Shawe Hall Community Centre,Church Road, Flixton, Manchester,M41 6HJ (U.K)
Welcome to our fabulous website! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
We have had our Ofsted visit. (16/9/2011)
We are very proud to tell you we were awarded GOOD on all areas except 'helping children achieve healthy lifestyles' we were awarded OUTSTANDING!! Our amazing report will be available to read within 10 days .........
HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY TO US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for all the encouragement and support we have had through the years, It means such a lot to us!
A special thank you for all the amazing presents and cards, we have shed many tears reading your lovely words and good wishes!!
Shawe Hall Pre School Playgroup offers a safe, nurturing environment where your child will get the attention and care that he or she needs, taking children from 2 - 5 years. We welcome all children to join in our fun at Shawe Hall.We have wheelchair access and a large family bathroom. We liaise with sure start and other agencies when extra support is needed for children to gain the confidence and skills they need. We enjoy exploring different cultures and celebrating religious festivals and holidays. We are open for 38 weeks a year - with an extra 3 weeks holiday club available as an extra mini term in the summer.
At Shawe Hall Pre School Playgroup, your child will participate in developmentally-appropriate activities throughout the session, we aim to provide amazing, exciting and educational activities for your child to achieve their goals and dreams.
Working within the EYFS framework, observing, assessing, and planning, taking idea from the children and working with parents to create a child friendly, happy learning environment.We offer role play areas, computer area, messy, mark making and creative areas, a peaceful book area, sand and water, small world and construction areas.
We have a large enclosed outside play area, with safety tarmac and high walls, along with a sheltered area.A totally enclosed outside area - perfect for exploring in all weather!
You can rest assured that your child will be cared for with the utmost kindness, love and respect.
We believe all children are precious gifts and we treat them as though they are our own.
EYFS
At Shawe Hall, we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. This is a fantastic planning framework, that enables us to work with parents as partners, work with the children, using their amazing imagination and exploration skills to further their development in the areas of learning - getting them interested, keeping them interested to learn through play.In each and every session, we aim to give your child the best learning outcomes, incorporating these 6 learning areas...
PSED Personal, Social and Emotional Development,
PSRN Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy,
CD Creative development,
PD Physical Development,
KUW Knowledge and understanding of the world
CLL Communication, Language and Literacy
Opening times
We open our fabulous group on MondayTuesdayThursdayFriday 9.30am - 12.30pm
Our term times can be found under 'staff and term times'
Fees
At Shawe Hall Pre School Playgroup, the fee for one session is £8.00. An invoice is given at the beginning of each half term. Fees are to be paid within the term they are issued. Fees can be paid upfront in full by cash or cheque, or made by cash installments throughout the term.The fee is for the whole half term, and must be paid even if your child is absent - due to holidays sickness etc.
If fees are not paid during the term they are issued, the place may no longer be available to you and your child.
Arrangements can be made for any difficulties in making payments, it is important to speak to the manager so any difficulties can be managed/dealt with as soon as possible.
Government funding for 3yr olds Free places available
The term after your child reaches 3yrs old, the government will pay for your child's place at preschool, if your child is not already attending a nursery class. At present we can claim for up to 12.5 hours for your child for free, hopefully this will rise to 15 hrs per week in the near future.
Free places for 2yr olds
In some cases we can provide 3 sessions free of charge to 2yr olds. Currently this is available to families who are awarded the child element of family tax credit and who have certain post codes.
Key groups
At Shawe Hall Pre school Playgroup, we operate a key group system. All our staff have their own group to observe, assess and liaise with the parents of the parents of the children in their key group. It has been a success to this system, as we as a team can monitor your child's progress, picking up quickly on any next steps in your precious child's development, helping them gain skills and knowledge in the areas of learning. Each key group leader keeps a file on your little one, filled with photos, work examples, observations and next step ideas, for you to take with you when your child leaves to go to school. We evaluate behaviour and assessments to help us plan activities with your child in mind, extending activities to further educate, and giving support and help where needed.We issue a transfer record for your child's nursery teacher and for you, to see how your clever child has gained skills and learned many new and exciting things!
Admissions / Settling in at Shawe Hall
The most important first stage at Shawe Hall Pre School Playgroup, is that you and your child are happy and ready to stay, and have fun. We feel it is very important to get the balance right for both parents and children. It is such a massive step to leave your precious bundle with someone else, we realise the need to get to know us and know about what we offer. We encourage a couple of half hour visits, meeting staff, getting acquainted with the children, surroundings and resources. A start date will be determined by manager and parent/carer and the next step is for your child to stay for an hour on their own. As each child is unique, this may alter from child to child, this is just a guideline.
We welcome every child to join in the fun at Shawe Hall. We liaise with outer agencies to gain help and advice for children with english as a second language, unique special needs, every one is welcome.
Policies and Procedures
We have an extensive policies and procedures file for parents to read that all staff are kept up to date with, and all abide by, for example - Behaviour policy, Safeguarding Children Policy, Special Needs SENCO Policy, Health and Safety, Security... The full policies booklet is available to read upon visit to see us at Shawe Hall Pre school.
Snack time and relaxation
What with all the excitement of exploring, creating, socialising and playing, our children (and staff!!) deserve a well earned relax! We spare a couple of minutes each session, to have a sit down and relax to peaceful music, letting our muscles have a rest and getting ready for our snack to give us some energy back!We enjoy a keeping healthy and we are currently gaining a 'Healthy Setting Award' - one of our staff members is our healthy setting co-ordinator, completing training to ensuring we eat healthily, use our resources and outdoor space to the best of our abilities, join in physical activities, involve parents in healthy lifestyle choices and have rotating menus to keep us healthy at our snack time at Shawe Hall. At snack time it is a great time for the children to socialise with peers, as we all sit together, enjoying healthy fruit, raisins, crackers, biscuits, bread sticks, carrots, cucumber, toast, pitta bread, houmous, naan bread,etc. We love to experiment with food, trying new tastes, especially if we are celebrating a birthday, Chinese new year, pancake day, Easter and many other exciting special days and holidays. We of course take food allergies/religious preferences into consideration, liaising with parents to eliminate foods that may cause allergic reactions, e.g peanut / dairy etc or foods that parents do not want their child to eat on own belief's and religious grounds.
Security
At Shawe Hall Pre School Playgroup, your child's safety is paramount. We recommend meeting any family members, friends who may pick up your child from preschool, even bringing in a photo to show staff family members. A member of staff must always be told when someone different is picking your child up, the information given to staff will be entered into our collections book, along with parents signature and phone number of the adult collecting your little one. A pass word will be given to a member of staff by parents, this is unique to you, picked by you and will be asked of family members / friends / anyone else who will pick up your child. The main door is secured 15 minutes in to the session, and a doorbell is available for any late comers. Visitors must sign the visitors book, in and out. The main door is secure at all times, with a staff member welcoming at the door at beginning and end of sessions.
Shawe Hall Community Centre Church Road, Flixton Manchester, M41 6HJ 07980 622 813
