After-SchoolClub
The other end of the school day. Collected directly from Newtown NS, back to The Willows. Completing homework, getting weather-appropriate gear on, fed and straight back out into the garden until a designated adult arrives for collecting them.
Somewhere to be a child again
A school day is a long time to sit still. Children arrive, carry out their homework with the after-school staff, get changed into their gear, eat, and straight back out to their favourite areas in The Willows. Den building, football, mud kitchen, the barn, construction area, play structures and friends, until a designated adult arrives for collection.
Times, collection arrangements and which schools we cover are being confirmed. [VERIFY the after-school offer with Sharon: ages, hours, school pickups and how a place is held.]
The kit list →
The same grounds, later in the day.
The after-school club uses the back garden, yard, the shelter and other areas at The Willows.
What we can tell you today.
This is the thinnest page on the site because it is the thinnest part of the record. Ask and you will get the real answer rather than a brochure one.
School-age children. [VERIFY the exact age band]
[VERIFY the afternoon hours, and whether the club runs during school holidays]
[VERIFY whether the club runs term time only, and what happens at midterm]
Drop-off and collection to and from Newtown NS. Breakfast Club includes drop-off to school at 9am. Junior collection after school at 1:45pm and Senior collection at 2:45pm.
ECCE is a preschool scheme and does not apply to school-age children.
The NCS covers children up to 15 years. [VERIFY whether the after-school club is registered for it]
[VERIFY whether afternoon places are open, and how a place is held]
The two Tusla Early Years registrations this business holds cover birth to six and two to six years. Neither reaches school age on the face of the register. [VERIFY which registration or scheme the after-school club runs under]
[VERIFY what is provided after school and what a child should bring]
[VERIFY after-school fees and how they are charged]
Newtown, Abbeyknockmoy, Tuam, Co. Galway. [VERIFY Eircode]
Old clothes that can get destroyed, waterproofs and wellies. See the kit list. [VERIFY what we provide]
Registration details are from the Tusla Early Years Register for Galway, February 2026. That register lists early years services only, which is why an after-school service may sit outside it.
Ask about an
afternoon place.
Tell us which school and which afternoons and we will come back with the real answer. Enquiries go to Aishling and Sharon.