PALS Afterschool Club
PALS offers after school pick-ups and childcare, in a welcoming environment with plenty of green, outdoor space. We take children from Junior Infants to Sixth Class attending Glounthaune NS (SNCN) and Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil, Glanmire. Children are grouped by class. Each group has their own space while doing homework or playing indoors.
- Green Room: Junior and Senior Infants
- Yellow Room: First and Second Classes
- Red Room: Third to Sixth Classes
To ensure play out of doors, all year round, we have an astro-turf court. We have also added a large indoor/outdoor room where children can get fresh air, while doing activities, all year round.
A quiet time and place is set aside so that children can do their homework. With a generous ratio of adults to kids we provide as much assistance as each child requires. We serve a hot, nutritious meal each day and there are plenty of age appropriate, fun activities. Priority is given to the outdoors where we have a lovely, large garden surrounded by trees and hedgerows.
PALS also operates a Breakfast Club for students from Glounthaune NS (places limited). Please get in touch to find out more.
PALS Afterschool
- Assisted homework
- Hot, nutritious meals
- Plenty of outdoor space for activities
- Open till 6pm
- Term time camp days
- Flexible days per week
Opportunities are provided to engage in imaginative, free play after a long day in school. Children are given a sense of freedom and control over their chosen activities, be it arts and crafts, baking, gardening, chess, soccer, den building or role play.
PALS Afterschool Pick-Ups
PALS offers school pick-ups from Glounthaune NS (SNCN) and Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil, Glanmire. Afterschool care begins with school collections at the appropriate times for each class. We also accommodate kids who are involved in school based, extra-curricular activities with later collection times. We operate a fourteen-seater mini-bus and two seven-seater cars. The proximity to both schools (only 1 and 2km) means that the kids are only in the bus/car for a few minutes each day.
School we collect from
Later school pick-up times
- We accommodate school based, extra-curricular activities with later pick-up times
PALS Hot Lunches and Snacks
PALS Afterschool serves hot lunches, and healthy snacks each day. The hot lunches are made daily, with fresh and nutritious ingredients, by Little Dinners and are served to children in the afternoon.
A Sample Week of Little Dinners
- Monday: Penne Bolognese
- Tuesday: Chicken Goujons, Waffles and Mixed Veg
- Wednesday: Fishcakes and Peas
- Thursday: Beef Stew and Mash
- Friday: Sweet Potato and Veg Casserole and Mash
Each day the kids will have some healthy snack or a treat they will bake themselves, such as:
- Variety of Fruit
- Banana Muffins
- Pancakes
- Apples with Cinnamon
- Waffles – the firm favourite!
PALS Afterschool
PALS Afterschool
Kilbaha
Ballinglanna
Glanmire
Co. Cork
T45 AN28
086 600 1679
teresa.palsafterschool@gmail.com