These activity hubs offer a healthy mix of sports, arts, craft and games to keep children aged 5 to 11 years happy during school holidays. All sporting activities will be delivered by qualified and DBS cleared staff at Spiceball Leisure Centre, Bicester Leisure Centre and Kidlington and Gosford Leisure Centre. Find details HERE
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Holiday camps and Half term activities for kids around Oxfordshire
I have compiled together this ultimate list of holiday/ half term clubs and camps available in and around Oxfordshire (in no particular order). I hope you will find something that suits you. If there is anything missing or you would like to list your camp, please contact me HERE
FEATURED LISTING: ibrick from House of Fun (available during Christmas holidays)
Multi-activity camps:
- House of Fun: Come along to our all-new ibrick holiday camps to create, inspire and play with LEGO® bricks! Our themed camps for 6-13 year olds are a fun-filled chance to build a range of mechanised models using our bespoke ibrick kits, while learning valuable STEM skills. Each day at camp includes time to create, build and apply the models, plus a chance to try a cool science experiment, an afternoon challenge and plenty of fun times in between. All sessions are run by experienced instructors in a safe and exciting environment. Head to the website www.house-of-fun.co.uk for more information!
- Activate Camps offering a variety of sport specific, experience and multi activity camps for children 5-14 years old.
- Ultimate Activity Camps provide multi-activity camps for ages 4-14 years old at a number of venues across Oxfordshire.
- Oxford active camps provide multi activity camps for ages 3-14 years at a number of venues across Oxfordshire
- Elite Camps including a range of sports based activities for children aged 5-13, at a number of venues across Oxfordshire
- Super Camps: At Multi-Activity camps, children aged 4-12 years can enjoy a range of sports, arts & crafts, games and other activities. Specialist Courses can also be found at selected venues across Oxfordshire
- KidsACTIVE for ages 4-11, offering a mixture of activities at St Andrews Primary, London Rd, Headington, OX3 9ED
- Create Holiday Club @Oxford Montessori schools offering multi-activities for ages 3-12 years
- Vicky’s After School & Holiday Club, focussed on indoor and outdoor play for ages 4 – 11, based in Aston.
- Just For Kids Company provide activities like crafts, dance, multi sports, games and themed workshops for ages 3-16@Bicester
- WR camps host an array of exciting, action-packed activities at their football and active camps at The Cherwell School, South Site and St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School. For ages 4 and above
- Willow on the Farm Nursery Summer Holiday club open to children aged 4-10years @Nill Farm, Banbury, OX15 5DQ
- Rainbow holiday club @ Bicester runs multiactivity holiday club for children aged 3-11 years.
- Get Active Sports camp provide multi activity camp for children aged 4-12 @Didcot
- Full circle sports provide variety of sports, crafts, team building and forest school activities, for children age 4 to 14 years, in Wallingford and Steventon, with new venues opening in 2022.
- Energy Kidz serving ages 4-11 years offers packed multi-activity programmes near Thame and Goring.
- STAR HOT Shots holiday camps at Rupert House, Henley-on-Thames for children aged 5 – 14yrs
- The Eyot Centre Easter Holiday Club 3rd-6th April, for young people ages 10-16 years
- Shields & Dragons offering fun activities, crafts, party games and football activities at Mill Lane School OX39 4RF. suitable for 4+
- Ridgeway adventures: Kids will throw axes, knives, learn to shoot bb guns, bows and arrows as well as having time in our state of the art laser maze heist experience!
- Cokethorpe Camps offers an exciting range of activities during summer holidays for children 4-14 years @Cokethorpe School.
Forest school/ outdoor adventures:
- Point Blank adventures holiday camps @Hogshaw farm and wild life park. From lighting fires and building shelters to archery, axe throwing, animal encounters & adventure play, your young adventurers are sure to have a wild time. By the end of the day of this exciting newly ventured camp, children are guaranteed to give Bear Grylls a run for his money!
- Hedgehog Club holiday woodland club @Hailey Community Wood, nr Witneyincludes forest school and outdoor activities aimed for children aged 5 -11 years old. Children can spend a day outside building dens, bug hunting, hunting for Easter eggs, using tools and knives and lighting fires during the easter holiday club.
- TREEmendously WILD Providing forest school and outdoor education sessions for children 1-14 years old. @Shipton-under-Wychwood
- The Oxford Boat Adventure offers children the opportunity to experience land based adventures across the farm and outdoor life around a secluded summer lake in South Oxfordshire (Queenford Farm, Dorchester on Thames, Wallingford, OX10 7QT.)
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Cogges Woodland Club aimed at children aged 3-11, under 3’s are admitted free of charge with their older siblings
- Camp Wilderness offering overnight Summer Camps @Blenheim Woods for aged 8-14 years or outdoor activity weekends for the whole family
- Camp 4-2-11 is a family run camp for kids ages 3-14. It is technically not Oxfordshire based but it made it to the list because their camp at The Cotswold School was suggested by a mum from Chipping Norton.
Sports centric:
- Oxford United in the Community holiday camps at The Oxford Academy and Easington Sports FC for ages 4 – 13
- TA Sport Stars holiday camps offering sports and activities camps near Wantage and Grove for children aged 5 – 14 years.
- Holiday Clubs of Oxfordshire activity camps start this Summer at University of Oxford Sport, Iffley Road, including a variety of sports and activities for children aged 4-12 years.
- Cumnor Cricket club summer holiday camps for years 1 – 9 @Park Field, Cumnor, OX2 9QH
- Club Energy for children 5-13 Years Old offer multisports camp at Bletchingdon C of E primary School or football focussed at Cumnor Football Club
- Holiday Camps by playanywherecoaching for children aged 4-11@St Thomas More Primary (OX5 1EA) and Blazon Primary school (OX20 1RW)
- WR camps host an array of exciting, action-packed activities at their football and active camps at The Cherwell School, South Site and St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School. For ages 4 and above
- Playball Henley-on-Thames for children ages 1 – 9 years!
- Ignite Sports @Oxford City FC in May Half term and Langford Village Community Primary School, Bicester and Witney Community Primary School, in Summers.
- Oxford Sports Lawn tennis club Holiday Camp available for older age groups @Oxford Sports Lawn Tennis Club.
- Oxfordshire Skill Acquisition Academy, offering football and multi sports camps in Cowley, Kidlington& Kennington.
- Youth Dreams project offering football and multi sports camps in Cowley, Kidlington& Kennington @Abingdon, Heyford park and St Ebbe’s
- Jane Brooks intensive 5 day swimming courses for children 4+ years @ Chandlings School.
- Premier Tennis Camps, for children age 5 – 15 @Dragon school.
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Excel Tennis Academy Holiday Courses for juniors aged 4-16 @Witney and Kingston Bagpuize.
- Jamie Cassedy soccer schools offers football-related half term activities for ages 4-13 years old @St. Edburgs, Bicester.
- Premier Soccer football school for boys and girls, aged 4 to 13 years, in Abingdon and Witney
- Adam Bradley Football Coaching holiday course open to children aged 4 – 14 @Faringdon and Deddington
- Next Generation Holiday Soccer Camps, across Oxfordshire, for children aged 4-11 of all abilities.
- Bicester Athletic Club for 8 to 14 year olds.
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JD Golf Academy at Drayton, Oxfordshire providing professional golf tuition for juniors
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Lego/ Science/ STEM based:
- Master Builders LEGO workshops for children aged 5+ in Dorchester on Thames, Woodcote and The Story Museum.
- ibrick at House of Fun Lego camps: themed mechanised Lego camps for 7-13 year olds at a number of venues across Oxfordshire
- The Creative Brick Company for children aged 5-11 in Wallingford, Kennington and Henley-on-Thames
- Next Thing education holiday tech camps, for children 5-12 years, focussed on STEM education @Dragon and St Ebbe’s, Oxford and Sibford school, Banbury.
- Code Ninjas for coding for aged 7 and above
- Bright Sparks hands-on science activities created for children aged 5-11 years at a number of venues across Oxfordshire.
- Space Activity Days holiday clubs for children aged 5-11 years at Didcot, Wantage and Wallingford.
Art and others:
- Artworks From ages 8yrs – 11yrs and 12yrs – 16yrs @St Mary and St John Primary School, off Iffley road
- Lisa Jayne Art Studio from 5 years and above @Kirtlington, Tackley, Woodstock and Bletchingdon
- Amber’s Art Camp Days for children aged between 7 and 17 years old @Garsington OX44 9DP
- Busy Brushes Kids Art Club for all primary aged kids 5 – 11 years held in central Henley
- Princess and Knights Cookie Decorating Class (4-10 years) on 13th February, 5th April and 31st May 2023 @Cake School by LissieLou, Faringdon, SN7 7PR
- Cygnets Art school offers Term time classes, holiday workshops and private tuition for ages 5+. @Old Headington Village Hall and Northcourt Centre, Abingdon. Each workshop covers a different project, with a new skill or material to master.
- Stowe Art Club for children aged 7- 12yrs
Dance/ Gymnastics/ Plays:
- Betty Bloom dance classes: for children aged 2-15 years (Oxford, Blewbury, Steventon)
- Drama singing dance @ St Christopher’s C of E Primary School, Temple Rd, Oxford OX4 2HB
- Play in a week at Oxford playhouse for ages 7 to 11. Spend the week being creative, playing games and making new friends.
- Stagecoach Performing Arts holiday workshops for kids aged 4 to18, From workhops with West End professionals to fully costumed ‘Show in a Week’ workshops @ number of venues around Oxfordshire
- Mini Professionals Dance Academy@ Kidlington studios Monday-Friday for ages 7+, or our weekdays for 6 and under.
- Razzamataz Oxford for children ages 4-18 @ Barton Park Primary School
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Summer Rocks is an exciting 5 day music summer school for 8-12 year olds during the summer holidays at a number of venues across Oxfordshire
- Flintlock theatre holiday courses with drama, movement, singing and plenty of creative play @Oxford High Prep
- NOX Gymnastics summer Camps Suitable for ages 4+ @Tower Hill Primary School, Witney
- Gym Camp, for children 4+ years, focussed on gymnastics @ The Marlborough School, Woodstock.
- Vision Gymnastics offers gymnastics classes for all abilities and genders aged between 2-16 years old. They are offering holiday clubs at The Christ Chruch Centre – Henley-On-Thames
- Springbox Gymnastics club summer camp @Henley Leisure Centre in Henley-on-Thames
- Woodstock Gymnastics Club Camps suitable for children 4+ at The Marlborough School, Woodstock.
- Kennylands Gymnastics for all school aged children @Sonning common, RG49RF
- A1 martial Arts ( 4 years and up) @ Thame and Chinnor
YouMove
YouMove is here to provide free or low cost activities for families living in Oxfordshire. If your child or children are in receipt of benefits related free school meals, then they have a fantastic range of activities to enjoy together, including during weekends and school holidays. In addition, YouMove is here for children in need of support; this includes refugee children, young carers and children in or on the edge of care. Find out what’s on on YouMove in your local area HERE
Holiday Hubs for children & young people in Cherwell
Special education needs and disabilities:
Oxfordshire SEND Families Together is a group for parents of children and young people with impairments living in or near Oxfordshire. The group page is designed for sharing information, activities, events that will be useful and relevant to families. Autism Family Support Oxfordshire (AFSO) provides holiday activities for children and young people (8–18 years) with Asperger’s Syndrome/high functioning autism across the county.
Here are some links for Oxfordshire specific holiday clubs for SEND
- The Parasol Project provides an inclusive holiday playscheme for children aged five to 12 years @Tower Playscheme, Northway, Oxford.
- Bardwell school Branch-Out provides holiday activities for disabled children and young people (5-18) in Bicester and Kidlington.
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Holiday playscheme by by East Street Early Years for children aged Reception Year-11 years @Calder Close, Banbury OX16 3WR
- Wade Gymnastics @King Sutton Rd, Banbury OX17 2AQ
- Oxfordshire Holiday play scheme at John Watson School, Holton, Oxford OX33 1QH
- EMBS runs a weekly Youth Club and a Summer Activities programme for 11-19 year olds.
- Fitzwaryn School provides holiday activities for disabled children and young people (5-18) @Wantage.
- The Let’s Play Project offers a stimulating place for Young People with additional needs outside of school time @Banbury.
- Ark-T’s Community Hub Days on the first Monday of each month (or the second where the first is a bank holiday) and other events.
- Bishopswood School provides holiday playscheme activities for disabled children and young people (5-18)
- Barnardos provide holiday playschemes at Springfield Special School, Witney and Kingfisher Special School, Abingdon for disabled children and young people (5-18 years).
- Yellow Submarine runs a variety of projects across Oxfordshire for young people (11-18 years old) with learning disabilities and/or autism, based in Oxford, Witney & Abingdon.
- Thomley is based outside Oxfordshire but I have heard nothing but praise from those who have been. They aim to enhance the well-being of disabled people through delivering activities that helps develop the skills they need to run their day-to-day lives and are open during school holidays (Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, HP18 9JZ)
- ‘Turn Up and Play’ centres at locations across the county currently cater for adults and will allow disabled players to play football in an organised but informal way. Pan-disability clubs provide playing opportunities for players with disabilities and/or mental health issues. All Details HERE
- Autism Family support run activities in the Summer and Easter school holidays for 8-17 year olds who are autistic and without a learning disability.
- Camp Beaumont based at Green Park Activity Centre, Aston Clinton HP22 5NE welcomes all children regardless of any special educational needs, disability, or behavioural difficulties to attend and fully participate in our camps.
- Camp Mohawk is a multi-functional day centre for children with special needs and their families, just outside Wargrave, Berkshire
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