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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.







