Monday 3 October 2011

October News

The children have been settling back into the pre-school routine after the summer holidays, the first week of term they have been sharing stories of what they have been doing over the holidays.

They have lots of activities to enjoy over the autumn term including- “Plants and how they grow” and looking at how plants and trees change over the autumn, “How we grow and change” looking at photos of when they were babies, “Our Family Tree” talking about their parents and grandparents.
Also learning about light and dark and doing some related science experiments.
Finishing the term with, the Harvest and the Diwali festival of light.

Tempest Photography will be returning to the pre-school on Thursday 10th November at 12noon, even if your child does not attend the pre-school you are most welcome to bring them along to have their own professional photo, Ideal Christmas present ideas!

The pre-school is a registered charity, with fully qualified staff with a high standard of childcare training, the pre-school has recently passed a successful OFSTED inspection and passes all health and safely requirements.
The staffing team are managed by a voluntary committee, who assist the staff in running the pre-school and look into new ways to raise funds for the pre-school to buy new equipment and fund trips.
We recently held our AGM and as many of the existing committee members children have moved on to primary school, we now welcome many new members to the pre-school committee, Welcome and Thank you for joining up!


The pre-school have places available for the autumn term, children from 2 / 3 / 4 years old , funding is available for free places, please contact Nicky at the pre-school and don’t forget the FREE FIRST SESSION.

***BABY AND TODDLER SESSION***
Our Baby and Toddler group is on a Tuesday afternoon call in anytime from 1.30pm – 3.30pm, during term time.

This is a great way to meet other parents, grandparents and carers and enjoy a Tea or coffee, the little ones can make new friends. A healthy snack is provided for the children, a member of staff is always present and each week there is a planned activity from various crafts, cooking, model making, painting and much more. If you haven’t been for a while why not call in for a look and see whats new, we have lots of new equipment and toys for your children to explore.

September - News

Our summer term was very busy, we had the pre-school sports day at the primary school field, watched by Class 1, all the children had lots of fun and received lots of stickers and certificates. This was followed with a pre-school trip to Crealy, the children and adults! had a fantastic day.

The beach ranger made a visit to pre-school and gave a very interesting presentation on beach safety including flags, and everything you need to know about keeping safe at the beach.

Mrs Murray from the Primary School called into see the children and talk to them about starting school.

The healthy eating week, was popular, the children made lots of smoothies, milkshakes and fruit kebabs.

The annual wet play week was a great success, luckily the weather was good so there were lots of opportunities to squirt, play and paddle.

The pre-school is saying goodbye to the children who are moving on to primary school, on the last day of term there was a party to celebrate, with a childrens entertainer providing lots of laughter, the children who are leaving were presented with personalised books from the staff and committee.

The autumn term starts on Monday 5th September, the topics for the beginning of the new term after they have settled back in are – How Plants grow, Family Trees, Light, Dwali and Harvest time.

News-
St Kew Pre-school AGM – Thursday 15th Sept – at the Parish Hall St Kew- 7.30pm
Anyone who has an interest in the pre-school is welcome to join us, refreshments provided.

We have places available for children from 2 / 3 / 4 years old , funding is available for free places, please contact Nicky at the pre-school and don’t forget the free taster session.

Our Baby and Toddler group is on a Tuesday afternoon call in anytime from 1.30pm – 3.30pm, during term time,
This is a great way to meet other parents and for the little ones to make new friends. There is Tea or Coffee for parents and a healthy snack provided for the children, a member of staff is always present and each week there is a planned activity from various crafts, cooking, model making, painting and much more.

for details 01208 841821