Weekend Childcare
Take some time for yourself on a Saturday Morning. Catch a matinee. Have some retail therapy. We'll manage the kids!

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Annual Curriculum
Our educational programme in Weekend childcare programme maintains our intercultural focus. We still look into human geography: cultures, regions, mythologies and histories to build on children's knowledge of the wider world. We also want them to learn about the peoples and cultures within it, to reinforce their knowledge of and respect for global citizenship.
However, our real focus here is on building on their linguistic capability in second language learning and so focus on songs, rhymes and conversational fluency development to scaffold their linguistic knowledge over the 3-year groups we care for...
Our Age Groups & Activities
Being a working parent is tough - finding the time to stay on top of your career, your friends, your family and yourself is becoming increasingly difficult, something that Pew Research confirmed in their survey of parenting attitudes in 2020. You need more time in an era where there is less time, and if that is to be carved out, we all need more support.
Our Saturday childcare intends to provide parents with the time and space they need to focus on themselves, whilst we focus on and educate the children. We take children from 3 through to 10 years of age on Saturday and Sunday mornings and provide them with language enrichment classes in Spanish or Mandarin, and fun, engaging educational programmes that reinforce the literacy, numeracy and arts programmes delivered in school across the working week. We want these weekend experiences to be deliver second language learning for our children - a skill set that will put them in good stead in their futures and work towards delivering examination grades at the end of the cycle

Preschool & Reception
Our 3-5 yr old cohort focusses on continuing our preschool nursery curriculum in intercultural education and language enrichment and is primarily focussed on servicing the needs of families who might already be enrolled in a preparatory school but who nevertheless want their child to develop a language skill set

Weekend School Entry
As the children turn 5, our educational focus becomes more geared towards school preparedness and reception EYFS profile closure - we focus on phonics, literacy and numeracy in fun and engaging activities that are creatively aligned. Lots of arts and crafts and, of course, a focus on second language acquisition from our Spanish and Mandarin teams....jpg?height=320&name=Weekend%20School%20Class%201%20(2).jpg)
Weekend School Class 1
Our Weekend School Class 1 is for slightly older children in KS1-3. We focus on embedding their knowledge and skills achieved in primary school with renewed focus on literacy and numeracy, along with creative arts classes in dance and drama to keep their creative juices flowing. Our second language classes become more focussed on retention of vocabularies and the application of new words into simple sentence structures in conversations games between the children
Weekend School Class 2
Our older children are really focussed on working towards achieving their examination results in their second language of choice - literacy, reading comprehension and writing abilities are worked on in conversational workshops with our dedicated bilingual teachers in creative activities so that we've got the structures in place to get your child the recognition they deserve....
General Enquiry Form
Get in touch today about our weekend school - one of our team will be in touch the next day to find out some more information from you before booking you in for a free trial...
Our Teachers
Our teachers are drawn from some of the best educational institutes in the world, such as UCL's IOE. This is to ensure that your children only receive the best possible care and education during their time with us at Hatching Dragons. Our central office personnel are always on hand to field calls and respond to your enquiries, so do get in touch today!
International Observances. Cultural Festivals...
We've partnered with Global Dimension to help build out our international observances and event calendar for cultural festivals and parties throughout the year.

“The school throws Paediatric First Aid training every term for the parents for free. And a party once a month at least on the cultural programme is awesome for the kids"
Dianne
Westminster Community