Meet the team
At Child’s Play at Penclawdd, we are blessed with the most amazing team who generally love and care for all the children who join us. The majority of our staff are qualified up to the mandatory level 3 in Childcare.
We believe that it is essential for staff to continue with their professional development as this ensures your children get the best care possible. Aside from this, our team are happy, enthusiastic, caring, kind, bubbly, a little crazy (in a good way), and absolutely committed to ensuring your child gets the best care possible.
Sam
Sam is the founder of Child’s Play and a mum to three children. She has worked extensively with children from newborn up until 12 years of age.
She has an NVQ Level 3 in childcare and development and has been an invaluable classroom assistant, special educational needs support practitioner, children’s transition officer and early years’ development play worker during her career in childcare and education. This experience will help to shape the setting and create a wonderful environment that children love to spend time in.
Steph
Steph has worked and studied childcare for the last 10 years, gaining CCLD level 3 and a degree in education. She has worked a great deal with babies and toddlers working in nurseries and as an au pair and has a passion for working with children.
Helen
Helen is one of our Playworkers. Hi, I’m Helen. I have been working for Child’s Play for over 2 years. I am a mum to two children. My son Will runs Will’s Petting Farm in Three Crosses. My background is in Health and Social Care and I’ve recently achieved my CCPLD3 in Childcare. I’m looking forward to meeting the families in our Penclawdd setting.
Jessica
Jessica is one of our Playworkers. Hello, I’m Jess. I have a level 3 CCLD in childcare and have been working in Childcare settings since finishing college. I love to cook and love travelling. I enjoy going out and having fun with my family and making the most of every minute.
Services provided
Afternoon playschool including Sociable lunch | 11:20am-3:10pm
Your little one can join us for a sociable lunch session before their afternoon playschool session begins. We like our lunchtime to be a social experience for your little ones, and we assist the children in laying out their lunch boxes on tables in social groupings.
We ask you to send your child in with a healthy, balanced lunch box. We will always put any uneaten food back into lunch boxes so you can monitor what is and isn’t popular.
Please remember that Child’s Play is a nut free zone.
We invite little ones from 2-4 years to enter our world of imagination and creativity in afternoon playschool. We create wonderful learning opportunities using our lovely, well-resourced base room and our outside areas.
After school activity club | 3:10pm – 4:30pm
We have a range of exciting activity clubs running across the week including:
Monday – Cooking Club
Tuesday – Art Attack
Wednesday – Games Night
Thursday – Explorers & Investigators200
Friday – Film Friday
After school club | 3:10pm – 5:25pm
Children automatically have the opportunity to join in with all activity clubs. Once the activity clubs have finished, children are served a snack and a drink to tide them over until teatime. Ongoing activities such as art and crafts, board games and outside play are always available.