OPENING TIMES
We operate Monday to Friday for 38 weeks of the year during term time. Our opening hours are from 8.00am to 5.00pm every day. In addition to our standard morning and afternoon sessions, we also offer full wrap-around care through our Breakfast and After-School Clubs. Any combination of attendance can be requested as shown below:
| Session Times | Price |
| Breakfast Club: 8.00am – 9.00am | £7.50 |
| Morning Session: 9.00am – 12.00pm | £22.50 |
| Lunch Club (Packed Lunch): 12.00pm – 12.30pm | £4.00 |
| Afternoon Session: 12.30pm – 3.30pm | £22.50 |
| After school club: 3.30pm – 5.00pm | £11.25 |
For details of the specific term dates please visit the ‘Term Dates‘ page
TYPICAL SESSION
Whilst we have a daily routine, we like to remain flexible and regularly adapt a session to suit the needs of the children and to make the most of unplanned opportunities. A typical day, however, will be based on the time-table below.
08:00 – 09:00
Breakfast Club arrivals are welcomed into the setting. Children are provided with a variety of cereals, toast and other healthy options to set them up for day!
09:00 – 09:15
Morning Session begins. Parents and children arrive and are welcomed to the setting. Any special notes about children are written down and staff will be available to talk briefly with parents.
09:15 – 09:25
Children and staff gather for registration.
09:25 – 11:40
Free play. The children are encouraged to explore the facilities available to them and are able to select their own toys to play with. A different adult led activity (linked to the 7 areas of learning) will be planned and made available each day. The outdoor play area is accessible every day, except when the weather is bad. The children are allowed to come and go as they please. During this time the snack bar will be open, small groups of children sit round a table with a member of staff and are offered a drink of milk or water and a variety of snacks.
11:40 – 11:50
Tidy up time. We encourage everybody to help tidy toys away.
11:50 – 12:00
Circle time. All staff and children come together at the end of the session to share an activity. This might be singing, story time, playing with instruments, learning the days of the week or discussion about the day. We also celebrate birthdays.
12:00
Home time. Parents come to collect the children.
12:00 – 12:30
Lunch club children wash their hands and sit down together at the table to eat the packed lunch they have brought in or the freshly prepared hot lunch and pudding option. This is an opportunity for social and communication development.
12:30
Lunch club children are collected.
12.30 – 15.30
The schedule is repeated for the afternoon session.
15.30 – 17.00
After school club.
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH CLUBS
At Stoughton Pre-School we believe it is important to provide children with positive healthy eating experiences in order to promote their health and well-being. To support this, we will will provide a healthy snack for all children during each morning and afternoon session at no extra charge.
We operate a Breakfast Club from 8.00am to 9.00am each day and also a daily Lunch Club from 12.00pm to 12.30pm. Unlike many other settings, we allow you to use your Funded Entitlement to cover the full costs of these sessions if that is your preference! The following arrangements apply for Lunch Club:
- Parents are asked to provide lunch for their child if the child is booked to attend.
- We encourage parents to provide healthy lunches.
- Lunch boxes must be labelled with the child’s name and placed on the lunch trolley.
- No lunch time food will be cooked or heated on the premises and only cold food from home can be brought in i.e. sandwiches with a healthy filling, fruit, and deserts such as yoghurt.
We ensure that staff sit with the children to eat their lunch so that these times are a social occasion in which children and staff can participate. In order to protect children with food allergies, we discourage children from sharing and swapping their food with one another.
