Helmdon Acorns Pre-School (Acorns ealry2010)

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HELMDON ACORNS

PRE-SCHOOL

enrolling for

the autumn term

2010

“Children play, have fun, sing and laugh, with adults joining in, as they all take part in the walk to the farm activity“
(Acorns Ofsted Report 2006)

Sessions run 9.15 am – 12.15 pm Monday/ Wednesday/Thursday and Friday.

We also offer a lunch club each session from 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm

We can accept children from the age of 2 years. Minimum of two sessions per week recommended.

Peaceful village setting offers plenty of opportunities for village walks, farm visits and gardening in our own allotment. Weekly activities include cookery session, PE session, music session, etc. Plus infant church service once a month, annual sports day and lots more.

Good links with Helmdon Primary School, including regular visits to participate in special school events and a series of school visits in the summer term of the pre-school year.

We are registered with and inspected by OFSTED and are graded Good by OFSTED. For a full Ofsted report

click here

To make an appointment to visit Acorns

or for a copy of our prospectus please call

Rachel Wheeler on [phone number removed] or

Liz Hart [phone number removed]

at the earliest opportunity to ensure you

secure a place for your child

Samantha Marshall is supervisor, Anne Somerton is deputy supervisor, and Victoria Webster is our pre-school assistant.

The pre-school is run by a voluntary committee of parents. Anyone wishing to join can contact any member of the committee.

Fees are set to do no more than cover our costs – please contact us for rates.

Our policy document* contains the full terms and conditions of the pre-school as well as our aims and objectives. We are registered with and inspected by OFSTED.

OUTDOOR PLAY

Due to the location of the Reading Room we do not have an outdoor play area for Acorns. As a result in early 2004 Acorns was awarded a significant grant to develop an alternative site, the allotment. This has been going from strength to strength over the past 2 years and now has a shed to house the equipment and has been fenced in. The children have grown a variety of produce over the past year which they can then take home to eat.

ACTIVITIES

Over the past year the pre-school has held a Halloween messy morning, Easter Duck Hunt that involved the whole village, a trip to the Eco Park at Milton Keynes (click for picture of this and other activities), Christmas concert and a sports day. All these events allow parents and carers to take part in activities with their children. In addition parents are able to attend pre-school sessions as a parent-helper, an excellent way for children and their parents to interact in a new environment.

*This is at present being revised. Normally, to read the document, you need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have it you can download it here for free.