Term Dates 2024-2025
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Autumn Term
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5th September - 17th December 2024 (12pm Finish)
HALF TERM - Monday 28th October - Friday 8th November 2024 - Two week half term is due to building works commencing.
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INSET DAYS 2024:
4th September
20th September
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Spring Term
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7th January - 4th April (12pm Finish) 2025
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HALF TERM - 17th February - 21st February 2025
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INSET DAYS:
6th January
13th February
14th February
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Summer Term
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23rd April - 18th July 2025
HALF TERM - 26th May - 30th May 2025
INSET DAYS - To be confirmed
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This equates to 37 weeks and 4 days, which is 1 day less than the funded 38 weeks. If you have any queries, please come and see us. Please note that you are not charged for bank holidays and INSET DAYS.
Uniform
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Totterdown Preschool uniform consists of a green logoed sweatshirt for winter and a logoed polo shirt for summer. Children are welcome to wear comfortable bottoms and shoes of their own discretion (that are suitable for getting dirty and moving around in). Open-toed sandals,heeled-shoes and boots are not suitable.
In the Moment Planning
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Our preschool follows an 'In the moment’ planning child-centred approach; which encourages children’s natural desire to explore and learn. It’s about letting the children choose what to do, while adults join them in their play, observe what children do and support their development at the time of children playing. We provided an enabling environment, rich in natural everyday resources available to the children at all times. Each term we have an observation cycle whereby we have focus children, who we observe, teach and carry out next steps for. An observation is written at the time, which includes what the child was doing, how the adult supported their learning and the outcome of the engagement. We encourage parents to be a part of this journey, with providing relevant information which we also use, followed by a parent meeting to discuss how the focus week has been, what next steps have been achieved and what the children have been working on, all relevant to individual needs.