Welcome to our Website!
We are a small, friendly preschool in the village of Stanton Drew, which is in the Chew Valley, just south of Bristol. We are based in the Parish Hall at the centre of the village, and we recently celebrated our 40th year as a preschool serving the local community. We offer a fun and caring environment where children can play and learn together. Our staff are very well qualified and give an excellent level of care to the children. Our setting is bright, spacious and full of exciting educational resources. We offer a high ratio of staff to children, with typically at least one adult for each five children. We are a voluntary run setting, which means that we are over seen by a committee made up of parents and volunteers. We are also a registered charity (Charity Number 1055041).
We open five days a week during school term times, as follows:
Monday - 9.30am - 1.00pm
Tuesday - 9.30am - 1.00pm
Wednesday - 9.30am - 2.30pm
Thursday - 9.30am - 2.30pm
Friday - 9.30am - 1.00pm
Term 1 - Starts 08/09/11 Ends 21/10/11
Term 2 - Starts 31/10/11 Ends 16/12/11
Term 3 - Starts 03/01/12 Ends 10/02/12
Term 4 - Starts 20/12/12 Ends 30/03/12
Term 5 - Starts 16/04/12 Ends 01/06/12
Term 6 - Starts 11/06/12 Ends 19/07/12
Children can attend for the morning session (9.30 - 12.00), morning session plus lunch (9.30 - 1.00), morning, lunch and afternoon (9.30 - 2.30), lunch and afternoon (12 - 2.30) or just afternoon (1 - 2.30). Thursday afternoons are a special 'Outdoor Learning Session', where we take the children on walks, and to dig on a local allotment.
During the preschool day, the children can choose to play with a range of toys and resources. They can also take part in lots of different activities, with an emphasis on the children choosing where they want to play, and what they'd like to play with. Older children are given some adult directed activities to develop their literacy skills. Our setting is 'free flow', which means that the children can move freely between indoors and outdoors as they wish. The activities we offer are based on the Early Years Foundation Stage, the statutory curriculum for children in this age group. At snack time, we offer children organic, locally grown foods, including fruits, vegetables and cheese. We also grow our own crops together with the children in our lovely preschool garden, for instance strawberries and peas.
We can offer a place to your child from two and a half years onwards, subject to availability. We accept the Nursery Education Grant (15 funded hours a week) for children from the term following their third birthday.
If you'd like to visit us to find out more about what we can offer you and your child, please email us at ourpreschool@live.co.uk.
We open five days a week during school term times, as follows:
Monday - 9.30am - 1.00pm
Tuesday - 9.30am - 1.00pm
Wednesday - 9.30am - 2.30pm
Thursday - 9.30am - 2.30pm
Friday - 9.30am - 1.00pm
Term 1 - Starts 08/09/11 Ends 21/10/11
Term 2 - Starts 31/10/11 Ends 16/12/11
Term 3 - Starts 03/01/12 Ends 10/02/12
Term 4 - Starts 20/12/12 Ends 30/03/12
Term 5 - Starts 16/04/12 Ends 01/06/12
Term 6 - Starts 11/06/12 Ends 19/07/12
Children can attend for the morning session (9.30 - 12.00), morning session plus lunch (9.30 - 1.00), morning, lunch and afternoon (9.30 - 2.30), lunch and afternoon (12 - 2.30) or just afternoon (1 - 2.30). Thursday afternoons are a special 'Outdoor Learning Session', where we take the children on walks, and to dig on a local allotment.
During the preschool day, the children can choose to play with a range of toys and resources. They can also take part in lots of different activities, with an emphasis on the children choosing where they want to play, and what they'd like to play with. Older children are given some adult directed activities to develop their literacy skills. Our setting is 'free flow', which means that the children can move freely between indoors and outdoors as they wish. The activities we offer are based on the Early Years Foundation Stage, the statutory curriculum for children in this age group. At snack time, we offer children organic, locally grown foods, including fruits, vegetables and cheese. We also grow our own crops together with the children in our lovely preschool garden, for instance strawberries and peas.
We can offer a place to your child from two and a half years onwards, subject to availability. We accept the Nursery Education Grant (15 funded hours a week) for children from the term following their third birthday.
If you'd like to visit us to find out more about what we can offer you and your child, please email us at ourpreschool@live.co.uk.
