The BBQ photo call
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Monday 22 July 2013
Tadpoles sports day and leavers function
On Friday 19th of July Tadpoles held its annual
sports day and leavers function. We were blessed with some fantastic weather
and the event was attended by over 150 people. The free event which included
drinks and a BBQ was a great success; all the tadpoles moving onto big school received
a gift from Tadpoles as well as the little ones who will be remaining at
tadpoles for another year.
Cathy would like to thank all parents for their continued
support. We hope you all enjoy this glories summer, have wonderful holidays and
we will see you all again in September.
Best wishes Cathy
Friday 17 May 2013
Tadpoles Preschool in Brent Knoll held its annual walk to
the top of Brent Knoll in order to raise valuable funds for the Meningitis
Trust
It’s the 10th year that Tadpoles has supported
the Toddle Waddle and this year like all the others was very well supported by
both parents and children who attend the preschool.
Cathy Hurley (owner) said “We walk weekly at Tadpoles and
the children really enjoy the opportunity to learn about the outdoors,
experiencing firsthand stiles, animals and plants.
Thursday 2 May 2013
23.4.2013
Dear Parents
Welcome back.
Firstly congratulations to all
those children who applied to start Brent Knoll Primary in September, we were
delighted that everybody secured a place
Thank you to Cara and her parents
for allowing us to see their pet marmoset on Monday. The monkey is only 4
months old and will be visiting again for all those children who missed Leo’s
first visit.
There are lots of activities
planned for this term; the first and most important being the Toddle Waddle.
The entire preschool, all
children, parents, grandparents, etc. are invited to join us climb the knoll to
raise funds for the Meningitis fund.
We will be leaving Tadpoles at 9.30am on Friday 17th April, climbing to
the top, having a drink and biscuit and returning to preschool.
This event is open to all
children and their families and we love to see as many as possible. Last year
we raised over £250 for a very worthy cause and would like to try for a similar
amount this year.
A sponsor form is attached for
collection of names. (Please let us know if you and your child will be joining
us if this is not a normally attended day.)
I am also arranging a visit from
the owl rescue centre who will bring a selection of owls and hawks to the
setting; date to be confirmed.
We have received the grand total
of three family trees so far, I’m sure you have all simply forgotten to send
them in, but we would appreciate them ASAP! (It is not necessary to have photos
of all family members, a written tree is better than none.)
Lastly thank you for your
patience during our building which will continue this half term with a porch
and enlarged bay window being built. This will hopefully be done at weekends,
and will ultimately enable us to maximise the space within the building.
Thursday 21 March 2013
Brent Knoll Tadpoles
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cathy@bktadpoles.co.uk 22.3.2013
Dear
parents
Firstly we would like to wish you all a
good Easter and an enjoyable break with your children
.
Hopefully by the time we return the render
on the front of the house will be completed and the mess will be reduced to a
more manageable level.
On our return (15th April) we will begin
more focused “school work” with those children moving to school, as well as
more visits to school to use facilities such as toilets, water fountain, play
equipment and the field. Children will have the opportunity to have snack in
the field with the school children (weather permitting)
.
As soon as families have their places
confirmed we will be spending time in the school setting and having visits from
the reception class teacher, who will get to see the children in their own environment.
All transition visits such as story time
and play afternoons are supported by Tadpoles and we encourage children to join
us for the walk to school and then meet parents afterwards if not a usual day. This
approach has been very successful in previous years and the children feel
comfortable going into class with their peers.
As you will see from the themes we are
looking at the aspects of being human during the first half term.
To assist us to complete the children’s
records, assist the reception class teacher and to give the children a visual
prompt as to the makeup of their own families I would ask that you might
complete a family tree for (and with) your child. Please include the nicknames/
familiar names that your child uses as when talking about relatives. Grandparents
titles, particularly, leads to lots of confusion. (For example my own children
call their grandfather Grumps; he is!)
An example is enclosed, but feel free to
design your own. Photos, if possible, are a huge help, but we understand this
may not be achievable. If there are any members you wish to omit, please do so.
In the second half of the term we will be
focusing on specific areas of learning and working to embed learning which
occurs on a daily basis for all children. Those older or more able will be
doing extended work around the themes and hopefully become familiar with the
types of teaching schemes they will encounter at school. In line with the “Jolly
Phonics” scheme of reading; focus on
individual sounds will be explored in greater detail to our usual use of these
sounds.
Dates
April
15th Return to Tadpoles
May
6th Bank Holiday
24th Half term
June
3rd Return to Tadpoles
17th Photographer at Tadpoles
July
19th End of year & Leavers party TBA All
invited, details to follow.
23rd Teddy Bears Picnic and sports morning
23rd Summer term ends
September
3rd Autumn term begins
Themes
First
half term; Looking after me
April
W/c 15th Bodies
W/c
22nd Diet
W/c
29th Exercise
May
W/c 7th Senses
W/c
13th Safety
W/c 20th Forces and the environment
Second
half term
June
W/c 3rd
Red, Triangle, Letters; s,a,t,i,p,n
W/c
19th Orange, Circle, Letters;
c,k,e,h,r,m,d.
W/c
17th Yellow, Rectangle, Letters;
g,o,u,l,f,b.
W/c
24th Green, Square, Letters;
ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or.
July
W/c 1st Blue, Cylinder, Letters; z,w,ng,v,oo.
W/c 8th Indigo, Sphere, Letters; y,x,ch,sh,th.
W/c
15th Violet, Cube, Letters;
qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar.
Can I
end with a request for all children to bring suitable clothing, coats and
footwear for the weather and names in items save valuable time and items from
being lost?
Please ensure all outstanding invoices are cleared by Thursday 28th
at the latest and all alterations or adjustments to hours are confirmed
Thursday 30 September 2010
Tadpoles achieves a five star rating
This Month Brent Knoll Tadpoles achieved a prestige’s 5* rating from the Environmental Services Dept of Sedgemoor District Council. The new nationwide scheme, called (scores on the doors) has been put into place to enable customers to assess just how good the Management, premises and food safety as well as quality is likely to be. With 1 star being the worst up to 5 stars being the best.
Scores on the doors
Scores on the doors
Tuesday 19 December 2006
Posting photographs to websites
photographs and video images of pupils and staff are classed as personal data under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Therefore using such images for school publicity purposes will require the consent of either the individual concerned or in the case of pupils, their legal guardians.
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