Parent Page
Welcome to our Parent Page.
If your child is due to start at Squirrels soon, click the link below to access a range of information relevant to prospective parents. We will hold an induction meeting where parents, carers and children will be able to visit the pre-school, meet the staff and learn about our daily routines.
If your child is due to start at Squirrels soon, click the link below to access a range of information relevant to prospective parents. We will hold an induction meeting where parents, carers and children will be able to visit the pre-school, meet the staff and learn about our daily routines.
Alternatively, if your child is due to start primary school, click the link below to access a range of information relevant to 'school readiness'. We will hold a meeting during the summer term to discuss what 'school readiness' means and how you can best support your child during this exciting transition.
Parents are a vital part of our pre-school life. Through adopting a partnership approach between home and pre-school, our children's learning and development is enhanced. We endeavour to engage with parents and let them know what we are doing via our blog and our Facebook page. We offer suggestions for activities to try at home to further develop themes we have visited at pre-school and also offer a range of home activity sacks that parents are welcome to borrow. This is in addition to the communication we have between parents and key persons; we will regularly either converse with parents at the start or end of a session, or communicate via a home-preschool diary, enabling you to know what activities your child has enjoyed and the progress they have made. In return, we would love to know about your child's achievements at home, either via their home-preschool diary or via our 'parent pages'. We will also have a more formal chat each term to share your child's learning focus areas and their development; looking at their learning journey so far. Please feel free to contribute to there learning journey with any 'work' or 'wow moments' from home.
If you would like to further your involvement in pre-school life we warmly welcome parent (or grandparent) volunteers during any of our sessions. Whether you have a particular skill or area of interest you would like to share, or would simply like to read, join in with messy play or generally help out, just ask a member of staff or add your name to our parent rota.
This page links to lots of useful information, including:
For up-to-date news also remember to 'like' our Squirrels Facebook page.
Some comments from our parents...
“Been coming for a few years, and there’s always something for them to do”
“Really friendly teachers, they make the kids feel like they are friends”
“Kind friendly atmosphere”
“I like how all the children are made to feel special. Everyone is smiling, caring and loving”
“Social skills are improving every day. This is fantastic”
“My daughter enjoys her school and the staff are very nice”
If you would like to further your involvement in pre-school life we warmly welcome parent (or grandparent) volunteers during any of our sessions. Whether you have a particular skill or area of interest you would like to share, or would simply like to read, join in with messy play or generally help out, just ask a member of staff or add your name to our parent rota.
This page links to lots of useful information, including:
- Blog - showing what we've been doing at Squirrels
- Letters home - showing important information about what's coming up,
- Dates for the diary - term dates and other important event
- What to expect, when? - a guide to your child's development
- Supporting children with English as an additional language - the importance of home language
- Keeping children safe - a link to the NSPCC
- Fundraising - how you can help raise funds for Squirrels
- Song page - with lyrics to our favourite songs
- Activities page - giving some inspirational ideas to try at home.
For up-to-date news also remember to 'like' our Squirrels Facebook page.
Some comments from our parents...
“Been coming for a few years, and there’s always something for them to do”
“Really friendly teachers, they make the kids feel like they are friends”
“Kind friendly atmosphere”
“I like how all the children are made to feel special. Everyone is smiling, caring and loving”
“Social skills are improving every day. This is fantastic”
“My daughter enjoys her school and the staff are very nice”
