Contents
- Introduction to Bexley’s Holiday Activities and Food Programme Annual Report 2024 to 2025
- Highlights
- Food
- Enriching Activities
- Physical Activities
- Nutritional Education and the promotion of healthy living and lifestyles
- Signposting and Referrals
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
- Secondary Provision
- Marketing and Communications
- Centralised Booking System
- Results from surveys
- Children and families’ feedback
- Case Studies
- Additional resources, partnerships and aligning with other priorities
- Key Challenges
- Lessons Learnt
- Plans for 2025 to 2026 HAF Programme Year
8. Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
A particular strength of Bexley’s HAF Programme is the SEND provision offered, and we run several SEND specific programmes during each holiday period. Between them, our providers offer a range of support for those children and young people with low level needs in mainstream schools, right through to those with high level needs attending SEND schools who require a higher level of care. Also mainstream HAF Providers accommodate children with low level SEND needs into their programmes and make it as inclusive as possible.
Our providers have built such a positive relationship with the children and parents. Their programmes cater for the needs of each child individually, whilst incorporating all the standards of the HAF programme. The children experience indoor and outdoor activities as well as parks, visits to various locations including historic sites, and a variety of sensory activities.
One of our providers had a dental specialist showing the children how to brush their teeth properly and allowed the children to practise on models of teeth.
Whilst these clubs offer 1:1 or 1:2 care, where possible, they also encourage independence and allow children to develop skills in activities they are interested in.