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SWINDON’S largest children’s visual arts organisation celebrates the successful piloting of a new children’s after school club, ‘Let’s Move Activity Club’.
Let’s Create Art Club, founded by artist Rachel Bray, allows children to explore painting, drawing, sculpture and design in a safe, fun, and pressure-free environment through after-school clubs, weekend workshops and holiday art camps for children aged four to twelve.
As the business spreads its wings, Kevin Bray, Rachel’s husband, has come on board, joining forces to expand Let’s Create Art Club’s ethos with ‘Let’s Move Activity Club’, a no-pressure and supportive environment around movement through games.
“Over more recent years as Let’s Create has grown, we had discussed a few times Kev joining the business in this way and the perfect time came along” said Rachel. “We expected working together as husband and wife to be a bit of a challenge but it’s been pretty easy so far!”
Through Rachel’s six years of running Let’s Create Art Club she has seen for herself the need for children to have access to non-competitive and accessible movement-based fun.
“I have seen and heard for myself that some children don’t want to join team sports. They either don’t feel comfortable with the pressure so don’t join in, or don’t feel they are very good at sports and avoid them, but the one thing these children still want to do is have fun and run around!” she continued.
This expansion is an after school club that will be run by Kevin along with other leaders, full of fun games and activities to get kids moving and active without the competitiveness or pressure of a specific sport.
Kevin is a sports fanatic; in addition to being a qualified gym instructor, he is completing his Level 2 Qualification in Coaching Multi-Skills Development and Sport and has been an active team sports player since his youth. Knowing the impact sport and movement has had on his life, he wanted to provide an opportunity for young people to benefit from a supportive and non-pressure environment for Swindon’s young people.
“There has been lots of laughter and engaged children over these weeks, it’s been a lot of fun for both the kids and for me!” said Kevin. “We’re excited to see what the future holds for Let’s Move Activity Club.”
Led by Kevin, ‘Let’s Move Activity Club’ piloted three after school clubs in term 5 across Swindon at Red Oaks, Peatmoor and Kingfisher primary schools. After a few weeks of sessions, the feedback has been extremely positive.
A Peatmoor Primary parent said: “My child loves the club, says it’s the best one she has ever been to!”
“Fitness and movement have always been a big part of our lives along with our children’s. I truly believe creativity and movement are two key fundamentals of childhood. We want children to first enjoy the activity of movement and creating. Then the skills can and will follow but enjoyment needs to be the foundation,” said Rachel.
Let’s Create Art Club is a member of the Institute of Children’s Activity Providers (ICAP), ensuring the club meets high standards for safety, inclusion and engagement.
To book a place at ‘Let’s Move Activity Club’ or Let’s Create Art Club, or if you are a school interested in offering one of their clubs, please visit Let’s Create Art Clubs’ website:
https://www.letscreateartclub.co.uk/
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