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Meet Our Provider |
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Welcome to Kids Academy, the company I call home and my pride and joy. My name is Shona Grant and I am the Provider of Kids Academy Out of School Clubs, a family run breakfast, after school and holiday club. I set up Kids Academy in 2016 in Ellon Academy Community Campus and in 2024, I opened our clubs in Balmedie, which is managed by my daughter Lydia and another in Auchterellon primary school.
I now spend my days visiting, assessing and working in the clubs which make up our Kids Academy family to ensure we meet your expectations. With ever-changing guidelines, practices and legislation we continue to develop and improve our service. I am extremely lucky to work doing something I enjoy so much.
As provider, I like to be very hands on with the clubs, knowing what is happens day to day and getting to know the parents and children who use our service. I believe that the art of running successful childcare is to know how your clubs run, listen to your staff, children and parents. I also strive for our clubs to have a family feel and a welcoming atmosphere. We are there to help, care and support our children and parents, we hope you feel you can approach us and talk to us about any issue. We recently added more contact routes to allow for more access to someone when you need them. I highly value feedback and want to ensure that we are always living up to your expectations.
At Kids Academy we build our settings around the following concepts:
Safety - Of course, the safety of all of our children, staff, parents and visitors is an absolute priority. We have our daily checks, risk-benefit assessments, safeguarding, health and safety procedures… the list goes on. Parents need to know their children are safe and looked after, likewise children need to feel secure and settled in our environments.
Children’s enjoyment - the last thing we want to see is children itching to leave our clubs, bored with nothing to do or not wanting to come. The best feeling for us practitioners is when children do not want to leave! (sorry parents). We aim to ensure that every day there is a variety of outdoor and indoor play opportunities that they can enjoy. We always have two specific planned sport, craft or group game activities as well as all the normal free play. We always ask the children what they’d like us to buy and involve them in planning.
Staff enthusiasm - staff are a key element to any childcare setting. The amount of effort, passion and commitment they put into the club is what the children will get out of it. We spent vast amounts of time training our staff in our company policies and values so that they share our key themes for the clubs but also so that they have enthusiasm for their work and create inspiring and engaging play spaces for the children.
Parent satisfaction - last but not least is keeping our wonderful parents happy. We know that your child/ren are your most precious gift and we want to ensure they are safe, happy and well-cared for when they are with us. We hope that when you come into club you feel you can approach us and are greeted in the way you expect and that you can find staff to speak to if needed. We strive to be on hand when you need us.
I hope the website shows you some of the care and passion we put into the clubs on a day to day basis.
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All of our staff are members of Disclosure Scotland’s Protecting Vulnerable Adults (PVG) Scheme and registered with the Scottish Social Services Council. We provide regular training for our staff in first aid, child protection, allergy awareness, health and safety, food hygiene, EpiPen and anaphylaxis, outdoor play and more.
Our senior staff undertake SVQ qualifications in Playwork and Management are working towards the BA Childhood Practicedegree. Staff have a great rapport with the children, and they make use of their varied backgrounds and talents in arts and crafts, dance, drama, music, sports and more! |
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