Clwb Y Ddraig Castell

🔥 WE’RE HIRING – PLAYWORKERS! 🔥
Come and join our amazing Clwb Y Ddraig team!

We’re looking for energetic, caring and creative people who love working with children and want to make a real difference every single day.

💼 Roles available across our Caerphilly clubs:
Nant Y Parc • Bryn • Hengoed • Hendre • Castell • Ystrad

💷 £12.71 per hour
⏰ 15+ hours available
📅 52 weeks or term time
🛡️ We cover the cost of your DBS

✨ What we offer:
• A fun, friendly and supportive team
• Opportunities to grow your childcare/playwork career
• A variety of sessions across our clubs
• The chance to inspire children daily

✨ We’re looking for:
• Passionate, enthusiastic people
• Creative thinkers full of ideas
• Reliable, caring team members
• Level 3 Childcare/Playwork qualified

No two days are the same — come and be part of something special.
Come and be part of Clwb Y Ddraig

📩 Apply now:
https://forms.gle/pcnPZzt44DyL13bs6

Know someone who’d be perfect?
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Spaces are now available for September.
If you require after‑school club provision, please get in touch to secure your place.
https://forms.gle/XZCuRdfgbx6hMg417

As we celebrate the end of another fantastic school year, we've had so much fun enjoying the sunshine with bubbles, sports, team-building games, delicious party food, and lots of laughter along the way! ☀️🫧🏃‍♀️🎉

A special good luck to our wonderful Year 6 children as they begin their exciting new journey at comprehensive school. We are so proud of everything you have achieved and wish you all the very best for the future. Keep believing in yourselves, work hard, and enjoy every new opportunity that comes your way. We know you'll do amazing things!

Have a fantastic summer, everyone! 🌞💙

📢 Out of School Club of the Year 2026 – Can You Spot Us? 📢

Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs have released the anonymised nominations for Out of School Club of the Year 2026 — and they’re inviting families to vote for the club they feel deserves recognition.

We don’t know yet whether we have been shortlisted, but we’d love for you to take a look through the nominations and see if you can spot us. If you feel our club deserves your vote, we’d be incredibly grateful for your support.

Your encouragement means so much to our team and helps highlight the work we do for children and families every day.

🗳 Voting closes Friday 31 July 2026
👉 Cast your vote here: https://buff.ly/mFGvHiE

Thank you for being part of our community and for always cheering us on. 💛

What a fun-filled week! 🌟 We put our engineering skills to the test with spaghetti tower challenges, got creative in the kitchen making yummy cheesecakes, stayed cool with exciting water fights, and enjoyed lots of laughter and games with our friends. So many smiles, giggles, and fantastic memories made! 💛

Am wythnos lawn hwyl! 🌟 Fe wnaethon ni roi ein sgiliau peirianneg ar brawf gyda heriau tyrau spaghetti, bod yn greadigol yn y gegin wrth wneud cacennau caws blasus, aros yn oer gyda brwydrau dŵr cyffrous, ac mwynhau llawer o chwerthin a gemau gyda’n ffrindiau. Cymaint o wên, chwerthin a chofion bendigedig wedi’u creu! 💛

Our club has been bursting with curiosity and creativity this week! We built towering bubble experiments, toasted delicious dessert cones over the firepit, and designed our own boats to test whether they would float. Balloon races brought plenty of excitement, laughter, and friendly competition. We also took time to write thoughtful pen pal letters, ready to send off to other clubs so we can share our adventures and make new connections. Every activity was filled with teamwork, imagination, and big smiles all around.
Mae ein clwb wedi bod yn llawn chwilfrydedd, creadigrwydd ac hwyl yr wythnos hon! Wnaethon ni arbrofi gyda thyrrau swigod, mwynhau cones pwdin blasus wedi’u coginio dros y firepit, a chreu ein cychod ein hunain i weld a fydden nhw’n arnofio. Daeth rasys balŵn â chyffro a chwerthin i bawb. Wnaethon ni hefyd gymryd amser i ysgrifennu llythyrau caredig at ein ffrindiau pen-pal, sy’n mynd allan i glybiau eraill i rannu ein hanturiaethau a gwneud cysylltiadau newydd. Roedd pob gweithgaredd yn llawn tîmwaith, dychymyg a llawer o wên.

Fun in the sun! From celebrating Pink Day and playing limbo to football matches and a refreshing water fight.

We made the most of the warm weather this week with lots of laughter, teamwork, and unforgettable moments.

We are very grateful for you understanding regarding our 2 day closure, due to the red alert for heat.

Have a great weekend and we will see you next week

Ysgol Y Castell have asked us to help spread the word about their Open Day on Saturday 27th June 2026.…and who knows, you might even see some of our play team there.

Mae Ysgol Y Castell wedi gofyn i ni helpu i ledaenu’r gair am eu Diwrnod Agored ar ddydd Sadwrn, 27 Mehefin 2026… ac, pwy a ŵyr, efallai y gwelwch rai o’n tîm chwarae yno hefyd.

Help us set up a charity to support play opportunities!

We’ve been blown away by the incredible response from families and our community! Because of this amazing support, we’re opening things up and extending a warm invitation to anyone who’d love to get involved. Come along, share your ideas, and help us create something truly special, shaping exciting future opportunities for children together!