Welcome to The Buzz
The Island's Largest Dedicated After School & Holiday Club
After School Club operates during school term time and Holiday Club operates during the majority of the school holidays.
We have two locations for After School Club; one in Douglas and one in Onchan. The Holiday Club operates from Ashley Hill School in Onchan.
We have been running The Buzz Out of School Clubs for over 15 years and we operate as a division of the Hopes & Dreams Childcare Group established in 1999.
Registered with the Isle of Man Government we have separate facilities and dedicated staff focused on providing fun and play for school aged children after school and through the school holidays.
Our services are ideal for and very popular with working parents. In fact we are an essential element for working parents balancing parenting and work commitments.
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After School Club
We provide a range of activities and opportunities for the children to play and socialise together at the end of the school day. After School clubs operate every day that schools are open during term time.
Having collected the children from their schools they come together in our separate facilities and start After School Club with a snack to aid the transition from the school environment. We offer relaxed surroundings in which the children can choose a range of activities from reading quietly to craft making and outdoor play.
Our environment and approach is different than school and the children feel able to relax and process the happenings of the school day, making friends from different schools and playing together. It is usually a very sociable time with staff on hand to support children who may have had a challenging day at school.
Our After School Clubs are held at Tennis Road in Douglas (40 children), and Ashley Hill (16 children) in Onchan.
Currently we collect from:
Ashley Hill School
Henry Bloom Noble
Scoill Vallajeelt
Scoill Yn Jubilee
St Mary's
St Thomas's
We will consider requests to collect from other schools in the Douglas and Onchan areas subject to having sufficient demand for it to be viable.
Holiday Club
Registered by the Isle of Man Government we can have up to 112 children at any one time. Typically due to staffing levels we have to limit attendance to 40-60 children during the shorter school holidays with Easter and Summer Holiday Clubs able to accommodate 85 -105 children.
We operate to a maximum ratio of 1 adult to 8 children which compares very favourably to the adult : child ratio that the children are used to in their schools. This allows us to spend lots of time with the children ensuring that they are engaged and having fun, making friends and enjoying their time with us.
Whether they come for one week or the whole six weeks of the Summer holidays there is plenty of choice of activities or trips to ensure that there is something available for every child.
Packed lunches are required for all children attending school day or full day sessions. To be compliant with food storage guidelines all packed lunches should include an ice pack.
The children will be provided with morning and afternoon snack and have access to water to drink throughout the day.
Our Holiday Club is held at Ashley Hill School in Onchan.
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Pricing & Booking
Pricing
Our lowest pricing is reserved for our Buzz Members and regular customers.
After School Club sessions start from £13.75 per day for Members who book all week sessions. Non members booking individual sessions can expect to pay £21.78 per session.
Holiday Club costs from £28.80 per day for members who book School Day sessions all week, up to £44.46 per day for non members booking
individual Full Day sessions.
Booking
We use a website based booking system Magicbooking that allows you to book 24/7 at a time that is convenient for you. Payment for sessions must be made online at the time of booking although instalment options exist that can spread your payments over up to 12 months.
To make a booking you will need to create an account.
We recommend that you access Magicbooking on a computer rather than your phone as you will find it easier to navigate.
Membership
Becoming a Buzz Member gives access to a 20% discount on all After School and Holiday Club sessions for a one off membership fee (that can be paid over up to 9 months depending on when it is purchased).
Membership lasts for a whole each school year and is open to purchase between June and September each year, for the school year that starts in September.
Membership when open can be purchased through Magicbooking.
