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Should severe snowy weather occur over the Winter months, Swanmore Pre-School will close in line with the Primary School, please could we ask you to listen to the local radio stations for updates on which local Schools may be closed. This page will also display information regarding closures and re-opening dates
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'Next Committee Meeting'
Wednesday 29th February 2012 at 8pm
All Parents are very welcome to join and help run our Pre-School
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'Quiz Night'
Friday 9th March 2012
Puddings, Cheeses, Fantastic Quiz evening with Raffle and other games, please join us for another fun evening to raise funds for new large and small toys and activities for the Children
Please bring your own refreshments and glasses
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'Reserving a Place for your Child'
We are currently taking bookings for September 2013 and places are filling up quickly. If you would like to reserve a place, or add in further sessions, please contact us as soon as possible
Travel Plan
Over the last few months Swanmore Pre-School have taken part in a 'Travel Plan' working closely with Hampshire County Council. To view useful information regarding this scheme please view the following websites which will be available from October 2011 onwards:
www.hantscarshare.com / www.schoolrun.org
*** We are so pleased to inform all our parents in May 2011 we have again received an 'Outstanding' status for our Pre School, in our recent Ofsted Report, covering all areas of childcare under Sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006, to see the full report click here ***
"Children relish their time at the Pre-School. They are welcomed into a warm and friendly setting by staff who meet the Children's needs with great success. Children are receiving excellent care and education, with all Staff striving to ensure that Children are learning through their play and by providing interesting and worthwhile activities"
"Parents express enormous confidence in the standard of care, communication and the child's preparation for the future"
Registration Form
Click Here to download a registration form .
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF SWANMORE PRE-SCHOOL
YOUR 3 YEAR OLD CHILD IS ENTITLED TO FREE, PART-TIME EARLY YEARS EDUCATION - EXTENDED FLEXIBLE ENTITLEMENT - PATHFINDER PROJECT
Your child's entitlement will increase from 12 1/2 hours to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks a year (within Hampshire school term times as now).
You will be able to use the hours flexibly. You can stick with the current pattern of 2 1/2 hours for up to 5 sessions a week if you wish, but it might suit you better to have a different pattern. For example 3 hours every day, 5 hours on 3 days, 9 hours on one day and 3 hours on each of two other days.
It will be important that you complete surveys about how the project is working for you and your child. This is a condition of having the new entitlement, and will help everyone to get it right for the future.
THERE ARE THINGS TO BEAR IN MIND:
- The hours must be between 8am to 6pm - so not more than 10 hours maximum in any one day.
- If you take the full 15 hours they must be spread over at least three days.
- You will need to disucss the pattern you would like with staff and they will do their best to provide it. They will ask you to confirm each term, in writing, the pattern of days and hours you have agreed. Having made the agreement it will not be possible to change the number of hours which are being paid for by Hampshire County Council.
- You can use the entitlement at one or two settings. If you use another setting be sure to tell both of them you want to split your child's entitlement so they can claim the correct amount of funding. If the other setting is not on the pathfinder project they will be offering sessions of 2 1/2 hours, without flexibility.
- The entitlement is free but if your child stays over a meal time you will need to either provide a meal from home or pay for the meal. Also, if your child stays at the setting for longer than is covered by the entitlement you must pay for this additional time. Your setting will have a published set of charges for meals and additional time.
- Your child's extended flexible entitlement cannot be transferred to another setting if your child leaves, unless they go to another setting that is also on the project.
- The project is exploratory - so some arrangements may change as new ideas are tried; we will keep you posted with any news.
Please speak to Debbie White for clarification on any of the above points
www.easyfundraising.org.uk Is a free service where you can shop online and, at no extra cost raise funds for Swanmore Pre-School. (This site is also featured on our 'Related Sites' page).
Here's how to get started:
1. Go to the easyfundraising.org.uk home page
2. Click on 'Register as a User'
3. Search for 'Swanmore Pre-School in the 'Charity/Organisation box'
4. Complete your details then click on 'Accept and Register'
5. Once you have logged in as a user, set easyfundraising.org.uk as your home page so that you don't forget to use it everytime you shop on line as there are now over 500 retailers who will donate money to us, including insurance companies, travel agents, clothes shops, toy shops, book shops, florists etc etc !
www.yellowmoon.org.uk Swanmore Pre-School has now signed up with Yellow Moon catalogue. Yellow Moon supply some fun'tastic great value products including educational toys, craft equipment and party gifts. Each time you make an order, up to 25% of every purchase (excl. VAT and P&P) will be pledged to us. All you have to do is quote the Source Code: WSW02840 on every order.
Parent Comments
"The Pre-School staff are professional, friendly and welcoming. the day's activities are so varied that my daughter always comes home with a skip and step and a story to tell"
"All staff are warm and caring with a genuine desire to make learning enjoyable and meaningful. They are willing to disucss issues and work closely with parents"
"I have been overwhelmed at the lovely, caring staff and their continued striving for excellence that I feel very priviledged to be part of it"
"Everyone is always happy and willing to help"
"I am most pleased with how friendly and easy going the setting is - it's relaxed and not too strict, lots of fun"
"The setting is especially good because of the outdoor facilities. Lots of organised activities as well as a huge range of free play"
"I am most pleased with how happy my children have been at the pre-school. I feel I made the right decision sending them to you as they are always keen to go, always come out with a smaile and are full of themselves! They have gained so much confidence and have slowly developed an independence which will help them loads when they start school - thank you"
"We are very proud to have been involved and associated with such a splendid Pre-School. We would recommend it to all parents".
How Can We Help You
The staff at Swanmore Pre-School are available to talk to all our parents about any concerns or suggestions they may have, on what could be added to our curriculum to enhance our Pre-School. Please always feel free to use our 'Suggestions Box' at any time, this can be found on the Parent's table.
This page was last updated on Saturday 31st December 2011