AUTUMN TERM 1  -    OURSELVES, DIWALI 

 

 

         AUTUMN TERM 2  -    BONFIRE NIGHT, CHRISTMASTIME

 

 

         SPRING TERM 1 -     HIBERNATION, A LITTLE BIT OF WINTER,                                                     VALENTINES DAY

 

 

         SPRING TERM 2  -    MOTHERING SUNDAY, SPRING/GROWING

 

 

         SUMMER TERM 1  -  PATTERNS & SHAPES

 

 

         SUMMER TERM 2 -   THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR,

                                             FATHER’S DAY,

                                             SUMMER/THE SEASIDE

Learning through play

Kempsford Pre-School

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

PLAY TIME: MON-FRI

Morning session      8:55am-11:25am

Lunchtime            11:25am-12:25pm

Afternoon session   12:30pm-3:00pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phone: 07783 032320

email: enquiries@kempsfordpreschool.co.uk

Minimum admission age of 2 and a half yrs

OFSTED Registered

Sessions subject to availability

£5.50 per session inc. mid-session snack 

£2.50 per lunch hour

Government Grants available from the first full term after your child’s 3rd birthday which cover 15hrs, up to 6 two and a half hour sessions per week.  For more details please ring to request a Prospectus and Application form.

 

 

 

 

    Reg. Charity No. 1023770

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.

WHAT DID YOU DO? - a story for all parents and carers

 

What did you do at Pre-school today?

 

Well, I sat at the dough table and rolled the dough in my hands. Lucy said hers was a snake but mine, mine was a worm. The lady talked about long ones, short ones and medium sized ones, and Sarah rolled her dough so long it went right over the edge of the table. (And nobody said, ‘What are you going to make—a cake would be nice.’)

 

Yes, but what did you do?

 

I played on the climbing frame and do you know I can jump off the very top step.

 

Yes, but did you do anything today?

 

Sarah and me went to the paint table. It was lovely, all gooey and slippery on our hands. We made lots of patterns with our fingers and elbows. Sarah had yellow paint and I had red and Mummy do you know what, if you mix red and yellow paint together it goes ORANGE! (And nobody said ‘What a mess you’ve made.’)

 

Yes, but what else have you done?

 

At milk time a big boy pushed me over and I bumped my head. The lady picked me up and loved me better.

 

And then did you do anything?

 

The lady sang a new song and I can remember it, it was about our fingers, thumbs and toes.

 

But did you do anything today?

 

I made a lovely traily pattern in the sand and then Sarah and me had a race to see who could put the sand in the sand-wheel the quickest.

 

So what did you do at Pre-school today?

 

We sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Nicholas and then the lady read us a story.

 

But did you do anything today?

 

Yes, when the lady said ‘It’s time to tidy up’, I quickly painted you a picture cos I knew you’d say…

 

                      ‘What did you do at Pre-school today?’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOPICS AND THEMES September 2006 to July 2007

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