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Welcome to Little Chestnuts
Pre-School
Where learning is Child's play
At Little Chestnuts Pre-School we pride ourselves in working with our local community to support children’s development and learning.
Children start to learn about the world around them from the moment they are born. The care and education offered by our setting helps children to continue to do this by providing all of the children with interesting activities that are appropriate for their age and stage of development.
Little Chestnuts therefore offer a range of activities:
Yoga
Learning basic yoga, whilst helping our children to find some quiet time and reflect on what they have learnt and enjoyed in their day at pre-school.
When: Weekly
Time: Afternoon
Price: Free
Outside Discovery
Learning about nature and wildlife by taking part in activities where the children explore and play through hands-on experiences in an outdoor setting. These include, exploring plants and the earth around them as well as outdoor cooking and lots more.
We also get out and about at our local allotment, in which we grow our own fruit and vegetables to use in our cooking sessions.
Lunch Club
We provide a cold buffet style lunch each day, where the children can try new foods, make healthy eating choices. Fee £1.80 per lunch.
Cooking Club
weekly we bake, make some delicious savory and healthy sweet foods to have with our buffet lunch or take home.
Dance classes with ADC dance.
dance classes are Tuesday 11.15am and Thursday 10.15am, 30 minutes each lesson during term time.
Weekly Sport lesson with Multi coaching.
every Wednesday 10.30am -11.30am term time.
All of our enrichment activities are funded through donations from each child. We suggest a £20 donation from each family to help cover the cost of these activities.
Term Dates and Events
Autumn term 2024
Wednesday 4th September – Wednesday 18th December
Half term Monday 27th – Friday 1st November
Spring term 2025
Monday 6th January – Friday 4th April
Half term - Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February
Summer term 2025
Tuesday 22nd April – Friday 18th July
Half term - Monday 26th – Friday 30th May
Summer term 2025 events
End of term celebration - on Friday 18th July is our sports day, graduation and family picnic.
children arrive 9am, parents family and friends arrive 10.30
sports day starts 10.45am followed by our graduation for those leaving to start school. We will end our celebration with a family picnic.
this event finishes 1pm.
Opening Hours and Fees
Pre-school opening hours.
Monday 8:30am-3pm
Tuesday 8:30am-3pm
Wednesday 8:30am-3pm
Thursday 8:30am-3pm
Friday 8:30am-3pm
Afterschool club opening hours.
Monday 3.15pm-5.15pm
Tuesday 3.15pm-5.15pm
Wednesday 3.15pm-5.15pm
Thursday 3.15pm-5.15pm
we collect from ST Margaret's primary school Toppesfield and is also available for children that attend the pre-school
Fees: £6.00 per hour
All children welcome from 2 through to rising 5 year olds
with 15 hour & 30 hour funding available
Fundraising Events
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Our fundraising this year will purchase new play equipment for our outside space.
We have raised a fantastic £453.00 this year which we have used to purchase new garden equipment.
Lastly, we have created a wish list on Amazon. This List is small purchases for arts and crafts, themed play and toys to extend our equipment etc. any purchases made we are very grateful as they really do help us to provide a wide variety of activities and toys for the children. Please share with friends and family.
You can find the link below.