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Duty of Candour Report

This report will be used by Fun Lodge where no events triggering the duty of candour have occurred in the preceding year.

Duty of Candour Report

All health and social care services in Scotland have a duty of candour. This is a legal requirement which means that when things go wrong and mistakes happen, the people affected understand what has happened, receive an apology, and that organisations learn how to improve for the future.

An important part of this duty is that we provide an annual report about the duty of candour in our service. This short report describes how our care service has operated the duty of candour during the time between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021.

We hope you find this report useful.

  1. How many incidents happened to which the duty of candour applies?

In the last year, there have been no incidents to which the duty of candour applied.

  1. Information about our policies and procedures

Where something has happened that triggers the duty of candour, our staff report this to the service manager who has responsibility for ensuring that the duty of candour procedure is followed.

The manager records the incident and reports as necessary to the Care Inspectorate. When an incident has happened, the manager and staff set up a learning review. This allows everyone involved to review what happened and identify changes for the future.

All new staff learn about the duty of candour at their induction. We know that serious mistakes can be distressing for staff as well as people who use care and their families. We have support in place for our staff if they have been affected by a duty of candour incident.

Where parents or children are affected by the duty of candour, we have arrangements in place to provide welfare support as necessary.

If you would like more information about our after school care, please contact us using these details: Service Manager – 07977215652 or on funlodge@virginmedia.com

Fun Lodge Update

Fun Lodge update on what we have been doing since August 2020.

 

What we had to think about:

Before we returned in August we had a lot of work to do to comply with all the COVID restrictions we required to 

put in place to keep everyone safe. This was our main priority.

For this we consulted with our staff and board to discuss how we could offer our service putting all of this in place.

We had many, many, discussions regarding the above and ended up totally re-writing our Operational Framework and also wrote a COVID-19 Risk Assessment Document. These documents are how we have been operating the service since August 202 in order to comply with guidance we have been given from Scottish Government, Scottish Out of School Care Network, The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council.

Both of these documents are now Working Documents, and have been updated several times due to updated guidance coming from the aforementioned governing bodies

All parents were sent these before we reopened in August and all new parents who have enquired about our service since August have been sent these also. 

The staff all undertook online COVID-19 training before returning to work in August 2020.

 

How would we be able to meet our new parents and children:

As guidance was set out parents were not permitted to enter the service. How then could we show prospective new parents and children what our indoor space consisted of and what play equipment we had to offer the children.

For this we had to be creative, so we created a welcome video for all of our new families who were joining us.

Two of the senior staff did this and it has proved a fantastic success and solved this particular issue.

This was emailed out to new parents and showed the spaces that we used within the church halls and what equipment we had available. Families were also invited to make an appointment for an outdoor visit to show them the outside play spaces and to meet the service manager. This was very different to what we would usually offer as a transition to the service. Pre-pandemic we would have invited new families into the service to be shown around and we would also have invited the children in during the summer holiday club for a half day session. 

As we were not able to provide a buddy system for our new primary 1 children we wondered how they would get on. We need not have worried as working in small cohorts they were with the Primary 2 children which worked really well, where-by they got to know each other much quicker than they would have done.

 

Hand Hygiene :

became a key factor to our service operating safely and to minimising transmission risks. We have hand gel located at various points throughout the service including the entrance and exit. All children are asked to use hand gel at certain times of the day and also encouraged to use it themselves throughout the session. 

 

Cohort working:

Guidance stated that we work in smaller groups /cohorts and that these should not exceed 32 children in 1 cohort. Our cohorts are Primary 1 and Primary 2 together. Primary 3 and Primary 4 together. Primaries 5,6 and 7  are together. 

For school pick-ups we liaised with the two head teachers of the schools we pick up the children from.

Wherever possible the same staff members collect the children on a daily basis.

At Merrylee school the same named staff pick up the children each day from the designated pick up doors and

at O.L.A school the same procedure has been put in place, but the children are collected from an allocated meeting place in the front playground. The meeting place at OLA was decided by the Head teacher and she notified the children of this location as well as us notifying our parents. 

 

Snack Options:

Our snack options still remain similar to pre-pandemic with 2 changes which are: snack is served to the children including fruit, and the children now sit at their allocated cohort tables.

 

Play spaces:

We are fortunate to have the space available to us to create 3 separate play spaces within the church, both inside, and outdoors. From this each cohort has an allocated space for the week. We can rotate these spaces to give all the children a chance to utilise the different play opportunities in each area on a weekly basis.  We use the church grounds as much as possible and even through the winter months the children enjoyed being out with torches and making up games using these. 

Now the weather is milder we will be using our outdoor area most of the time.

 

 

 

 

 

Play Equipment:

Each cohort has their own play equipment which consists of both indoor and outdoor items.

We have allocated each cohort a craft box and a box containing physical activity equipment. This can easily be cleaned every night so that these items do not need to be quarantined. Other games and books that can’t be easily cleaned are quarantined for 72 hours after use. This is done in the small hall and are clearly labelled so that everyone knows that they can’t use these items if they are in quarantine.

All of our large indoor equipment is still in use and we clean these after each child has played with them.

At the end of every night all equipment is cleaned thoroughly before it is put away. 

The Wii is still used and can be accessed by all groups each day. We have a rota system for this and it is cleaned after each person has had their turn.

 

End of night clean:

Every night the staff members for each cohort are responsible for the cleaning and tidying up of their own cohort’s equipment. Once done a checklist is signed by the staff members to reiterate this.

One staff member is also in charge of kitchen and toilet cleaning each night.

By adhering to the above this is another way to ensure the safety of all.

 

Extra measures:

All of our staff have agreed to undertake twice weekly lateral flow testing which is another way to ensure the safety of everyone within our service.

 

Conclusion, Outcome and way forward for the future:

I think initially the staff and I were concerned when we returned to work last August on the impact all of the above would have on the way we used to offer the service. Would the children still have Fun! This was one of our main concerns along with keeping everyone safe.

But on speaking to the staff, children and parents the feedback as to the way we are working now has been really positive and the majority of the children prefer being in a smaller cohort and yes, they still have fun.

This may well be the way forward for the future for us to continue offering the service with these changes!

Welcome Back

Hi Everyone,

We are delighted to be reopening on Monday 17th August after 5 months of lockdown.

We hope all of our children have a good first couple of days in school and a special mention to all our new primary 1 children attending for their first days, we know how emotional this can be.

The staff are all excited to see everyone :)

Fun Lodge

Fun Lodge Temporary Closure Notice

As we move into another phase in the fight against the spread of COVID-19/Corona Virus please be assured that we are taking every precaution to do all we can to ensure the safety and well-being of all our children and families we care for as well as ourselves and our own families. We are following the latest Government advice and going beyond these measures where we feel it is necessary.

We recognise how important it is that at this time parents are still able to access their normal childcare and to this end we were committed to keeping our clubs & services operational for as long as we could whilst we awaited what will inevitable be the next step leading to school closures.

These school closures were announced yesterday for Scottish schools which will close on Friday 20th March for an indefinite period, we will therefore be closing our service on Friday at 6pm for the foreseeable future.

In the meantime, we are maintaining the highest level of hygiene within our service and following strict protocol for hand washing as science tells us that this is critical in terms of stopping the spread of this virus.

In addition, we as you are aware also introducing new measures within our service relating to the signing in and out of children at collection time. From Monday 16th March parents were no longer be able to enter the service further than the main hallway at the front door. At collection time you will be met by a member of staff who will sign your child out on your behalf and your child will be brought to the door. We would also ask that you maintain the recommended social distancing guidance if there are other parents waiting. We will work as fast as we can so as not to cause unnecessary delay but we know that you will work with and support us on this in the best interests of all the children, staff and other parents.

One of my key duties along with our Board of Directors is to ensure that the finances of the business are managed responsibly so lastly I wish to share with you the implications that this will have on the payment of fees and the wider scale impact of operational closures. Beyond the end of April, I find it very difficult to predict what our situation will be. This will of course remain a critical area for Fun Lodge and throughout the coming days, weeks and months I will remain in touch with our Board of Directors on how the business is likely to be affected in the longer term.

We have set in motion a plan which will allow our staff to work from home, albeit in a very limited capacity, due to the school closures. They will use this time to undertake on-line training, reading & research of articles and publications which are relevant to their job role, activity and event planning for when we return to normal and updating their SSSC Portals to reflect training that they have undertaken which counts towards their CPD requirements as a registered worker.

Ross Taylor and myself will work from home if necessary and where good health allows and will be able to be contacted by phone or email to answer any questions you may have. We will also make use of our Closed Facebook Page and our website www.funlodge.co.uk to update parents and staff quickly and would therefore ask that if you are not already a member on this then to please consider doing so, even in the short term whilst we navigate our way through these times.

As well as our commitment to you as our service users we must support our staff by paying salaries where possible. April invoices will be suspended for the time being. Anything beyond this period will have to be revisited and will be very much dependant on the circumstance that prevail at that time.

My aim along with our Board of Directors is to preserve all that we have built up during the last 21 years here at Fun Lodge so that when we do return to normal the business is on a surefooted position. I hope that you can support us in this drive.

We will of course keep you fully informed if and when any further measures need to be taken into account or put into place but in the meantime I would simply ask that your bear with us whilst like the rest of us, we try to steer our way through the challenges that we currently face.

Please take care of yourself and each other and keep your loved ones safe.

Kindest regards

Susan Brown

Service Manager

Fun Lodge March Newsletter

NEWSLETTER March 2020 Tel. 07977215652

Outdoor Play

As the lighter nights arrive and the weather becomes milder we hope to be outside as much as possible. If you would like to provide play clothes for your children to get changed before going outside then please provide this in their school bag and the staff will make sure they get changed.

Children’s Care Plans

Care Plans as always will be ongoing for all of the children.

Safety

To ensure all children’s safety we ask that you park outside the church on the roadside when collecting your child/children.

Fees

As you are aware Fun Lodge is self-funding & to ensure the viability of the service fees must be paid either straight in to our bank or by child care vouchers by the 14th of each month. We can no longer accept cash or cheques.Please ensure that this is done at all times or a late payment fee of £5 per week will be charged after the 14th.If your child has a term place you will be charged if we are open and you do not use your place. If we are unable to open you will not be charged. Please see your terms and conditions regarding this.\ Permanent changes to your requirements requires one calendar month’s notice in writing and during this time fees are still payable.

Reminder!

Can you please ensure that if your child/children are not attending on a set day that you call the Fun Lodge phone BEFORE 10am that day. Do not email as we are not always able to pick these up! If you fail to do this you may be charged a £10 fee which will be included on your account. Please also let us know if your child is attending an after school club, stating days they will be attending and the finishing time of the club. It is also important that all parents keep their own contact numbers updated with us.\ Should your child have anything that they require to bring home from school on a daily basis it would be helpful if you could let us know by text on that morning. This way we can try and ensure that this is done.

Spring Holiday Club\ We are in the process of collating the numbers for this and we hope to be in a position to confirm the dates by the end of the week. If you have not replied to this letter then please do so ASAP.\ We will then be in touch with a programme and consent forms for everyone who has booked a place.

Notice Board

As you may be aware we have a notice board in the front hallway as you come in the door. This will tell you of our programme of play opportunities on offer for that week.\ Please take a minute to read this.

Parent Donating Time

Last Christmas we had asked parents if instead of handing in gifts to Fun Lodge they would like to donate their time to us. To date we have had 6 parents come into do some workshops with the children related to their jobs. All the children who participated thoroughly enjoyed these sessions.

Should you also wish to do this please let us know.

The Fun Lodge Times

After a short break to refresh the Fun Lodge Times team have been working hard over the past couple of weeks to get another issue out.\ Please keep an eye out for this as I’m sure as always it will be a great read.

Staffing

Just to let you know that Heather MacLeod is now on maternity leave and I am sure that you wish her well during this time. We will of course let you know when her baby has been born. During her leave Guy Cowan will be undertaking her job role.

\ Thank you for your continued support.

Fun Lodge Job Advert

STAFF WANTED

We are looking for new dynamic staff members to join our existing team

Fun Lodge is a registered out of school care service based in Merrylea Parish Church, Glasgow (South Side).

Maternity Cover - Staff Member

Term Time –Monday – Thursday 2.45pm – 6pm

Holiday Clubs –Monday – Friday working 3 to 4 days per week 8am – 6pm.

Bank/Sessional Staff Member

Term Time -Cover for Holidays and Absence

Holiday Clubs -Optional

Competitive salary in a very rewarding job!

Applicants require to hold a relevant playwork qualification and be registered with the SSSC or be willing to work towards this.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake a PVG check.

For more information and for an application form please email Fun Lodge stating which job you are applying for atfunlodge@virginmedia.comattention of Susan Brown

Duty of Candour Report

Fun Lodge Ltd – A Daycare of Children Service- Duty of Candour

Duty of Candour Nul Report

This report will be used by Fun Lodge where no events triggering the duty of candour have occurred in the preceding year.

Duty of Candour Report

All health and social care services in Scotland have a duty of candour. This is a legal requirement which means that when things go wrong and mistakes happen, the people affected understand what has happened, receive an apology, and that organisations learn how to improve for the future.

An important part of this duty is that we provide an annual report about the duty of candour in our service. This short report describes how our care service has operated the duty of candour during the time between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019.

We hope you find this report useful.

1.How many incidents happened to which the duty of candour applies?

In the last year, there have been no incidents to which the duty of candour applied.

2.Information about our policies and procedures

Where something has happened that triggers the duty of candour, our staff report this to the service manager who has responsibility for ensuring that the duty of candour procedure is followed.

The manager records the incident and reports as necessary to the Care Inspectorate.

When an incident has happened, the manager and staff set up a learning review. This allows everyone involved to review what happened and identify changes for the future.

All new staff learn about the duty of candour at their induction. We know that serious mistakes can be distressing for staff as well as people who use care and their families. We have support in place for our staff if they have been affected by a duty of candour incident.

Where parents or children are affected by the duty of candour, we have arrangements in place to provide welfare support as necessary.

If you would like more information about our after school care, please contact us using these details:Service Manager – 07977215652 or on funlodge@virginmedia.com

Fun Lodge 21st Birthday

FUN LODGE IS 21!

A note from Susan:

Well I can’t really believe that Fun Lodge is 21 years old this week and that I have been the manager from day 1.

What a fabulous job (most of the time) caring for all the children we have had through our doors in all these years.

It has really been a privilege to do this job and to watch all of our children grow in confidence and ability during their time with us.

Many of these children have worked with us in later life during our holiday clubs and that really says it all that they wanted to do this.

Thanks to all our fantastic staff past and present it is you who have helped the service become what it is today, which is one of the best after school care services in Glasgow.

Here’s to a fantastic week of fun and games for the children and to the continued success of the service.

🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂👌👌👍👍👍❤️❤️

New Term August 2019

We are now taking names for new primary 1 children starting school in August.

We have availability Monday - Friday and we collect from O.L.A Primary School and Merrylee Primary School on all of these days.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch and we can arrange a visit to our service.

Fun Lodge

December Newsletter

Please see our attached November newsletter.

As always if you or your child has any problems at Fun Lodge please speak to a senior member of staff.

I wish you all a lovely holiday period when it comes and I thank you all for your continued support in 2018.

Fun Lodge

Fun Lodge newsletter December 2018

Friday Opening

We are delighted to be able to tell you that as Friday 26th October Fun Lodge will be offering our new Friday term time service.

We already have children registered to use our service every Friday and it is not to late to apply.

I understand that not  everyone will require the service every Friday but you can use us on an ad hock basis also with no minimum days required.
With Christmas ahead, you may require an afternoon to go shopping without the children, or wish to attend an office party. or just need time for yourself.

Whatever the reason we are able to accommodate your Friday requests where you know your children will be in a safe, fun and caring environment.

Fun Lodge

 

Summer Holiday Club Evaluation Results

During the Summer Holiday Club we complete an evaluation form with the children at the end of every day.

We do this so when we plan next years outings and activities we have a copy of what the children enjoyed and what the children weren't keen on.

Attached at the bottom are the evaluation results plus comments of the outings and all the other activities during our action packed Summer Holiday Club

 

Summer Evaluation Results - Church Days 2018

Summer Evaluation Results - Outings 2018

New Term August 2018

Welcome back to all our Fun Lodge users and an extra special welcome to all our new children and their parents.

We hope you all had a fantastic summer and are ready to start a new school term.

Attached at the bottom of this post is our August newsletter. These newsletters will be published online at the start of every month.

Fun Lodge are looking at the viability of opening at the September holiday Monday (24th) and the October week (Monday 15th – Friday 19th) Emails will be sent out in due course and the booking letters will be attached at the bottom of this post.

Care Plans are still on going – if your child is new to the setting and you wish to know more about our care plans please ask a member of staff.
If you have any issues with anything to do with care plans please speak with a staff member.

We are still using our notice board to communicate with all our users so please keep an eye out for this when entering the service.

We also have created a planning tree which will be ready to use in the near future, this will allow the children to visually plan out activities for the weeks and months ahead.

Our suggestion boxes for both the children and their parents are always out on display in our small hall should you wish to comment on the daily running of the service.

Thank you, as always, for your co-operation and support.

Fun Lodge

September Holiday Letter 18

October Holiday Letter 18

Fun Lodge newsletter August 2018

April Newsletter

Please find attached our April newsletter.

These will be published at the start of every month and will have information on up and coming events.

As always if you have any queries then please speak to a senior member of staff.

Fun Lodge

 

Fun Lodge newsletter  April 2018

March Newsletter

Please find attached our March newsletter.

These will be published at the start of every month and will have information on up and coming events.

As always if you have any queries then please speak to a senior member of staff.

Fun Lodge

 

Fun Lodge Newsletter March 2018

Spring Holiday Club 2018

We are running a Spring Holiday Club this April.

This will run from Tuesday 3rd of April until Friday 13th April.

As always we are open from 8am-6pm and will be spending some days in and around the church as well as going on some trips.

There are very limited spaces available now so if you require holiday cover then please let us know.

Places will now be allocated as first come first serve.

Fun Lodge

Spring Holiday Club letter 2018

Spring Holiday Club Programme 2018

August 2018 Registration

Registration is now open for Primary 1 children starting School in August 2018.

If you are interested then please contact us and we can arrange for you to visit us in the service.

Fun Lodge

 

February Newsletter

Please find attached our February newsletter.

These will be published at the start of every month and will have information on up and coming events.

There will also be an downloadable copy of the handbook attached to this post.

As always if you have any queries then please speak to a senior member of staff.

Fun Lodge Newsletter February 2018

 

Fun Lodge Handbook

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone and we hope you all had a nice break!

Our January newsletter has been sent out to everyone and I have attached a copy.

Fun Lodge newsletter January 2018

February Mid Term is fast approaching and the deadline for sending us your requirements is Thursday 18th January, i have attached a booking form.

February holiday letter 2018

Fun Lodge as always will be celebrating Burns day and we hope to have vegetarian haggis for all the children to try, there will also be a range of crafts for the children.

Valentines Day and Chinese New Year are also coming up so we will be planning activities for  these occasions.

Hopefully when the weather drys up we will be able to take the children outdoors for some fun with the torches, this is a great way  for the children to explore the church grounds and get a chance to have outdoor play.

This term our snack menu will consist of Soup, Beans on Toast and pasta as well as our toast options Butter, Jam, Banana, Cheese and Chocolate Spread.

Our AGM has been arranged for Wednesday 24th January, 6.30pm at Merrylea Parish Church (Fun Lodge Premises)

We hope for a good turnout and are always looking for more parents/carers to become board members. If you would like to know more about the AGM or about what it entails being a board member then please ask a member of staff or email funlodge@virginmedia.com we hope to see as many of you there as possible!

AGM notice letter January 2018

Fun Lodge

Winter 2017

Fun Lodge has had an action packed few months with lots going on for the children.

Staff have undertaken training with SAIA (Scottish Attachment in Action), have attended the SOSCN information session regarding the new care standards and have regularly been attending the Glasgow South East forum meetings.

Children enjoyed a Halloween party wearing fancy dress and taking part in themed games. The primary 6 and 7 children have completed the Young Leader Play Training. The children took part in a dance workshop and 2 sports workshops from UTD sports. On Tuesday 12th December we had the Shoogalie Road Productions out to perform Beauty and the Beast Pantomime for all the children. Everyone who attended had an excellent time and we raised money for Cash for Kids by asking all the children to wear festive tops and the parents made donations to this great cause.

We have also been celebrating Chanukah by lighting the Chanukiah and eating Doughnuts as part of our traditional Chanukah treat.

The children have been making festive crafts during all of this and we will have some seasonal dvd's playing throughout the final week of term.

School closes at 2.30pm on Wednesday 20th December and Fun Lodge will collect from the schools at this time.

We are also offering a full day service on Thursday 21st December from 8am - 6pm.

The staff at Fun Lodge would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and we look forward to seeing everyone in the new year.

 

Fun Lodge

Care Inspectorate Updated Concerns and Complaints Procedure

Attached below is the updated Concerns and Complaints procedure.

This has been effective from 1st November 2017.

Listed below are the changes that were made -
- Our definition of complaint has changed to ensure it is about care and support.
- We have introduced a triage team of inspectors who contact complainants within 48 hours to listen to their concern, risk assess the complaint and identify the best method to resolve the concern.
- There are different methods of resolving complaints - this includes noting some complaints as intelligence, frontline resolution of the complaint with the complained against and provider resolution where we refer the complaint to the service to resolve. Complaints assessed as high risk will be investigated by the Care Inspectorate.
- We have introduced a post investigation review process - both the complainant and the complained against will be able to ask for a post investigation review of the complaint outcome.

If you have any queries relating to this please do not hesitate to ask a member of staff or contact the Care Inspectorate directly.

http://cinsp.in/2z1LUY

Kind Regards

Fun Lodge

 

 

New Term

We have had a busy couple of months at Fun Lodge with lots going on.

W have just finished another successful Holiday Club with 26 children attending throughout the week. We had trips to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Victoria Park as well as lots of fun activities in and around the church.

We have started our Young Leaders Play Training, we have had 2 sessions so far with a further 5 to follow, there is 9 children participating in this and so far all seem to have been enjoying the sessions.

We had a sports workshop from UTD Sports, this was based around Handball and all the children learned the rules of the game and got the chance to put the skills they had learned into practice with some mini games. UTD Sports will be back with us on Thursday 2nd November for a Dance Workshop and then again on the 7th November for another Sports Workshop.

Soup is back on the snack menu and the children have been enjoying going into the kitchen to make this. We serve soup for snack the day after the children have made it.

Susan has been making Slime with some of the children over the past 2 weeks and they are all loving it, the children that haven't had an opportunity yet are desperate to make it and hopefully we can continue this throughout the coming weeks.

Our Halloween Party will be on Tuesday the 31st October and fancy dress is optional, if you attend on a Tuesday then we look forward to having some extra fun on that day.

As always if you have any queries about anything that happens at Fun Lodge please do not hesitate to speak to a member of staff.

Kind Regards
Fun Lodge

Care Inspectorate Report

Fun Lodge recently had an inspection from the Care Inspectorate.

Kara Doonan came out unannounced on Wednesday 24th May and came back on Thursday 25th May to complete the inspection.

Attached is the published report.

Inspection Report - Fun Lodge

New Term August 2017

Welcome back to all our Fun Lodge users and an extra special welcome to all our new children and their carers.

Attached at the bottom of this post is our Fun Lodge newsletter for August 2017

We welcome back one new staff member to our team, James Taylor. James will be returning to the team on Monday 11th September to replace Andrew Kerr. Andrew is heading off to University to study Primary Teaching. We wish Andrew all the best on his new venture.

With winter fast approaching, outdoor play will continue wherever possible and we will be back to using our downstairs hall on Wednesdays.  Soup making will soon be back on our agenda as well as many new activities.

We will be sending out Parent Evaluation forms to all our Holiday Club users and Term Time users, if you could take the time to fill these forms out it would be greatly appreciated. Fun Lodge needs your continued feedback to sustain the high quality of the service.

Fun Lodge are looking at the viability of opening at the September holiday Monday (25th) and the October week (Monday 16th - Friday 20th) Emails will be sent out in due course and the booking letters will be attached at the bottom of this post, the reply date is Monday 11th September.

Care Plans are still on going – if your child is new to the setting and you wish to know more about our care plans please ask a member of staff.
If you have any issues with anything to do with care plans please speak with a staff member.

We are still using our notice board to communicate with all our users so please keep an eye out for this when entering the setting.

Our suggestion boxes for both the children and their guardians are always out on display in our small room should you wish to comment on the daily running of the setting.

Thank you, as always, for your co-operation and support.

Fun Lodge

Fun Lodge newsletter August 2017

September holiday letter 2017

October Playscheme Letter 2017

Fun Lodge Handbook

Fun Lodge now has a Handbook for all our service users.

This has been developed over the past few months with input from the staff, parents and the children who attend.

At present there is a hard copy in the setting if anyone wishes to view this and there will be an electronic copy uploaded to the website in due course.

We hope you all enjoy reading through it.

 

Fun Lodge

Summer Holiday Club 2017

Summer is fast approaching and although it is a busy time for everyone with people going on holiday and moving schools it is also an extremely busy time for Fun Lodge as we will be having our 18th Summer Playscheme.

We will be running every day through the Summer from Wednesday the 28th of June until Monday the 14th of August.

As always we will be going on loads of different outings ranging from local parks all the way to Millport. We will also have workshops in throughout the Summer and there will be lots of fun activities for everyone to take part in.

The deadline for booking in is Monday the 15th May.

Once the numbers are finalised we will plan and send out the completed programme for the holidays.

Summer booking form 2017

 

 

 

Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme

Below is a link for the new Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme.

Fun Lodge will be signed up to this for any parent/carer wishing to use the new scheme.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.

https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk

Spring Playscheme

We are running a Spring Playscheme this April.

This will run from Monday 3rd of April until Thursday 13th April.

As always we are open from 8am-6pm and will be spending some days in and around the church as well as going on some trips.

There are limited spaces available now so if you require holiday cover then please let us know.

Spring 17 Programme

Our AGM took place on Wednesday 8th February. Below are the Chairperson's report and the Service Manager's report.

Fun Lodge Ltd Out Of School Care Ltd AGM 2017 service manager's report

Fun Lodge AGM 2017 Chair report

AGM

Our AGM has been arranged for Wednesday 8th February, 6.30pm at Merrylea Parish Church (Fun Lodge Premises)

We hope for a good turnout and are always looking for more parents/carers to become board members. If you would like to know more about the AGM or about what it entails being a board member then please ask a member of staff or email funlodge@virginmedia.com we hope to see as many of you there as possible!

New Year - New Term

New Year – New Term
January 2017

Welcome back everyone into our new 2017 term at Fun Lodge.

As always we have a lot planned for this term and again will be updating the website regularly to inform you of the activities we are involved in at our setting.  Firstly please have a look at our new term newsletter which you can access by clicking the link below.

Fun Lodge newsletter January 2017

Again this term we will be using our notice board at the enterance to our setting to inform those of you who use our service as well as visitors to the setting the weeks activities we have on offer.  This notice board has been a great way of communicating between the staff and the children of the setting as well as with the parents/carers, the church community and other users.

On the 10th of December, we took a group of 84 children to see Aladdin at the Clyde Auditorium. This was a fantastic outing enjoyed by all who attended. A special thank you goes out to all of our parent helpers who volunteered on the night.
On the night we wore festive tops and raised £344 for Cash for Kids charity.

The first holidays occur in February. A letter has been sent out to all service users to gauge interest, the closing date for this is Monday 16th of January.

 February holiday letter 2017

Fun Lodge are again offering during the spring holidays a holiday club service.  To accommodate all our different schools holiday dates we propose to offer a holiday club during the weeks from Monday 3rd of April until Tuesday 18th of April (Inclusive).  Again we can only open if it is viable for us to do so.  We ask if you are interested in our holiday club then please keep an eye out for the booking form and respond promptly.

 

Our AGM has been arranged for 6.30pm on Wednesday 8th February 2017 at Fun Lodge premises (Merrylea Parish Church).  Everybody is welcome and we hope for a good turnout.

AGM notice letter January 2017

 

Fun Lodge has a volunteer management committee comprising of 15 parent members, should you wish to speak with a board member then please call 07977215652

Thank you for all your continued support.

Winter Programme

Fun Lodge are offering an action packed winter programme for all our children

As the Winter nights are drawing in we have amended our snack menu, soup will be back on offer.
This will be prepared by the children with the help of a staff member and then served as snack the following day.

We have a 6 week Karate class on Monday's lead by Steven Morris.

We are running a Heartstart course on Thursday's where the children learn basic life saving skills, this is certified.

We are having a Yoga taster session on Wednesday 23rd of November. With more sessions to follow hopefully.

We will also be celebrating Chanukkah and Christmas. We will be offering crafts, activities and snacks around these festivals.

On the 10th of December Fun Lodge will be attending the Panto at the Armadillo. This opportunity was offered out to all term time children and is free of charge.

There will be around 80 children and 25 adults attending. We are hoping to raise money for Cash for Kids by wearing Seasonal jumpers.

Job Advert

Fun Lodge are Recruiting!!!!!

This opportunity is for 1 permanent member of staff plus multiple bank staff positions.

Apply and give yourself a chance to join our excellent staff team in a very rewarding job with competitive salary.

 

Fun Lodge Job Advert

Vacancies

Fun Lodge currently has vacancies on a Monday and a Thursday afternoon term time.

Spaces are limited and are offered on a first come first serve basis.

 

Fun Lodge Vacancy Poster

New Term - August 2016

Welcome back to all our Fun Lodge users and an extra special welcome to all our new children and their carers.

Attached at the bottom of this post is our Fun Lodge newsletter for August 2016

We welcome one new staff member to our team, Heather Macleod, Heather has been with us since April and works in the setting everyday. We also welcome back Clare Taylor who is returning from Maternity leave, Clare also works in the setting everyday.

With winter fast approaching, outdoor play will soon be limited and we will be back to using our downstairs hall on Wednesdays.  Soup making will soon be back on our agenda as well as many new arts and craft activities. This term we will be trying out pasta on our snack menu so look out for that in the coming weeks.

Emails have been sent out to gauge the viability of Fun Lodge offering a Holiday club at the September weekend ( Friday 23rd & Monday 26th) and also during the October week (Monday 17th - Friday 21st) The letter will be attached at the bottom of this post with the reply date set as          Monday 12th September.

We will be offering a Heartstart program for the children to take part in, the course will run for a set number of weeks from the October week with more specific information to follow in the coming weeks. During this pupils learn to:

  • demonstrate safe approach and assessment
  • make a 999/112 call
  • open an airway
  • check for breathing
  • demonstrate the recovery position
  • perform rescue breathing
  • check for signs of circulation
  • perform one-rescuer, adult, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • demonstrate the management of choking for adults, infants and children
  • know how to manage someone with a suspected heart attack
  • know how to deal with serious bleeding.

Fun Lodge has offered this numerous times now and each time it is a great success.

Care Plans are still on going – if your child is new to the setting and you wish to know more about our care plans please ask a member of staff.
Any issues with anything to do with care plans please speak with a staff member.

We are still using our notice board to communicate with all our users so please keep an eye out for this when entering the setting.

Our suggestion boxes for both the children and their guardians are always out on display in our small room should you wish to comment on the daily running of the setting.

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Fun Lodge

Fun Lodge newsletter new August 2016

September weekend parent letter 2016

October Playscheme parent letter 2016

Newsletter May 2016

Below is a link to our May 2016 Newsletter.

It has important information on it regarding the summer play scheme and fees.

If there is any queries you can contact Fun Lodge on:

funlodge@virginmedia.com or alternatively yo can call 07977215652

Thanks

Fun Lodge

 

Fun Lodge Newsletter May 2016

 

January 2016 - New Year New Term

New Year – New Term
January 2016

Welcome back everyone into our new 2016 term at Fun Lodge.

As always we have a lot planned for this term and again will be updating the website regularly to inform you of the activities we are involved in at our setting.  Firstly please have a look at our new term newsletter which you can access by clicking the blue link below.

Fun Lodge newsletter January 2016

Again this term we will be using our notice board at the enterance to our setting to inform those of you who use our service as well as visitors to the setting the weeks activities we have on offer.  This notice board has been a great way of communicating between the staff and the children of the setting as well as with the parents/carers, the church community and other users.

In December, a group of children within the setting put on a small pantomime performance for the other children and staff.  This was created by the children involved and was overseen by our staff member Celine due to her background in this field.  It was a fantastic performance which was thoroughly enjoyed by both the other children and staff.  Due to this being a success it has been discussed and suggested that we put on another performance for the parents and carers.  This is still to be confirmed as to when it will take place.

As always the new term means new school holiday dates.  Below is a note of the school holiday dates for your own records.

Calderwood Lodge Primary
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/CalderwoodLodge/information/school-holidays/

Glasgow Schools
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=11880

E
ast Renfrewshire Schools
http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/school-holiday-dates-2015-2016

The first holidays occur in February and as Fun Lodge holiday cover is concerned we will be open on the following dates from 8am - 6pm Tuesday 16th February and Wednesday 17th February. Fun Lodge will also be open throughout this week for after school care 3.30pm - 6pm for Calderwood Lodge pupils who are still in school.

Fun Lodge February Holiday Dates 2016

Fun Lodge are again offering during the spring holidays a holiday club service.  To accommodate all our different schools holiday dates we propose to offer a holiday club during the weeks from Friday 1st April through to Friday 29th April 2016.  Again we can only open if it is viable for us to do so.  We ask if you are interested in our holiday club then please contact our setting or complete the attached form and hand into the setting before Thursday 4th February to confirm your interest.

 Fun Lodge Spring Holiday Club 2016

Our AGM has been arranged for 6.30pm on Wednesday 20th January 2016 at Fun Lodge premises (Merrylea Parish Church).  Everybody is welcome and we hope for a good turnout.

At Fun Lodge we are constantly evaluating our service.  The children are asked to evaluate the service we provide during term time, this was done last week in the setting and once compiled, the results will be available for all to see.  We also ask for the parent/carers views on the service we provide.  Below is a copy of the questionnaire we hope you are able to fill out and return to the setting or through email to funlodge@virginmedia.com.  If this could be completed and returned by the 29th January then these results can also be compiled and these results can be shown also.

Parent/Carer Evaluation Form - January2016

Fun Lodge has a volunteer management committee comprising of 15 parent members, should you wish to speak with a board member then please call 07977215652

Thank you for all your continued support.

Term August - December 2015

Welcome back to all our Fun Lodge users.

We have welcomed two new staff members to our team - Celine Harland and Andrew Kerr - who are both working with us every day.  Both bring a wide range of new skills and ideas to our team which we hope to put to good use over the next few months.

With winter fast approaching, outdoor play will soon be limited and we will be back to using our downstairs hall on Wednesdays.  Soup making will soon be back on our agenda as well as many new arts and craft activities.

We will also be starting indoor den building again in the large hall which all the children seem to enjoy.

On the lead up to our winter holidays we are hoping to put on a small production of a winter pantomime.  This will be preformed by the children and for the children of the setting with the help of the staff. We are looking for around 16 children to participate and are currently taking names to make a start on this. 

Care Plans are still on going - if your child is new to the setting and you wish to know more about our care plans please ask a member of staff.
Celine and Andrew have now taken on Clare's care plan group as she is now on Maternity Leave.
Any issues with anything to do with care plans please speak with a staff member.

We are still using our notice board to communicate with all our users so please keep an eye out for this when entering the setting.

Our suggestion boxes for both the children and their guardians are always out on display in our small room should you wish to comment on the daily running of the setting.

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Fun Lodge

Summer Playscheme Programme

Summer is finally here and attached below is our Summer Programme.

SUMMER PROGRAMME 2015

This is packed with lots of exciting outings and fun filled days in and around the church.

The two main outings this year are Heads of Ayr farm park on the 14th of July and Kelburn Country Park on the 29th of July.
As these are trips that require a coach spaces are very limited so if you still need to arrange these dates then please do so asap.

All consent forms should now be returned and any changes that are required to be made should also be done asap or a charge may incur.

Fun Lodge is looking forward to welcoming all the children and young people to our setting to what is sure to be another fantastic Playscheme.

 

Summer Playscheme 2015

Summer is fast approaching and although it is a busy time for everyone with people going on holiday and moving schools it is also an extremely busy time for Fun Lodge as we will be having our 16th Summer Playscheme.

We will be running every day through the Summer from Thursday the 25th of June until Wednesday the 12th of August.

As always we will be going on loads of different outings ranging from local parks all the way to Millport. We will also have workshops in throughout the Summer and there will be lots of fun activities for everyone to take part in.

Numbers are being finalised so if you haven't been in contact then please do so as numbers are already limited on certain days and are now allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Once the numbers are finalised we will plan and send out the completed programme for the holidays.

We look forward to seeing everyone and hope the weather helps us to run another fantastic Summer Playscheme.

 

 

Spring 2015

SPRING PLAYSCHEME

This time of year again - another Fun Lodge Playscheme to look forward to.

Week 1:  Tuesday 7th April -Friday 10th April
(This week covers all Glasgow and East Renfrewshire schools)

Week 2: Monday 13th April - Thursday 16th April
(This covers all Glasgow and East Renfrewshire schools except Calderwood Lodge Primary School)

On week 2, we will still be collecting from Calderwood Lodge Primary at 3.30pm

Our Spring Playscheme programme is still being discussed and will be published once numbers have been finalised.

If you have booked a space with us for the play scheme we ask that if you are no longer requiring your space or your child is not attending on a certain day, that you please inform us BY PHONE before 10am.

OUTDOOR PLAY

As the better weather hopefully approaches in the coming weeks, we will be offering the children and young people the chance to enjoy outdoor play.  We have a great outdoor play space in which the children enjoy making dens, gardening, tree climbing and generally just having fun.  This is something all staff members enjoy to see as their creativity and imaginations take over.

Should you wish to provide you child with spare clothes for our outdoor play opportunities then please do so.

New Year - New Term (January 2015)

New Year – New Term

Welcome back everyone into our new 2015 term at Fun Lodge.

We have a lot happening this term and will be updating the website on a monthly basis to keep you all involved in our setting plans. Below you will also find a copy of our new term newsletter.

Fun Lodge Newsletter January 2015

As well as keeping you up to date through the website, for those of you who have children attending our setting we hope you have had a chance to see our notice board which sits at the entrance to our setting. On this board we aim to inform all visitors and users of the setting with the weeks activities. On this you and your children will be able to see the weekly snack choices as well as the activities on offer for that week. This is not all we offer the children however and will only state the set activities such as cooking, crafts, workshops etc. for the week ahead.

Robert Burns Day, Chinese New Year and Valentines Day are all upcoming festivals, which we will be celebrating within our setting through snack choices, craft activities and play opportunities.

Due to our successful fundraiser The Fun Lodge Recipe Book we have decided to undertake another one for this year. With the help from children’s evaluation it has been decided that this year we will produce a Fun Lodge Calendar. The children will draw pictures for each of the months and this will then be made into a calendar promoting not only the setting but also all the children’s artwork. This will be on-going throughout the year and is open to all children who attend our setting term time as well as holiday clubs.

Due to new government legislation it is now a requirement to complete a Children’s Care Plan for every child who attend a care service. Within our setting these are small child friendly booklets, which ask the children questions in relation to GIRFEC and the SHANARRI indicators. Each child within our setting has been allocated a ‘Key Worker’ and will have an individual time to complete their own individual care plan. These care plans are available for all parents/guardians to see should they wish to when at the setting. Please speak to a member of staff regarding any questions about this.

New term means new school holidays. Our first holiday letter is for the February Mid-Term break. As Fun Lodge collects children from numerous schools and therefore different holidays we at this stage look to offer cover from the 5th February- 11th February inclusive. Should you require any of the dates mentioned then please fill in and return the February Holiday form asap.

Fun Lodge February Holiday Dates 2015

The spring holiday letters will then be updated once the February holidays are over.

Our AGM has been arranged for 6.30pm on Wednesday 28th January 2015 at Fun Lodge premises (Merrylea Parish Church)

AGM Notice Letter January 2015