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Welcome to Little Chestnuts

Pre-School

Where learning is Child's play

At Little Chestnuts Pre-School we pride ourselves in working with our local community to support children’s development and learning. 

 

Children start to learn about the world around them from the moment they are born. The care and education offered by our setting helps children to continue to do this by providing all of the children with interesting activities that are appropriate for their age and stage of development.  

 

Little Chestnuts therefore offer a range of activities: 

 

Yoga

Learning basic yoga, whilst helping our children to find some quiet time and reflect on what they have learnt and enjoyed in their day at pre-school. 

When: Weekly 

Time: Afternoon 

Price: Free

Outside Discovery

Learning about nature and wildlife by taking part in activities where the children explore and play through hands-on experiences in an outdoor setting. These include, exploring plants and the earth around them as well as outdoor cooking and lots more.

 

We also get out and about at our local allotment, in which we grow our own fruit and vegetables to use in our cooking sessions.

Lunch Club

We provide a cold buffet style lunch each day, where the children can try new foods, make healthy eating choices. Fee £1.80 per lunch.

Cooking Club

weekly we bake, make some delicious savory and healthy sweet foods to have with our buffet lunch or take home. 

Dance classes with ADC dance.

dance classes are Tuesday 11.15am and Thursday 10.15am, 30 minutes each lesson during term time.

Weekly Sport lesson with Multi coaching.

every Wednesday 10.30am -11.30am term time.

All of our enrichment activities are funded through donations from each child. We suggest a £20 donation from each family to help cover the cost of these activities.

Term Dates and Events

Autumn term 2025

Monday 8th September 2025 - Friday 19th December 2025

October half term - Monday 27th October - Friday 31st October 

Christmas holidays - Monday 22nd December - Friday 2nd January 

Friday 19th December - Christmas party 9am-1pm

Spring term 2026

Monday 5th January 2026 - Friday 27th March 2026

February half term - Monday 16th February - Friday 20th February

Easter holidays - Monday 30th March - Friday 10th April

Friday 27th March - Easter party 9am-1pm  

 

Summer term 2026

Monday 13th April 2026 - Friday 17th July 2026

may half term - Monday 25th May - Friday 29th May

Monday 4th May bank holiday - pre-school closed 

Thursday 7th May - hall closed due to voting, summer outing to be arranged 

Summer holidays Monday 20th July - Friday 4th September.

   Parent meetings 

week of - 24th November - 4th December 

week of - 9th March - 19th March 

week of - 29th June - 9th July 

Opening Hours and Fees

Pre-school opening hours.

Monday 8:30am-3pm 

Tuesday 8:30am-3pm 

Wednesday 8:30am-3pm 

Thursday 8:30am-3pm 

Friday 8:30am-3pm 

Afterschool club opening hours.

Monday 3.15pm-5.15pm

Tuesday 3.15pm-5.15pm

Wednesday 3.15pm-5.15pm

Thursday 3.15pm-5.15pm

we collect from ST Margaret's primary school Toppesfield and is also available for children that attend the         pre-school

 

Fees: £6.00 per hour  

 

All children welcome from 2 through to rising 5 year olds 

with 15 hour & 30 hour funding available 

    Fundraising 
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Our fundraising this year will purchase new play equipment for our role play area. 

Lastly, we have created a wish list on Amazon. This List is small purchases for arts and crafts, themed play and toys to extend our equipment etc. any purchases made we are very grateful as they really do help us to provide a wide variety of activities and toys for the children. Please share with friends and family.

You can find the link below.

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         Fundraising events

Saturday 13th September - Toppesfield village show 2pm at the village hall.

Saturday 18th October - walking treasure hunt 10am-1pm from the village hall.

Wednesday 3rd December 7.30pm - wreath making at the village hall.


Saturday 6th December 10am - Toppesfield Christmas market at the village hall  

Christmas raffle to be drawn on Friday 19th December.
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