AUTUMN TERM 1

Owl Babies 4th—14th September

Transport 8th—19th October

Harvest / Dawali 17th—20th October

 

AUTUMN TERM 2

Weather 30th October—16th November

Christmas 19th November—21st December

 

 

SPRING TERM 1

Hibernation 7th January—1st February

Chinese New Year 11th—28th February

Mothers Day

 

SPRING TERM 2

Mothers Day

Little Rabbit Foo Foo 3rd—20th March

Easter 25th March—4th April

 

SUMMER TERM 1

Easter

Jungle 28th April—9th May

Farm 12th May—23rd May 

 

SUMMER TERM 2

Fathers Day 9th June—13th June

Circus 2nd July—18th July

Learning is Fun

Kempsford Pre-school is OFSTED Registered and this means that we comply with the Government’s Foundation Stage for Learning, and that the curriculum adheres to the Early Learning Goals.

 

THE AIMS OF OUR PRE-SCHOOL

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

We strongly believe that our main aim is to provide a safe, happy and caring environment for the children.  We want to create a stimulating environment where the children explore and learn through play.

 

The environment that we provide enables children to develop their independence and their physical, intellectual, emotional and social skills. This will be the most important time of the children’s lives for the development of these skills. All activities are carefully geared to the child’s stage of development.

 

The most important thing to remember is that this is a unique time in our children’s lives. Never will they have the opportunity to experience new things every day and express themselves so freely again.

 

At Pre-School, it may at times appear unstructured, but actually a lot of learning is going on during playtime. For all Parents and Carers, when you come to collect your children, it is important to remember that “It’s not what’s in their hands that’s important—it is what’s in their heads”. (Please see ‘What did you do?’ below)

 

Progress reports are kept on each child when they reach grantable age at 3 years old.  From then on the child will be assessed on a regular basis in such a way as to ensure that the child is not even aware of any assessment taking place.  The portfolio will be forwarded to the Primary School of your choice when your child begins Reception year.

The Foundation Stage is the first part of the National Curriculum focusing on children aged 3 to the end of reception year and was introduced as a distinct phase of education in Sept 2000. The philosophy underpinning the Foundation Stage is that learning should be planned and structured with an emphasis on fun, relevant and motivating activities! The Early Learning Goals are a framework for a child’s learning within the Pre-School environment. They also aid us at Pre-School to focus on what the children need to learn.

 

There are 6 broad areas:-

* Personal, social and emotional development

* Communication, language and literacy

* Mathematical development

* Knowledge and understanding of the world

* Physical development

* Creative development

 

Find out more about the Early Learning Goals, and more information about us, in our Prospectus which you can request from us by ringing the number below.

TOPICS AND THEMES September 2007 to July 2008

FOUNDATION STAGE AND EARLY LEARNING GOALS      www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary

Learning through play

    Reg. Charity No. 1023770