Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Have you seen our Weekly Newsletters ?

  Sat 30 Mar 2019 Andrew

  In our News section you can find our weekly newetters, packed with information on many of our fun, social and learning activities covered by our children during the week at Tiggywinkles Pre-School

   

  www.tiggywinklespreschool.co.uk/stream/newsletters/full/1/-//

   

   

• School Closed - Severe Weather Conditions - Friday, 1st February 2019

  Fri 01 Feb 2019
  Dear Parents

   

  As per our Severe Weather Conditions procedure, please note that due to the prevailing and/or forecast conditions, we have decided to close the school today, Friday 1st February 2019

  All parents have been informed by text and email messages

  This message will be valid only for the day mentioned above. New messages will be posted and communicated on each day the school may be closed due to sever weather conditions

  Kind regards,
  Julie
  Headteacher - Tiggywinkles Pre-school

• Autumn Term 2018

  Mon 06 Aug 2018

  Summer is in full flow and time is running fast - Get in touch to discuss a place for your child for this coming September (Autumn Term), which commences on Wednesday 5th September.

  We are a term time provider and we offer the following timings, subject to a minimum of two sessions per week over the term
  Morning: 8:30am-12:00pm
  Morning w/Lunch: 8:30am-12:30pm
  Afternoon: 12:30pm-3:30pm
  Full Day: 8:30am-3:30pm

  We accept the following (subject to eligibility and claim): Universal Entitlement, Tax-Free Childcare & Childcare Vouchers.

• Government extends Childcare Voucher scheme for a further 6 months

  Thu 15 Mar 2018

  The government has extended the life of the Childcare Voucher scheme, which had been schedule to cease on 6th April 2018. 

  The Childcare Vouchers can be used in conjunction with the Universal and Extended Entitlement benefits, but not in conjunction with Tax-Free Childcare

   

  Note: If offered by your Employer, the Childcare Voucher scheme is worth up to £933 a year in tax and National Insurance savings.

  Tax-Free Childcare is worth up to £2,000 per child per annum - that's subject to a maximum of £500 every three months. If you have a disabled child, you can receive up to £4,000 per child - that's subject to a maximum of £1,000 every three months.

   

  Please see details in the article connected to the link below

  Please also see the link to the Childcare Choices (.gov.uk) page, where you can find detailed information of all schemes currently in force

   

  Article - https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1163842/opposition-parties-win-childcare-voucher-extension

   

  Childcare Choices - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

  

• Discover what Tiggywinkles Pre-School is all about at our Open Coffee Mornings

  Wed 28 Feb 2018 Julie Stephens

  We warmly invite you to Tiggywinkles Pre-School Open Mornings. Tiggywinkles is a new and exciting pre-school in your area where we primarily focus on preparing children for ‘big’ school in a caring, nurturing environment. We are also focused on our local environment and we hope that these Open Mornings will provide an opportunity for parents and carers to participate in fun activities, develop new friendships and find a mutual support network for those who have, or who look after, young children.

   

  Dates and times for these sessions:
  Wednesday, 7th March – 9.30 to 11.00 
  Friday, 9th March – 9.30 to 11.00 
  Tuesday, 13th March – 9.30 to 11.00
  Thursday, 15th March – 9.30 to 11.00
  Monday, 19th March – 9.30 to 11.00
  Thursday, 22nd March – 9.30 to 11.00

   

  Alternatively, if none of the above timings work for you and you would like to visit and learn more about Tiggywinkles Pre-School, please let us know by phone or email, as below.
  We look forward to seeing you soon!
  Julie Stephens
  Head Teacher
  Phone: 01344 885072
  email: tiggywinkleswinkfield@gmail.com
  Web: www.tiggywinklespreschool.co.uk
  Fb: @tiggywinkleswinkfield

  

• Looking after our environment - our feathered friends in snowy times

  Wed 28 Feb 2018 Julie Stephens

  At Tiggywinkles Pre-School, looking after our environment is very important. We thought we’d share a recipe to help our little feathered friends during this cold snap.

   

  Making a bird cake or bird pudding mixture is very easy and will help you to attract birds. Peanuts and seeds such as sunflower seeds, kitchen scraps such as bits of bacon rind or hard cheese can all be used. Traditionally people have used suet or lard to make bird-cake, but you could also mix in soft sunflower margarine. If using lard or a hard vegetable based suet, you will need to melt it, but be careful not to put too much in the pan and keep a watchful eye over it to avoid any risk of fire.

  Mix the ingredients together until you have got a firm mixture which you can then put into containers such as a half coconut shell or plastic tub to be hung in a tree or you can shape the mixture around pieces of string.

  Another interesting alternative is to create a log feeder by drilling a number of shallow holes, about the width of a 10p piece in a length of old log. This can be hung in a tree and birds including woodpeckers will be attracted in to feed.

  The fat mixture can also be smeared on the bark of trees as a treat for long tailed tits.

  The snow has given us the opportunity to try out our tracking skills…..can you guess what may have made these tracks in the snow? We had fun guessing!

  

• New Website Launched!

  Tue 20 Feb 2018

  Welcome to our brand new school website! We have created the website to keep parents up to date with school news and notices, and to showcase some of the great things our pupils are achieving. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!