Tue, 15 May 2012 10:08:00 +0000WeeblySun, 30 Oct 2011 11:52:08 +0000http://streatleyhillpreschool.weebly.com/1/post/2011/10/september-2011.htmlDear Parents and Carers,

                                                 A very warm welcome to our lovely new Pre-School! There are still a few little things to be done, particularly in the garden, but we do have a wonderful new environment in which to play and learn. A very big thank you to Catherine and Richard Wedgbury and Catherine Dickinson for their hard work! As well as the other parents, staff and friends who have helped over the summer.

We have a lot of new children joining us this term and several of their families are new to us: welcome to Mya, Cory, Ethan, Luke, Florence, Otto, Jay, Archie, Joe, Monty, Georgia and Cosmo and welcome back Alexandra and Edward. What an exciting time to be joining us, when everything else is new too!

Your children have all been given a “key-person” (see parents notice board). This staff member is the one who will complete your child’s “Learning Journey” Records (which will be in your child’s tray for you to access at an time) and the person to whom you will normally speak if there is anything at all you wish to discuss, although you are welcome to speak to any of us. 

Welcome also to Julie Meakin who is our new staff member. Julie has lots of experience in Early Years settings as well as 5 children of her own. She is Level 3 qualified and about to embark on Early Years Foundation Degree.

This half term the activities will be based on a water topic; this is in line with the Foundation Class at the main school with whom we are aiming to share some resources and the older children may share a few activities. We received great parent feedback this year on smoothing our children’s transition into school and hope closer co-operation will increase this and stimulate our more able children.

Our session times are extended this term to incorporate 2 afternoon sessions and we hope to be able to add extra afternoons as the year progresses. Most sessions will consist of at least one adult guided activity (“number” or “language”), a small group session often based on “Letters and Sounds” (early phonics), a singing/music activity, some talking time and a story as well as free play, during which the staff interact with the children to encourage their ideas and language. The structure will be introduced gradually over the first two weeks as the children settle in.

During the morning the children will have a cafeteria style healthy snack time which some of them may help to prepare. Drinking water will always be available. (Any contributions of fruit/vegetables are welcome).

The door to the garden is always open, whatever the weather, as lots of our learning is done outside. Please make sure your child has named boots to change into and suitable wet weather/warm clothing. Please name as much as possible. Thanks.

The staff and I have enjoyed meeting you all this week and working with you this year.

Best wishes,

Karen.

]]>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:44:26 +0000http://streatleyhillpreschool.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/the-temporary-relocation.htmlThe timetable for the new locations is here, and the briefing note is here.

Any problems please do let me know.

Fiona 
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6th September 2010

Dear parents and carers,

 

Welcome to pre-school September 2010

I hope you have all had a restful summer and are looking forward to a  busy term at pre-school.  I would particularly like to welcome five new three year olds; Felicity, Ben, Jacob, Emily and Eloise, and nine two year olds;  James, Alexandra, Michael, Ida, Gabriella, Florence, George, Adam and Matthew, all of whom have had an older sibling at pre-school.

This term sees the start of ‘Flexible Funding’ which has lead to an extension of session times from 9 to 12, and then an hour for lunch until 1.00pm.  The session will consist of child led activities, a cafeteria style snack of about 1 hours, a letters and sounds activity, an indoor and outdoor adult led activity and story time. Access to the garden is available at all time so please ensure your children have enough warm clothes and named wellies.

If anyone has any old saucepans, sieves or a metal tea pot that they could donate to pre-school we would be very grateful, and we can always make use of  corks, yoghurt pots and milk bottle tops. 

All the children have been allocated a member of staff as their key person, a list of which is on the wall in pre-school.  Please talk to them if you have any questions or require any assistance.  The staff at pre-school this term will are me, Karen, Sophie, Vicky and Sharon. 

This term is very busy regarding staff development, both Sophie and Sharon are working to obtain their NVQ level 3’s and so will be visited by their assessors on a regular basis.  On a personal note I would like to apologise that I will be absent from pre-school most Fridays and on a few other days as I start my third year at Reading University to complete a BA Hons in  Children’s learning and development, and in parallel start to work towards obtaining Early Years Professional Status.   Karen will be happy to help with any queries at these times, she and I email daily so I am sure that pre-school will continue to run smoothly but if you do need to contact me my email address is fionakbrown@NOSPAMaol.com (remove the NOSPAM when emailing)  , so please feel free to send me a message.

Please ensure that all children’s bags and spare clothes are named, especially for children who are tackling potty training! 

If you have any fruit or vegetables to spare please  bring them into to pre-school for snack.

I and the rest of the staff look forward to working with you and your children over the coming months.

Fiona Brown
 ]]>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:19:39 +0000http://streatleyhillpreschool.weebly.com/1/post/2010/01/5-january-2010.htmlDear parents and carers,

Welcome back to pre-school January 2010

Welcome back to a cold and snowy pre-school.  We hope you have had a lovely Christmas break and wish you all a very happy new year.  We particularly extend a warm welcome to Samson and Callum, and their families, who are joining us this term.

Please can you provide lots of named warm clothing for your child during this cold period including wellies or warm boots, a hat, gloves and thick socks - the pre-school floor is very cold.   Children will be allowed outside so the door to the garden will often be open, whilst our heating does its best children will need to wear warm clothes inside and well outside.

We will be looking at weather with the children this term, the difference between hot and cold, ice, warm food and drinks, and dressing and undressing.

We are always grateful for donations of fruit and vegetable for snack so please keep these coming.

All the children’s ‘Look what we can do’ books are up to date so do have a look at them.  We will be writing up their achievements and next steps for discussions at parent meeting over the next couple of weeks.  Parent meetings will be held on Monday 1st February at pre-school.  A list for appointment times will be put up in pre-school.

School Closures - the pre-school will usually follow Streatley Primary School.  The primary school closures will be on BBC radio Berkshire.  Louise Schilizzi or I will also email you.  Or you can check the West Berkshire website to see if the primary school is shut; www.westberks.gov.uk 

Finally don’t forget that all pre-school information is available  at  www.streatleyhillpreschool.org.uk .

Any queries please talk to me or Karen, regards Fiona

 ]]>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:34:44 +0000http://streatleyhillpreschool.weebly.com/1/post/2009/11/my-letter.htmlDear Parents and Carers

The staff and I would like to offer you a very warm welcome to the Autumn term at Streatley Hill Pre-school.  In particular we would like to welcome the families of Alex, Jamie, Francesca, Archie, Fleur, Summer, Edward, and Joan. Session hours are very simple this term, Pre-school is open from 9.00 to 11.30 every day with the option to pay for an additional hour and a half until 1.00.   The staff working each day are as follows:-

Monday        -        Fiona, Karen and  Sarah

Tuesday       -        Fiona Karen, Sophie and Sharon

Wednesday  -        Fiona, Sophie and Sarah

Thursday     -        Fiona, Karen, Sophie and Sharon

Friday         -        Karen, Sophie, Sarah and Sharon 
 

The rota for parents/carers to help on Wednesdays is on the notice board. Please check that you are able to help on the date allocated and then sign the notice. 

Dates for your diary An evening for parents on the new ‘ Look What I can do’ books and on early phonics is being help on Thursday 17 September at 7.30,  Miss Burt, the reception teacher at Streatley Primary School is also taking part in this event.  Invitations will be issued so please look out for them and RSVP. The pre-school AGM is being held on 30th September. Please put this date in your diary as it is a good opportunity to meet other parents, find out about the plans for the pre-school and to get involved in the group. Just a final reminder that all children need to bring wellies to pre-school in a named non plastic bag, and all donations of fruit or vegetables for snack time are gratefully received. 
 

Regards and best wishes



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