9am to 3pm Monday to Friday

Sessions are:

• 9am-12pm
• 12pm-3pm
• 9am - 3pm (2 Sessions)

We are a term time only setting

We offer additional ad-hoc sessions each week for enrolled children over and above their regular sessions (subject to availability)

As part of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) , all children will have a key person assigned to them, which allows your child to build a familiar and trusting relationship with a member of pre-school staff who will support and help them to develop throughout their time at pre-school. Where possible, we also try to assign the same key person to any future siblings who attend the pre-school 

Drop Off

All children should arrive at pre-school between 9am and 9:30am,  please ensure that the staff member on registration has noted your childs arrival.

If your child is being dropped off by a close friend or famiily member, please ensure they are aware of the process.

• Register with a staff member
• Hand coats and bags to the staff member.
• Hand snack / lunch boxes and drinks to the staff member

Pick Up

All children must be collected promptly by their parent; if this is another family member or friend please let staff members know at registration.

• A staff member will handover your child to you.
• It is your responsibilty to check your child has all their belongings.
• If you need to collect your child in the middle of a session, please advise the staff at drop-off or call ahead as the entry gate is typically locked. 

Please note we have a buggy park undercover where you can leave buggies and scooters etc, however they are left at your own risk.

As per the latest safeguarding guidance, and our Attendance Policy, please let us know if you child isn't attending a booked session. 

There is free ample parking on the roads outside the school. Parking in the onsite staff carpark is not permitted. 

We encourage all children to eat healthily at pre-school – with so many fun-filled activities on offer, it’s only natural that they get hungry! That’s why we ask all parents to provide their children with a named healthy snack for the morning sessions and/or a named healthy lunch for the afternoon sessions. We see snack time and lunch time as important occasions for the chuildren with many opportunities for developing social behaviour and when many intersting conversations ensure! The chuildren bring a packed lunch to the afternoon sessions, and this is another step forward in developing their independance, towards the time when they will be expected to manage a lunchbox at school.

• We don’t offer children juice at pre-school.

• Water and free milk is provided throughout the day. 

• Please provide your child with their water bottle

• Healthy morning snack, such as fruit or breadsticks

• Packed lunches such as wraps, squeezy yoghurts and fruit

• Please provide a named beaker if your child struggles drinking from a cup. 

Please ensure to cut any fruit or foods, such as grapes, in half to avoid your child choking.

• Please notify the pre-school by email or call by10am if your child is unable to attend due to illness 

• If your child has been sick or had diarrhoea then a full 48 hours must have elapsed since the last episode

• Please also inform us of any history of convulsions, asthma, allergies, medications or special dietary requirements

• Head lice are an ongoing problem, so please tie long hair back securely

It is important to us that children have fun whilst they are learning, which is why we offer a variety of fun and interactive pre-school sessions for your children, including outdoor play, painting, drawing, playdough, sand, water play, bricks and construction toys and puzzles.

We also believe that children should have the opportunity to play outside where possible, so we provide a range of activities throughout the year mirroring the indoor opportunities; children can choose the environment in which they want to learn and explore.

Facilities we have to support his are:

• Raised plantiing beds to enable children to plant seeds, watch them grow and harvest them to take home.
• A mud kitchen with access to water and mud, together with essential bowls and utentils for creating the ultimate mud pies!
• Outside opportunities for number work such as counting fir cones and measuring walls
• An exciting range of construction equipment inclding life size foam bricks and 'cotswolds stones' for dry stonewalling
• We are well resourced with bats, balls, hoops and bean bags to enable the children's coordination and catching skills to be developed
• Inside we have a fun and well-furnished 'home corner' as well as dressing-up trolley full of exciting outfits
• Story making is well devleoped; the children are encouraged to be engaged in story-mapping and developing their own actions for the stories
• Regular opportunities are available to use the computer, digital camera and ipads. We recognise that technology will continue to advance and be significant in children's lives. Like all media (books, crayons etc) technology can be versatile if offered and used in a thoughtful way
• The children work independently using a variety of creative materials which are available at all times throughout the sessions; childen are encouraged to help themselves to resources in order to produce individual art work. 

 The most important thing to us at Holy Apostles’ Preschool is the happiness of your child, so you can rest assured that our dedicated staff will make every possible effort to ensure your child settles in and enjoys their time at pre-school.

We provide a secure, warm and welcoming environment where your child can feel comfortable and safe – and please don’t worry; the wellbeing of the children is always our biggest priority. That’s why we’re always here to discuss any worries or concerns you might have.

We have created an ABOUT ME page that we would encourage you to complete and return either via email or at your first session of pre-school.