Dear Parents,

Many thanks to those of you who answered our Parent Voice questionnaire last half term. If you have not had the chance and would still like to please follow this link.

Parent Voice Survey

We will be meeting about the feedback in the next few days and will publish more information on any actions shortly.  However one area where parents felt they needed more support was in how to support their child’s learning and development at home.

We have therefore published a page on our website (follow the link below or look at the pages bar on the left hand side of the website home page) which will give you some tips and ideas.  If you would like any further information or guidance please feel free to comment on the page or to speak to a member of staff.

Helping your child at home

Tomorrow, Tuesday the 5th October we will be making soup.  Please bring a suitable named container for your child to take their soup home in.

On Thursday please can your child come with boots, hat and scarf as we will be practicing dressing for Autumn!

West Hoathly Pre-school is very keen to learn your views, and ask that you take a few minutes to answer the questions on this survey. The answers you provide will allow the Pre-school to effectively reflect on its performance, and help make any changes that may be useful. Please answer each question by ticking the response you think most reflects
your feelings or opinion on each question. There is space at the end to
make any further comments you would like to include.

You do not need to identify yourself on the form. We really appreciate your help in this matter, and value everyone’s views. This will enable us to greater understand any weaknesses or strengths that may be detailed.

Please click on the link below if you would like to share your views with us.

Parent Voice Survey September 2016

So many thanks to Lorna and Pete (Joshua’s Parents) for the fantastic Hog Roast they ran for Pre School at the West Hoathly Village Fair this summer.  It was a fantastic day. They raised over £500 which we will be using to buy some new resources to develop the children’s Literacy and Fine Motor Skills.  We really appreciate your hard work and effort, thank you!

Do keep an eye on the News Blog for information about other upcoming events and so let us know if you have any ideas about events we could run to raise money for Pre School.

A reminder for the parents of our Cygnets from the West Sussex County Council website.

The application process for children due to start school in September 2017 begins on Monday 3 October 2016. 

The key points of the application process are:
· Apply online at http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/admissions
· Applications can be made between 3 October 2016 and 15 January 2017
· Special rules apply for house movers until 23 March 2017
· The Information for Parents booklet is available on the WSCC website
· Further information is available by ringing 03330 142 903

Well done to everyone who participated in our sports day (including mums and dads!).  It was a great day and everyone had lots of fun!

The Cygnets had a fantastic first session visiting their new school last week.  They had a chance to check out thier new classroom and felt very grown up sitting smartly on the carpet!  We are really looking forward to this weeks sesssion.

Monthly Update – May

The children are full of life, and are having lots of fun. Everyone is very well settled and forming good friendships.  We have free-flow between indoor and outdoor daily.  This means the children can choose where to find their activities.

We were fortunate enough to be invited to spend a morning in Jenson’s garden recently.  The children were taken on a nature trail as well as being able to play in the fields, and see the miniature ponies.  The highlight of the morning, I think, was splashing in the river.

We have held Cygnets sessions in the hall; these have been a great success.  The PE is the most popular part, and the children a learning to change out of, and back into, their own clothes, remembering to find their clothes where they left them.  In addition, we have been focusing on letter sounds and numbers, shapes and pattern.

Topics we have covered recently include Science – looking at gravity, floating & sinking, and “how things change”.  We made a volcano, which the children were fascinated by.  We have also been looking at different countries of Africa, Italy, Australia and India.   We have talked about their cultures, climate, animals and food.