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Read about some of the fun and creative activities we get up to at Fireflies. If you’d like for your children to join our after school or holiday club, please contact us

  • Pool Noodle Boats
    At Fireflies Childcare, we cherish children’s boundless creativity and love finding fun craft projects. Our recent crafting adventure involved creating mini boats using pool noodles, foam sheets, and ice lolly sticks. The result? A fleet of mini boats that not only ignited the children’s imaginations but also provided endless fun during exciting races. This step-by-step …
  • Fireflies Childcare at Cavendish School
    Are you looking for quality childcare for your children while they are attending Cavendish School in Eastbourne? Look no further than Cavendish Fireflies! This breakfast and after-school club provides the perfect environment for kids to stay safe, engaged, and entertained. With free play and supervised activities available for the kids, you can trust that your …
  • Peg Doll Superheroes
    This term, our topic comes from our children’s suggestion book, suggested by the children at Motcombe and Stafford schools. We try our best to ensure the children feel included in what happens at the clubs, so we often use their ideas to help plan crafts, our menus, exotic tastes, buy new toys etc. Each club …
  • How to make Sock Gonks!
    Last Christmas we made lots of special treats for our favourite people whilst we were at holiday club. My favourite of these were our very own gonks made from socks! They were all so cute and make a great decoration that can last for years at Christmastime.Steeped in centuries old tradition, gonks are said to …
  • DIY Advent Calendars
    Christmas is coming! When we first opened Fireflies Childcare at Motcombe school as an after school club, we were a very small business, with only a handful of children each day, and two or three staff. We are now a multi-site, wrap around childcare business with up to 80 children a day. So, you can …