Early Learning Options 2019

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Newbury Weekly News

Chieveley Pre-School

ARE you looking for a pre- school where children are safe, confident and indepen- dent, which has a large inside and outside area and where staff act as superb role models and play alongside children as they teach them to share, take turns and respect differences? If so, you need look no further than Chieveley Pre-School, a fantastic place for little people to develop and grow. They follow children’s ideas and interests as much as possible and are constantly being led by them, believing children learn better doing the things they want to do. Their ‘learning through play’ ethos continues to be crucial both inside and outside the classroom. They pride themselves on their outdoor learning programme and are fortunate to have a small woodland area just a short two-minute walk from the pre-school. This is fantastic for putting on our ‘nature detective’ hats and enjoy foraging for sticks, hunting for bugs and generally exploring the great outdoors. As a pre-school they continue to promote their strong partnerships with parents and good links with the local primary schools. They encourage parents to get involved, from helping at fundraising events to joining in breakfast mornings every once in a while. The school readiness programme helps to promote independence and ensures a smooth transition for school

Dingley’s Promise

outreach support to any local family with a child under five with a developmental delay or special educational need or disability. Their monthly coffee mornings are a great way to meet other parents in a similar situation as well as offering a listening ear and information to help point your family in the right direction. At the Stay and Play sessions you can see how tried and tested techniques can help your child communicate, learn and develop social skills at home. Find out more – coffee mornings are held on the third Monday of the month at the Judo Club, Poplar Place, 9.30am to 10.30am. Please feel to drop in, they’re a friendly bunch.

involved in their child’s care. Communication with families on their child’s progress is rated as excellent and as a result 91 per cent of families felt more positive about their child’s future. One parent said: “My child has started to express his wants and needs in a way that we can understand. “With your support we have been able to access help from different groups that we were previously unaware of.” Dingley’s Promise can also provide home visits, signpost for support with welfare benefits and can accompany you at meet- ings with professionals, when sometimes an extra person can help navigate the information. Dingley’s Promise also offers

DINGLEY’S Promise believes that every child should receive the best start in life. They therefore deliver life- changing support to children under five years with special educational needs and disabil- ities in their centre at Shaw. Offering term-time Learn Through Play sessions and holiday playschemes for children with a wide range of additional needs, they help their children learn and grow to reach their potential. Last year they supported more than 50 children with varying needs. Ninety-one per cent of families said that Dingley’s Promise were very effective in supporting their child and that the team worked well with other professionals

many others. Through fundraising the pre- school is able to buy new resources for the children to continue learning through play and maintain the high standards they have set for themselves. If all of this sounds like the setting your child would thrive in please do get in touch or join them on their open day Thurs- day, May 23, 9.30am to 11am. www.chieveleypreschool.co.uk email – chieveleypreschool@ gmail.com Facebook – Chieveley Pre-School

leavers. The pre-school is particularly proud of the outstanding features identified by the inspector in its Ofsted inspection where the key person system was found to be “exceptionally well established and highly effective”. Chieveley Pre-School is a charity and relies heavily on the support of parents, extended family

members and the local community to help with

fundraising at fun events such as online auctions, pub quizzes, children’s sponsored bounce and

Ensuring the best start for every child with special educational needs and disabilities

Dingley’s Promise has been in Newbury for over 20 years and last year almost 50% of children who left us went to the mainstream

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We will be forever grateful to Dingley’s Promise, the support and help we’ve received is immense; the future looks brighter!

Training for Mainstream Nurseries

Family Support & Respite

If you need our services, please contact on:

01635 552458

Poplar Place, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 1NA

@Dingley

/dingleygroup

Reading • Newbury •Wokingham Registered Charity Number 1137609.