Bolton Road
Addingham LS29 0NR
Telephone / 01943 830450
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Opening Times / Autumn Term:
Each morning: 8.45am – 11.45am
Afternoons: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 12.50pm to 3.20pm
Spring and Summer Terms
Each morning 8.45am – 11.45am
Afternoons: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 12.20pm until 3.20pm
Our Aim is:
- To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age, in a parent involving, community based group.
- To provide a safe, secure, happy and stimulating environment.
- To work within a framework which ensures equality of opportunity for all children and families.
We offer your child:
- A specially tailored curriculum covering the Early Years Foundation Stage areas of learning and development
- Individual care and attention made possible by a high ratio of adults to children.
- Fun and friendship with children and adults.
Introduction
On behalf of the Staff and Committee, we would like to welcome you into our Pre-school, and hopethat your child enjoys his/her stay with us.
OurPre-school is a member of the Pre- School Learning Alliance,we are also a registered charity (no 1040515), and OFSTED registered (No. EY416548). We also have support from Bradford Early Childhood Services.
We are run by an elected committee, who are responsible for the Pre-school including the employment of the staff.
Meet the staff
We employ 4 Early Years Practitioners
Lead Early Years Practitioner/ Admin Manager
Mrs Penny Etchells.
Highest qualification: Diploma in Pre-School Practice and N.V.Q.3 in Childcare and Education.
Mrs Etchells joined our staff in September 1998.
She lives in Addingham with her husband and 2 daughters.
Deputy Lead Early Years Practitioner
Jo Taylor
Highest qualifications: National NNEB
Miss Taylor joined our staff in September 2014
She lives in Addingham with her partner and 2 sons
Early Years Practitioner
Sian Marsden
Highest qualifications:National NNEB
Mrs Marsden joined our staff in January 2015. She lives in Bradley with her husband and 3 sons
Early Years Practitioner and Senco
Nicola Cruse
Highest qualification: Trained Primary School Teacher
Mrs Cruse joins our staff in September 2016. She lives in Addingham with her husband and has a son and a daughter.
Staff Training
As well as gaining qualifications appropriate for Early Years Education, the staff take part in further training to help keep up to date with thinking about Early Years Care and Education. This is also a requirement of Bradford Early Childhood Services, OFSTED and of the Pre-school Learning Alliance (PLA)
The setting also keeps up to date with contact with our PLA and Bradford Early Childhood Services support workers. Our staff are well experienced in Early Years Care & Education
All staff are trained in Paediatric First Aid ,Safeguarding and Food Hygiene
Committee
One of the ways in which a parent/carer is able to be involved with the running of the pre-school is by being a member of our committee
Our constitution allows us to have up to 12 committee members. One committee member is a staff representative. They meet, along with the staff at least 3 times a year in the Pre-School room. This is usually a weekday evening that is convenient for most. Meetings also take place at other times to discuss other matters including the organisation of various fund raising events. These events include Christmas and Easter activities, auctions etc.
An AGM is held in September/October each year. All parents are given the opportunity to stand for election on the committee.
The committee are responsible for the Pre-School which includes the employment of staff. Any major decisions are made jointly with the staff and committee
The Lead Practitioner is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Pre-School and the AdminManager is responsible for Business & Finance
Ofsted Inspection
Our Pre-School is inspected, without any notice, on a recommended timescale. OFSTED now instructs a company named Prospects to conduct the inspections on their behalf.
We were last inspected July 2015 of which we were thrilled to be judged as “OUTSTANDING” in all areas. A judgement of outstanding means that we are exceptional and significant elements of our work is exemplary
Summary of key findings:
- Staff have consistently high expectations of themselves and have high aspirations for all children. Their firm belief that all children are competent learners leads to an exceptional commitment to inclusion. They remove barriers to learning and establish first-class partnership working with others, consequently, all children make excellent progress
- Children’s learning is significantly enhanced, because of staff’s high quality interaction, motivation and enthusiasm, and a highly accessible and vibrant learning environment.
- Staff build outstanding relationships with parents and others, as part of the excellent settling-in programmes and children’s ongoing care and education. As part of this, there is comprehensive information sharing. Consequently, children’s individual needs are exceedingly met.
- Staff model excellent social skills. As a result, children’s behaviour is exceptional and they are highly sociable. They negotiate and share ideas during animated play, and are extremely helpful and kind to one another.
- Staff ignite children’s curiosity, and their thirst and enthusiasm for learning, with a wealth of first-hand experiences. Children thoroughly enjoy recalling and reflecting on such experiences, captured in photograph booklets sited in the reading area.
- Parents are exceptionally well informed about their children’s learning and development, and are magnificently involved in supporting this at home.
- The committee and staff have a thorough understanding of their roles and responsibilities, as a result of first-class induction. Therefore, they implement the early Years Foundation Stage with outstanding success
Adult resources
We are proud of the high ratio of adults to children in our group. This ensures individual attention to the needs and development of each child. We can offer a high level of individual adult input, with an adult/child ratio of at 1:8 for 3-5 yr olds and 1:4 for 2 yr olds. These are the legal requirements but we do operate with a higher level of staff to children
Key Persons
One of our Practitioners will act as key person to your child. This person will be responsible for settling your child into pre-school and is a point of contact for parents/carers. However parents /carers are welcome to speak to any of the other Practitioners at any time. The key person is also responsible for the observing, assessing and planning for your child.
The role of parents
Everyone in the childcare profession recognises parents as the first and important educators of their young children. Our Pre-school aims to support parents. Parents are welcome to:
- “Stay and Play” (see details below)
- share their own special interests with us
- work with their child’s key person in contributing to their child’s developmental journey
- help to provide, make and look after the equipment and materials used in the children’s play activities
- assist with fund raising
- take part in the management of the pre-school by being a Committee member
“Stay and Play”
Once your child attends morning sessions, which is during the last year they are with us prior to going to school, parents can if they wish, “Stay and Play”. Helping out enables parents to see what the day to day life of the setting is like and to join in helping the children to get the best out of their activities. This would be once a term. All our “Stay and Play” parents are checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service(DBS) prior to helping. Unfortunately, we cannot allow you to bring any other child to this session
If when you help out, you find that initially your child is especially clingy and possessive, don’t worry, this almost always happens, and he/she will get less clingy as time goes on.
Whilst at the session, it is a good time to discuss your child's progress with the staff, if you wish to do so.
More details will be given to you nearer the time about becoming a “Stay and Play” parent.
At the end of each academic year, we ask parents to complete a feedback form which helps us to evaluate our practice.
“Thank you for making my children’s lives at pre-school a happy time and given them happy memories and confidence for the rest of their lives”
“Pre-school is the only place he is happy to go without me!”
“From the very first day I felt happy and relaxed about leaving her. She settled really well and I believe this was because of the combination of a happy relaxed environment along with friendly, warm and happy teachers” “A happy child makes a very happy Mummy”
“It has definitely helped build her confidence and being at this pre-school will ease her transition into school”
“Thank you for making my child’s first year at pre-school an amazing experience”
“It is a wonderful pre-school- friendly and fun where my children has loved being. I have never worried about leaving them in such good hands. As we as a family come to the end of our pre-school years- all I can say is thank you. You have made it so easy and special and has given them memories that will last. We are very lucky our children love you all and will miss you a lot”
Our Premises
We operate from a lovely dedicated area within Addingham Primary School.
Our area is spacious, bright and colourful with lots of windows for natural light.
We have our own entrance door leading from outside into our cloakroom, which includes our own toilet facilities. (Including disabled access and toilet facilities).
Upsy Daisy Room
This is a general central area which is mostly used for “messy play”, knowledge and understanding interest areas and craft activities. This room also incorporates a snack preparation area
Eeyore Room
This is our “quieter room” incorporating a maths area, puzzles, ICT, a mark making area and books
Winnie The Pooh Room
In here it is mostly construction and role play. This room also incorporates an office area for our Administration Manager.
Percy’s Outdoor Play Area
A door from our main room leads to a secure partially covered soft surfaced play area. This is an extension of our indoor play space where lots of different play experiences are planned. We also have a growing area where we grow fruit and vegetables which we can eat at snack time.
Fees
Fees are payable monthly in advance and you will receive an invoice at the beginning of each month dependent upon the number of sessions your child attends that month.
Fees continue to be payable if absent through illness and holidays taken during term time. In cases of prolonged absence due to illness, parents should consult the Admin Manager about fee payment.
Fees can be paid in electronically, by cash or cheque payable to Addingham Pre-school Playgroup.
We are happy to accept payments made by an employer who has a childcare payment system. Please speak to Admin Manager if you would like to make payments using one of these schemes
Fees are£12for a 3 hourly session
Fees are£10for a 2.5 hourly session (afternoons in the Autumn Term)
Nursery Education Grant.
We are registered to accept the Nursery Education Grant for 2 yr olds as well as 3 and 4year olds. We receive support for this funding fromBradford L A.
Nursery Grants entitles you to have 15hrs free a week, 38 weeks per year
2 year Old funding
This is available for children who meet certain criteria. To qualify, one of the following must be met:
- Eligible for free school meals
- Child who is looked after
- Low income families and earning no more than £16190 a year
- Children who have a current statement of special educational needs (SEN) or an education, health and care plan.
- Disability Living Allowance
- Children who have left care through special guardianship or an adoption or residence order.
If you feel you meet one of the above criteria please speak with our Admin Manager.
3/4 year old funding
A child automatically becomes eligible for this grant, from the beginning of the term that follows their third birthday- age is the only criteria for 3/4 yr old funding
Our Admin Manager will speak to the individual parents/carers of the eligible children at the beginning of each term, regarding their claim. If you require more information on how this works beforehand please do not hesitate to contact the Admin Manager who will be happy to discuss this with you
Sessions
Our Pre-school offers education and care for children from the start of the term after they become 2½yrs old until school age.
Children are placed in their academic school year group. The younger children attend afternoons and the older pre-school children attend the mornings.
More information about induction sessions and commencing pre-school are explained later in this prospectus
Premises
School premises- safety and security
The following points are requests that have been initially made by the Primary School and have our support, ensuring the safety of all children at all times.
Car parking
Primary School ask their parents not to park in the turning circle/lay-by outside school or attempt to drive into or park in the barriered staff car park. We must also ask this of our parents.
For safety reasons please do not walk through the car park but use the school footpaths.
School play equipment
Please do not allow pre-school children and younger siblings to play on the outdoor school equipment. The main reasons for this are safety and security.
Gates
Please ensure that the gates around the playground are re-boltedonce you have used them.
Footpaths
Please do not use the school gate leading in from half way up Back Beck Lane at any time other than at the start of the morning session and at the end of the afternoon session. Please walk all the way down back Beck Lane and use the footpath leading up from Bolton Road. As you may appreciate the use of the paths in the school playground during school hours imposes security risks and distraction to pupils.
Dogs
Dogs must not be brought onto the school /pre-school premises. The only allowance is that of Guide Dogs
Illnesses/injury
It is important to let us know if your child is absent due to an illness/infection/injury.
The most common are listed below:
Sickness and diarrhoea
48hrs must have lapsed since the last attack before your child returns
Chicken Pox
7 days must have lapsed from the onset of the spots, and not until the spots are dry before they return
Impetigo
Your child must not return until the lesions have crusted/healed
Conjunctivitis
Your child must not return until 24 hrs have lapsed after it has cleared up
Head Injury
We also ask for you not to bring your child if they have had a head injury within the last 48 hrs
Antibiotics
For the first 48 hours of taking antibiotics, please keep your child at home
It is also important to keep your child at home and inform us if they have any other kind of infectious illness including German Measles and Slapped CheekDisease as some infectious diseases impose a risk to expectant mums.
If your find your child has head lice, they are able to come to pre-school as long as a treatment has been given
Listed below is a list of notifiable diseases. If we have any of these cases we have a duty to inform the Doctors Surgery and OFSTED. Therefore it is very important we are advised if your child develops any of the following
Acute encephalitis
Acute meningitis
Acute poliomyelitis
Acute infectious hepatitis
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Cholera
Diphtheria
Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid)
Food poisoning
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)
Infectious bloody diarrhoea
Invasive group A streptococcal disease and scarlet fever
Legionnaires’ Diseases
Leprosy
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal septicaemia
Mumps
Plague
Rabies
Rubella
SARS
Smallpox
Tetanus
What to wear
In order to feel free to explore and experiment with all kinds of materials, including messy ones, it is best to send your child to pre-school dressed in clothes which are easily washable and not new. It is good for children to practice skills, which will make them independent. Simple clothing that they can fasten themselves will enable them to go to the toilet independently.