Infants

Our youngest division, for children aged 4 to 7. Smaller groups, a gentler pace, and volunteers who know this may be a child's first time away from home.

ON THIS PAGEHow Infants works A gentler day Little trips out

Infants is where playscheme begins. Children aged 4 to 7 get the full playscheme day of activities, entertainment and trips out, shaped around little legs and shorter attention spans.

How Infants works

Infants have their own area of the site, away from the older divisions, and their own team of volunteers. Children are placed into small groups in their sections (Wolves, Sharks, Tigers, Monkeys, Bears and Eagles) and stay with the same group and the same volunteers all week, so familiar faces are never far away.

A gentler day

The day runs 8.45am to 3.45pm like the rest of the scheme, but with more time to settle, more quiet corners and old favourites that come back every year.

Infants Story Time, a calm moment in the middle of a busy day
The Infants Party: games and music just for this division
Arts and crafts in the marquee
The Big Show, the whole scheme's daily entertainment

Little trips out

Infants take shorter, softer trips than the older divisions, the kind of days out made for this age group.

Soft play
Outdoor Exploring
Animal Farm

FIRST TIME AWAY?

For many Infants this is their first time away from home. The Infants team are there to help them settle in, and they soon become part of the Playscheme family.

A first summer at playscheme starts here

Infants places are the first to fill.