowboard courses for all age groups and abilities.

Gosling Sports Park offers a full range of coached sporting activities for children. Courses in Tennis, Football, Gymnastics & Trampolining run throughout the school terms. Camp Gosling runs during school holidays offering full day activities. Children’s birthday parties also catered for.

We offer hour long drama classes for ages 5-adult to improve confidence and for personal development whilst having lots of creative fun. All our classes are run by Graduates of Performing Arts. Classes are held on Saturdays for 5-7 year olds and Wednesdays for 8-16 year olds.

We also offer Contemporary Dance classes run by the Youth Dance Company. Please contact us for further details on all our courses, workshops or holiday activities.

We aim to offer a complete care service where parents can have peace of mind knowing their child is well cared for and having lots of fun! - All at an affordable cost. Activities available include arts & crafts, role-play, construction, computers, pool table, table tennis and the use of tennis courts where we sometimes offer professional tennis coaching. Nutritious snacks are provided during the before and after school sessions.

During the Holidays we often organise exciting outings including visits to the local market, parks, lunches out, trips to the zoo and the London Eye. All our carers are qualified to Ofsted standards. All staff attend First Aid, Child Protection and Behavioural Management courses. We are registered with Ofsted.

Please contact us for full details including times, availability and charges.

We always take pride in ensuring the quality of every activity remains at its highest; but never forgetting the fun factor! Our experienced coaching team will help your child to develop a new or existing skill in a fun and safe environment.

Camps and activities include:

• Archery
• Climbing
• Fencing
• Football
• Gymnastics
• Multi-Sports Day Camps
• Netball
• Trampolining
• Family Fun Swim
• Swimming Lessons/Stroke Improvement
• Birthday Parties (Climbing, Football & Swimming)
• ...and more!

• 23 years of stretching imaginations.
• Singing, Dance and Drama for boys and girls aged 4-18.
• More than 12 million hours of confidence building.
• Stagecoach: Training for Life.
• Holiday Courses for Summer.

For full details call Liz Blower on 01525 717567 or click on our website.