Would you like to know how Barnes Summer Play School and Big Top Adventures came to life?
My own childhood was unpretentious with a short supply of money. This meant we never had a TV until way after all the other children in our street! Back then, with no computers or play stations to stir us up, our only toys were either a doll or a train. My finest hour was when my mum turned the very large Sunday newspapers into giant ladders for a make believe Jack (of the Beanstalk) to climb. My two siblings and I were crouched under the kitchen table (our camp) watching my mum, as if nothing greater could ever happen to us. She told magnificent stories, and we were in raptures. We drew pictures on the back of Kellogg Cornflake boxes and my mum pinned them up all over the kitchen. We loved that and felt like real artists! Soooooooo, I guess that’s where I got my inspiration!
Ever since it opened Barnes Summer Play School has flourished and is always fully booked. My own children and other family members all contribute to the success of this family run business which we all absolutely cherish and enjoy. Around Easter time, the whole family, and some of the teachers sit down and have a natter about ‘the theme’, which usually corresponds with current views.
My two grandchildren attend the school and I can’t wait for them to crouch under my dinning room table and watch me make giant ladders out of the large Sunday newspapers!
Big Top Adventures provides the older children who may have younger siblings at BSPS with some constructive and entertaining fun during the summer.
The school comes under the same criteria as a school which is open the whole year so a lot of hard work goes into its organisation and all the staff undergo early years training and a Criminal Records Bureau check (CRB).
Parent feedback is imperative if we are to keep one step ahead so anything you might wish to add is most welcome. Here’s looking forward to another successful year!