Summer Game Time

Calling all 5-16 yea olds!


Summer Game Time is back!

This summer's locations include:
-Homerton, Nye Bevan estate
-Tower Hamlets


With pick ups from
- Nisbet House and Frampton Park to get to Nye Bevan Community Hall
(Pick up is at 1.30pm)


Stay tuned for confirmations Game Time taking place at;
-Goals Centre, Waltham Forest
-Bow Cross, Tower Hamlets

Dates: From 24th July to 18th August 2024
Days of the week: Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri.
Times: 2 - 6pm

Funded by the HAF Programme, Game Time is free for young people aged 8-16 years old eligible for free school meals.

APPLY FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS
Check here if you have not yet applied for free school meals via The Learning Trust.

If eligible for Free School Meals your child can participate for free.

If not eligible there is a daily fee of £15.

We are Ofsted Registered

If you do not qualify for Free School Meals you may be Eligible discounts.
Up to 70% with Ofsted ​Our Unique Registration Number is 2738987.

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Homerton Register Now

Lower Clapton Register Now

What is Game Time?

Multi sports + Cooking + Trips
+ Team Challenges + Mentoring

An average of 500 young people aged 5-16 years old take part in Game Time and keep coming back each year. 

With a mix of multisports, creative arts and trips, we embed goal setting and action planning into each session. Designed alongside our Mentoring Framework, GAME TIME is also introduces young people to mentoring, helping young people aim higher, understand themselves and become resilience. 
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The aim of Game Time is to allow young people to play safely, develop their soft skills, identity and team work qualities. 

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Game Time reduces holiday learning loss

Game Time prevents learning loss over the school holidays, particularly over the summer. 

“Learning loss” refers to the months of learning pupils are behind following the pandemic, compared to a typical, pre-pandemic school year. (Education Policy Institute.

Secondary schools with a high proportion of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds had learning losses 50% higher than those serving fewer pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds (losing 2.2 months vs 1.5 months of learning during the summer holidays).

Pupils eligible for free school meals showed greater levels of learning loss than their peers from more financially advantaged backgrounds. Average learning loss in reading for primary school-aged pupils eligible for free school meals in March 2021 was 2.7 months. However, by summer term, this decreased to 1.2 months.
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At the same time, learning loss in reading for secondary-aged pupils eligible for free school meals actually increased over the academic year 2020-21. In autumn, reading losses for disadvantaged pupils were 1.9 months, but by summer 2021, this had increased to 2.4 months.

Become a Game TIme Youth Leader

Each year young people aged 14-16 take the lead, as peer leaders, supporting Game Time to ensure every child matters and is engaged in the programme.

Qualifications our youth leaders gain include: First Aid, L1 - L2 Youth Sports coach, Food Hygiene, Open Learning Certificate in Understanding Customers, Aqa Award in Project Management.

Our youth leaders also gain:
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- The qualities and character required for work
- Confidence in sharing views, opinions and ideas
- Self esteem and value of life
- Improved quality of life
- Healthy mindset
- Better understanding of career options / routes.
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Become a Youth LEader

What you missed last summer

This summer, we delivered a range of multiport's, creative arts, trips, coding and mentoring. Here's an overview of who engaged: 

Hackney: 95 unique participants
Waltham Forest: 80 Unique Participants

Hackney: 1022 total sessions attended
Waltham Forest: 384 total sessions attended

Learning need or disability: 38% 
Free School Meals: 98%
Vulnerability: 10% 

Game Time Gallery

View photos of Game Time throughout the years. 

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