The ISA After School Care Programme is a wrap-around, on-site care service that caters seamlessly for students from the start of the school day until 18:00, maintaining the same quality standards of care students experience during their school day. In addition, a Vacation Care service will run from 9:00-17:00 during school breaks.
The After School Care service is available for all students enrolled in Pre-School to Grade 5. There are two groups within the programme: Pre-School-Grade 1 and Grades 2-5, offering various age-appropriate activities to suit the differing needs of the students.
ISA provides a flexible After School Care registration system that allows parents to sign up for the day(s) of the week they require care on a seasonal basis. The seasonal sign-up will run alongside the majority of the Extracurricular Activity registrations to enable families to change sign-up requirements every season if they wish. Priority sign-up for further After School Care seasons will be given to families already using the programme. All students must be signed up for the service through the registration system to ensure that we meet legal staffing requirements. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate ad-hoc care.
ISA will open registration for the Vacation Care service a few weeks before the programme dates. A student enrolled in the After School Care Programme will have priority on the Vacation Care enrollment. There will also be the possibility to sign up for full-day vacation care, regardless of whether the student is enrolled in the After School Care Programme. Sign up is on a week-by-week basis and families are asked to supply lunch and 2 snacks each day.
The After School Care service is in the Early Years subfloor area of the school. The group will have full access to kitchen facilities, creative arts materials, science/mathematical tabletop activities, construction and engineering supplies, outside play spaces, and reading/quiet areas. In addition, fully-equipped outside recess play spaces will be used. Students will have dedicated storage areas and coat hooks to store personal items, and fully equipped bathroom facilities are located within the After School Care area.
Students will be offered a complete programme of activities that caters for their cognitive, communicative, physical, emotional and social wellbeing, aiming to ensure that they are active, make connections, and develop curiosity and creativity. Meaningful provocations and experiences will be planned through various learning styles such as individual, small, and large group activities. These experiences will have links to learning appropriate to the group’s age ranges and will help students develop their understanding of science, math, communication, visual and performing arts, physical movement, developing the sense of self, and developing consideration for others. Participation in activities will be voluntary but encouraged and monitored by the After School Care team to ensure the activities meet the needs of individual student participation.
Qualified personnel will care for all of the students regarding hygiene, safety and nourishment. A healthy snack will be ready for the students on arrival after the school day has finished. Students from Pre- School – Grade 1 will be escorted to the After School Care area by school faculty. Students from Grades 2-5 will be guided to the After School Care hub for the first few weeks until they are confident enough to walk themselves to the group. Normal school processes will be followed to ensure that all students are accounted for, including full registration of the student every day.
Students in the After School Care Programme will also have access to any extracurricular sports, arts, music academy and language academy activities that they have signed up for. The After School Care staff will be responsible for escorting students in Pre-School – Grade 1 to their activity (if not starting directly after school finishes) and bringing them back to the After School Care area after their activity.
There will be a system for flexible student pick up anytime ranging from 16:30-18:00. If a parent wishes to pick up their child/ren earlier than 17:45, they will need to walk to the After School Hub for pick up. All other students will be collected from the red gate by main parking from 17:50-18:00.
All after school care staff will have yearly child protection, child safeguarding and first aid training. The After School Care Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the students’ care, staffing, and programme. All staff members of After School Care team have child care experience and qualifications.
The After School Care Programme will meet all existing school safety and Dutch legal requirements regarding equipment used, staffing ratios and police checks.
For After School Care, the cost for the 2026-2027 school year is €25 per student per day. For Vacation Care, the cost is €66 per day. All students enrolled in Pre-School – Grade 5 are eligible for the service. Please note that families are not eligible for a tax rebate (kinderopvangtoeslag). We have reflected this in our pricing per session.
