ABOUT TOSC
Tranmere Out of School Club, affectionately known by the children as 'TOSC', began in January 2006.
The club has continued to meet the growing demand for places, increasing year on year to where we are today! The busy club has kept its values and roots which it began with, ensuring all children are cared for in a happy, safe environment, enabling parents and carers to access affordable, reliable and flexible childcare before & after school.
We are registered with Ofsted (registration number EY 318 901). Please read our latest report here:
The club is committed to providing Outstanding care for all, where play is valued and nurtured to help children learn, grow and develop. As Playworkers, we use the Playwork Principles to establish a professional and ethical framework for playwork:
At TOSC, we respect and recognise that all children are unique and have differing needs. Staff at the club ensure children have the opportunity to relax, make choices and play free from adult direction and expectations. Through the provision of an extensive range of experiences we encourage children to explore the environment, use their imaginations and develop creativity through their thought processes, whether playing with others or independently.
Play England's charter for Children's play (2009) states that:
• Play is an essential part of every child’s life – vital to his or her development. It is the way that children explore for themselves the world around them; the way that they naturally develop understanding and practise skills.
• Play is essential for healthy physical and emotional growth, for intellectual and educational development, and for acquiring social and behavioural skills.
• Play may or may not involve equipment or have an end product. Children play on their own and with others. Their play may be boisterous and energetic or quiet and contemplative, light-hearted or very serious.
• Children’s own culture is created and lived through their play.
'Playing is central to children’s physical, mental, social and emotional health and wellbeing and is enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child'
(Play Wales, 2013)
