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ACT Fun and Adventure Scheme 2026

As part of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF), we are offering 3 weeks of free activities to children aged 5-11!

Each session will include: team games, crafts, fun with food, and some chill time in our games room – as well as a delicious two-course lunch.

We will kick off Week 1 (July 27th -31st) with an animal-inspired adventure – exploring the circle of life, loving nature and being kind to the plants.

Highlights include:

Games – stuck in the mud, dodgeball

• Crafts – making clay animals, make a mud worm pie, paint a butterfly, mat making

• Fun with food – fruit kebabs, make a fruit crumble, plant a cress head

• Trip to Mudchute Farm, and lots more!

Week 2 (3rd -7th of August) is inspired by ‘The Greatest Showman’ and is all about diversity, loving who we are, and all the fun of the circus.

Highlights include:

• Games – parachute games, hockey

• Crafts – mask making, tie dye, stone decorating

• Special activity – circus skills workshop

• Trip to a soft play centre

 

Week 3 (10-13th August) is our exciting Grand Finale week!

Highlights include:

Games – Sports Day

• Crafts – making playdough, making slime, potato painting

• Food – making pizzas and scrummy cookies

• Special activity – bouncy castle and face painting

• Trip to Southend Sea Adventure Zooquarium

Free places on the HAF programme are eligible to people living in or going to school in Newham who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals, or have no recourse to public funds.

 

For more information on eligability, or to apply for free school meals, visit: https://www.newham.gov.uk/school.../free-school-meals/2

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