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13/08/2026

👏🏼 Thank you to our business donations 👏🏼

A HUGE thank you to these local businesses that donated vouchers to support our attendance raffle for our summer HAF camps.

The donations provide families with even more enrichment opportunities that extend beyond our summer HAF camps and make such a big difference.

Gilda Bakery - £20 voucher
The Brow Room- £20 voucher
Danielle Lesley’s Hair - x2 £20 vouchers
Dover District Leisure Centre- clip n climb, pickle ball session, family swim vouchers
McDonald's- Whitfield- Fruit bag donations
Ruby Rose And Pearl- Slush machine donation
Camp manager- Erin- 🌟 of week prizes!

12/08/2026

👶🏻 SEPTEMBER BABY CLASSES 👶🏻

Next term starts 14th September

🧘‍♀️ Mama & Me Yoga
📅 Mondays
📍 Lydden Village Hall
⏰ 9.45-10.30am
👶🏻 8 weeks +

🌸 Baby Nurture-Massage & Reflexology
📆 Mondays
📍 Lydden Village Hall
⏰ 11.15-12.00pm
👶🏼 Suitable from newborn- pre-crawlers

Information about all the courses can be found on the website.

💻 To book visit the website www.onceuponthemat.co.uk

11/08/2026

🌟 HAF WEEK 3 🌟

We completed our final week of camps last week at Shatterlocks Infants, Dover & Priory Fields Primary Dover.

What an incredible week to finish off our summer HAF camps!

❄️ Frozen Fridays
🌈 Parachute games
🏹 Archery
🦷 Oral health talk
⚽️ Football
🏏 Cricket
🎯 Nerf guns
🥇 HAF sports day/ athletics
🧘‍♀️ Yoga
🎨 Arts & Crafts
☮️ Festival Theme Day
🏆 Medals & Prizes

Huge thank you to McDonald's Whitfield for the donation of fruit for 80 children last week too!

We are excited to share our next programme will run at October half term (the first time HAF has done this) spaces will be limited and we will let families know when booking opens!

31/07/2026

🌟 HAF WEEK 2 🌟

What an incredible second week we have had at both of our Dover Sites (Priory Fields & Shatterlocks)

We have had our special ECO WARRIOR theme day wear children could “Wear it Green” made sustainable pine cone birds, how to look after our planet yoga sessions, earth quiz.

They have also experienced:

⚽️ Football coaching
🏀 Basketball/Netball
🥎 Rounders
🧘‍♀️ Yoga
🏉 Tag rugby
🧱 Construction club
🎨 Arts & Craft- Pom Pom making fruits
🇲🇽 Fajatas lunch wrap making
🐻Fruit rice cake animal making

Children at Priory Fields also had a special treat donation of slush machine for frozen Fridays by &pearl!

We cannot wait for our final week- week 3.
We will be having our special FESTIVAL DAY at both sites next week! Including festival arts & crafts dream making sessions, festival inspired yoga & silent disco and glow sticks!

27/07/2026

🌟HAF CAMPS WEEK 1 🌟

We have completed our first week of HAF camps at both of our Dover Sites- Shatterlocks Infants & Priory Fields Primary

The children and staff had such a brilliant week!

🍕Pizza making workshops
🌈Braclet making
🏹 Archery
⚽️ Football coaching
🏉 Rugby Coaching
🏆 World Cup theme day!
🤸 Cheerleading
🎾 Tennis
🧘‍♀️ Yoga
🏏 Cricket
🧊 Frozen Fridays
🍇 Fruit making workshops
🎯Nerf gun targets
🥇10 medals given to children!

We cannot wait for lots of fun for Week 2!

We still have some spaces at our Shatterlocks site if you want to book on using your Evoucher!

13/07/2026

‼️ EXTRA HAF CREDITS RELEASED TODAY‼️.

From today eligible families now have an EXTRA 4 credits to use on top of their 16 credits to use for summer HAF programmes.

Those families that have already used all of their 16 credits already now have the chance to book on to 4 more days from today!

Running 15 days over the summer at TWO SITES

📆 20th July- 7th August
⏰ 9.30-13.30pm
🥙 Free meal & nutritional snack included
👦🏼 4-12 years

🏫Priory Fields Primary- Dover - FULL
🏫 Shatterlocks Infant School - Dover- SPACES

You don’t have to attend the school to come along to any of our programmes, simple book on using the voucher code on the flyer below!

Families that have used our programme previously have said what a positive impact this has been!

We run a range of activities each day from sports, yoga, arts & crafts, science experiments, pizza making, silent disco, special theme days, frozen Fridays and our very own sports day!

Paid spaces are also available at www.onceuponthemat.co.uk

25/06/2026

‼️ HAF SUMMER BOOKING UPDATE ‼️

Evouchers went live yesterday for eligible families for our FREE summer holiday camps!

Running 15 days over the summer at TWO SITES

📆 20th July- 7th August
⏰ 9.30-13.30pm
🥙 Free meal & nutritional snack included
👦🏼 4-12 years

🏫Priory Fields Primary- Dover - FULL
🏫 Shatterlocks Infant School - Dover- SPACES

You don’t have to attend the school to come along to any of our programmes, simple book on using the voucher code on the flyer below!

Families that have used our programme previously have said what a positive impact this has been- see how Easter HAF stats!

We run a range of activities each day from sports, yoga, arts & crafts, science experiments, pizza making, silent disco, special theme days, frozen Fridays and our very own sports day!

Paid spaces are also available at www.onceuponthemat.co.uk

23/06/2026

‼️HAF VOUCHERS LIVE TOMORROW MORNING‼️

Be quick! They all sold out in less than one hour for our Easter programme!

You will need to book with your Evoucher code and can choose from 2 of our Dover venues!

18/06/2026

⭐️HAF CAMPS ⭐️

On top of our regular teaching schedule we have been out and about in the local Dover area delivering leaflets about our summer holiday camps.

Has your child received one?

Evouchers are released 24th June (be quick they all went in less than an hr last time!) and paid spaces are available on the website www.onceuponthemat.co.uk

Camps start 20th July- 7th Aug at Priory Fields Primary & Shatterlocks Infants.

Sports 🏀, Arts & crafts 🎨, Yoga 🧘‍♀️, silent disco 🪩, pizza making 🍕, dance workshops 💃🏻, football coaching ⚽️, frozen Fridays 🍦and so much more!

17/06/2026

📣 HAF WE GOT NEWS FOR YOU! 📣

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

We are providing 2 VENUES over the summer and are super excited to announce another trust of schools we already work closely with as our second venue! Barton Junior School and Shatterlocks Infant & Nursery School

1) Shatterlocks Infant School, Dover
2) Priory Fields Primary School, Dover

4-12 years

We hope to engage more families within this
area after feedback that our Priory Fields venue was difficult for many families to easily access!

‼️HAF vouchers are released to families on 24th June and our Easter spaces completely filled within less than 1 hr so you need to be quick! Set those alarms ⏰!

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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