After School Clubs

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The Kids Arts Academy has been running after- school art, cooking and animation clubs in several schools throughout South Yorkshire since 2008.

Our after-school clubs are a creative alternative to childcare. We provide opportunities for the children to develop their artistic skills and understanding of how to create delicious food, in a calm and structured environment.

All our staff are DBS checked and experienced in working with children and also have expertise in the subject they teach.

Our classes are much smaller than the average class size, and we always follow Ofsted guidelines in adult: child ratios.

At our after-school Art Clubs we run a different theme each half term and the children learn to develop their artistic techniques, working in both 2D and 3D – using pencil, ink, oil pastels, watercolours, and sometimes Fimo modelling clay and air-drying clay. All materials are provided.

At our after-school Cooking Clubs we provide all the ingredients, cooking containers etc and the children take their delicious creations home with them to share with family & friends. All our recipes are vegetarian, we use free-range eggs, and we can cater for dietary requirements. These classes are a fantastic opportunity to develop an understanding of how different ingredients are combined to make simple and delicious savoury and sweet recipes. Please note – if you are interested in us running a Cooking Club at your school – it is not a necessity for your school to have ovens for us to run a cooking club!

At our after-school Animation Clubs the children learn how to create their own stop-frame animations, using both paper animation and creating their own characters out of plasticene as well. It is a fantastic opportunity to develop story telling skills, working in small groups to paint their backdrops and create their own adventures in animation. We provide all the equipment.

If you would like us to contact your school with regards to setting up an art, animation or cooking club please contact Jane by email: bookings@kidsartsacademy.co.uk , or call 0800 422 0590.

Feedback on our clubs

Your after school clubs are head and shoulders above what anyone else is offering. I’ve found all other clubs to be poor quality, providing the minimal of supervision and nothing more. Kids arts academy is a complete contrast. Lovely interested staff who get to know the kids. Fantastic activities with a good mix of structured art work and free play time. My kids would be devastated if they could not attend in September. If you opened more days we would sign up in a heartbeat

It’s an outstanding club run with real commitment and passion for art and for ensuring the children who participate gain new skills.

She lives art and its a very positive space for her to be after school

Because the children are not just contained in a safe place. They do something valuable with their time there and learn new skills.

At age 4 we saw our daughter had enthusiasm for art and some natural ability which we wanted to develop and this is the best art club around. We could sign her up for a cheaper after school club that would be more convenient, but we think the club is better and more specialist in the teachings and variety of activities offered.

He loves art and it’s a welcoming and caring environment where he feels safe and valued