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Get ready for a whirlwind of activities at the top-notch indoor Sports Hall, Outdoor Playground, Forest School, Library, and Dining Hall. Dive into a world of thrilling sports like Futsal, Dodgeball, Nerf battles, Laser Tag, Slip N Slide, ventures to Middleton Woods and even epic Water Fights! Craft your heart out, enjoy movie madness, and much more!
Wrap around care available: 8am to 9.30am @ £5 / 4pm to 6pm @ £5

A Week At The Musicals!
A Week of Dancing and Singing with Miss Jo, Damien Poole and Charlie Murray
Our summer school is suitable for ages 7 to 21

Activities available will include bouncy castles, one for under 5’s and one for over 5’s, swing ball, rounders, mini football, and a mini golf putting green plus giant snakes and ladders, giant connect four, space hoppers and lots more.
A mobile Changing Places facility will be provided at the events on the 29th July and the 28th August

Children’s Holiday Sewing Classes are perfect for crafty children (8-16yrs) wanting to learn to sew or improve their sewing skills. Previous holiday clubs have sewn bunting, bags, cushion covers, door stops, pencil cases aprons, soft toys and sew much more!

Wharfe Valley Active is back for Summer with Holiday Clubs that cater for all interests - Multi-Sports, Football, Rounders, Wharfe Valley Wild, Arts & Crafts, Dance & Lego®.
50% discount for new attendees for their first one day course using the code- NA2024

Open to Nursery, Reception and Year 1 children aged 3 and over.
The children will have fun getting messy painting and making crafts, baking, listening to stories, making music and singing.
We are hoping for good weather so that they can use our wonderful outdoor classroom and garden where they can explore nature, play games and maybe even have a picnic!
For further information or to book a place, please contact the school office and a member of the team will be happy to he

The Holiday Club, led by Coach Chris, is open to all primary school aged children and will be running for four weeks in July and August.
From archery, dodgeball and football to golf, laser tag and much, much more, your child will explore a variety of sports, led by our experienced coaches. They'll have a blast while developing their athletic skills. Join us for Multi Sports Mondays, Choose it Tuesdays, Wheelie Wednesdays, Thunderstorm Thursdays (weather dependent) and Challenge Fridays!

The Play Station is your local out of school club.
Our club provides an environment for children to enjoy all types of play, carefully supervised by a team of play professionals.
For bookings or more information, email: theplay_station@yahoo.co.uk or phone: 01943 600474.

At The Jabberwocky Club we provide new, exciting activities and adventures within both our indoor and outdoor environment. Our holiday club is set out so that your child can easily access all the resources possible.
We pride ourselves on providing an extensive host of activities including; Arts & crafts, ICT, cooking, baking, design technology, science experiments, role play, quiet area with books games & puzzles, group activities, outdoor adventures and construction play.

Lego • Multi-Activity
Download the flyer at www.inspiration-tree.com

We are back for summer camps with more exciting challenges and lots of fun!

Get Out More has announced its Summer of forest school at Middleton Woods in Ilkley. Its practitioners will have a great mix of nature connection activities, crafts, games and play on offer to engage children 5-11+ over the two or three day forest school.
Ilkley Chat readers can claim 10% off their order up to the 30th of June, using code “ILKLEY10”

Local Forest School practitioners from Ilkley Forest School Cooperative are back at the beginning and the end of this Summer Holiday, running their 2-day, child-led, outdoor, Forest School-style sessions of play, exploration & supported risk-taking, making the most of Moorfield School wonderful, wooded grounds (with toilets!). The programme - for 5 - 12 year olds - will typically include games, tool use, craft activities, den-building and fire.
All sessions are led by qualified Forest School Leaders, who are DBS checked and First Aid trained.

This year we are excited to be offering four Discovery Days, following an Olympic inspired theme!
The Nell Bank Summer Games are an opportunity to test yourself against nature's athletes!!
Our Discovery Day events are really important fundraisers for the Nell Bank Charitable Trust, they enable us to support disadvantaged children through our Assisted Places Scheme and to develop and continually improve our offer to the children that visit us.

Cricket coaching week for boys and girls aged 6-14.

Performance Drama School - Holiday Workshops Performance is excited to offer our wonderful summer workshops this year! Children can come and have a wonderful week dancing, acting, & singing and arts & crafts We pride ourselves on being inclusive and kind, In a week designed to build everyones confidence!

At Ilkley Toy Museum, you can discover the fascinating stories of toys through the ages and some of the children who played with them.
The museum is open Saturdays and Sundays and during August we will be open Thursdays & Fridays in addition.

Our popular Summer club is running again for children aged 2-7years. We will be providing a wide variety of activities including baking, crafts, games, walks out around Ilkley. We have access to our fabulous garden so fingers crossed for lots of picnics!

Learn and play at the same time with Chess & Maths Summer Camps over the summer holidays at the Ilkley Chess Centre.

reate beautiful bee, butterfly, and moth feeders to support our precious pollinators.
This hands-on workshop is perfect for those who love nature and want to make a difference in their gardens. All children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the workshop.
All materials and supplies will be provided.