Sowood Preschool and Community Association

We look forward to welcoming you all back on Tuesday 6th September. We hope you have all had a fantastic summer and are ready for the new term.

We are delighted to announce our latest Ofsted repot is now available to view please click the link below

https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50188523

Some of the lovely comments from the report:

Children’s smiles and laughter are contagious in this welcoming pre-school. They
enjoy their time here and show that they are happy, content and feel safe.

A strength of the pre-school is the support it has in place for children with
special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff work with children on a oneto-one basis to help them achieve the best possible outcomes. Managers use
funding effectively to provide children with additional learning opportunities.

We have amended the menu slightly up to the end of term and have incorporated meals that we know the children enjoy.

If you have any suggestions of meals we could introduce to try, meals you cook at home that your child loves then please send us the recipe! That’s the best thing about cooking our own dinners, we can change it to suit the children.

Here is the menu… week commencing 13th December it will be slightly different as we are having our Christmas dinner on Weds 15th December.

13th Dec – Jacket Potato with choice of filling

14th Dec – Mac n Cheese

15th Dec – Christmas Dinner (turkey and trimmings)

16th Dec – Lasagne

17th Dec – Homemade pizza

Ofsted will be at Preschool on Friday 2nd July, if parents/carers would like to speak to the inspector please ask a member of staff.

We have been lucky enough to receive a grant from Community Foundation Calderdale to enable us to provide some families with help towards food shopping over the Easter holidays.

We have devised a brand new menu to promote healthy eating at Preschool.

We have catered for children with dietary requirements and allergies and included vegetarian dishes.

We cook all our meals fresh daily so these may be subject to change.

A full list of allergens to follow.

If you wish to bring in your own packed lunch then please make sure it is a healthy lunchbox and we ask that there are no nut or egg products included due to children with allergies.

Thank you

We are having a Christmas Party on Monday 2nd December from 3.30-5pm.  There will be a visit from Santa and disco with tea included.  £6.00 per child, siblings welcome

Our Annual Sing-a-long will be on Wednesday 18th December at 2pm, there will be refreshements available to enjoy before the performance.

Please contact Preschool staff to book tickets for the party and to let us know how many people will be coming to the singalong

**ROAD CLOSURE IN CENTRE OF STAINLAND** Please allow extra time for diversion when collecting your child from preschool promptly at 3pm. This applies all week

Thank you