Pre-School sessions are Monday - Friday from 9am - 3pm term time only.

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At every session the children are greeted by a member of staff and enter the main room for morning exercise until everybody has arrived. 
 

A visual timetable (symbols in sequence) guides us through our main daily routines – hello, circle time, play time, cafe, tidy up, story time, lunch time, play time, tidy up and goodbye.  We always start our day with a hello song and finish each session with a goodbye song. 

  

Cafe is offered once a day, this is usually a choice of milk or water to drink, accompanied by a healthy snack of seasonal fruit and veg.  Water is available throughout the session for all children to access a drink. 

  

Children are asked to bring a packed lunch – please see a team member for lunchbox guidelines.  This is a fun learning experience for all children and staff alike. 

  

 play time is when your child can self resource and access all available opportunities on the day – inside or outside, clean or very messy! 

Probably a good time to mention - please don’t send your child in best clothes we do occasionally like to jump in puddles or do some splashy painting and get quite messy!   
 

It is a really good idea for your child to bring a spare set of clothing along in a bag. Please ensure that all their belongings are named. 

  

Funding  

Funding can be claimed for 2,3,4 year olds termly all children are entitled to the 15 hours funding (nursery grant), you may also be able to apply for the 30-hour funding code if you meet the criteria.  

For more information on funding please go to the best start in life website at https://www.beststartinlife.gov.uk/

Cost for non-funded sessions will be charged at £18 for 3hour session and £36 for a 6 hour session. We do not charge additional charges for snacks or resources.

Waiting list application form available here

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Weather Aware 

It is very important that you are weather aware – if it is really cold always ensure your child is appropriately dressed as we do access outside play in all weathers.   

The same applies when the weather is very hot – please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately and that they are wearing a really good sun block enabling them to access outside play.   

Any child not appropriately dressed will be kept safely inside. 

  

Collection of your child 

Always let us know if you are not collecting your child –   Please be aware this must always be a responsible adult. 

If there is an emergency, please do not worry, you must inform us as soon as possible  01788 576167 or via email preschool.s@welearn365.com 

Dependent on circumstances, we reserve the right to charge parents for the additional hours worked by staff.  A late fee of £10 for each 10 minutes can be charged. 

  

Key Person 

A key person is allocated to every child – You will be introduced at your stay and play meeting. 

  

Sickness 

It is very important that you keep us up to date with telephone number /address changes, as if your child is unwell or has an accident while they are with us, we will need contact you straight away. 

If for any reason your child is unable to come in for their session, please can you give us a ring or email (before 9.30am) as we need to keep our records up to date for auditing and for the safety of everyone. 

Infectious diseases e.g., Chicken Pox should be reported to staff as soon as possible.  Notifiable infectious diseases also need to be reported to staff as in turn we have a responsibility to notify the correct agencies. 

  

Safeguarding 

Safeguarding is a  priority for us at Squirrels – keeping everyone safe is important to us.  Please do not hesitate to speak to us if any issues arise. 

 

Internet Safety 

At Squirrels we are following the Smartie the Penguin program for internet safety, please have a look and share this information with all your family.

 

Our Ofsted report is also available for you to see in setting and on the Ofsted website. 

 

Please be assured that we understand that you know your child best and at every step we are happy to be guided by this knowledge.  We welcome your input into your child's learning journey as their time with us grows.  We also value your help, if you have a special talent please come in and share it with us all.  If you have some spare time and would enjoy seeing the setting in action, please let us know. Any role big or small we would be pleased to welcome you. 

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