Ascott Pre-School

Welcome everyone

Sharon Light — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:00:52 +0000

We hope you have all had an enjoyable Summer. The first day of Term 1 for returning children is Thursday 4^th September. For those who are new to Preschool, you will have been contacted with your given start date. We are really looking forward to welcoming everyone back. See you soon!

Festival of Holi

Sharon Light — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:43:59 +0000

Holi is the Hindu festival of colour, we celebrated this by throwing special coloured paint powder on to a white sheet and each other!

Pre-School Closed 1st May 2025

Sharon Light — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:26:34 +0000

Pre-School will closed on Thursday 1st May as Tiddy Hall is being used for the Local Election.

Ascott-Under-Wychwood Pre-School’s waiting list.

Sharon Light — Sat, 18 May 2024 18:03:05 +0000

We have a waiting list for children who wish to enrol at our setting. Please contact us as soon as possible if you are considering applying for a place. Many thanks. Contact: Pauline Plant 07968 006451 or ascott_pp@btinternet.com

Fun times at Tiddy…

Sharon Light — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:37:18 +0000

Ofsted Inspection 2022

Sharon Light — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:31:57 +0000

Dear parents and carers,

We have just received the report from the Ofsted inspection we had at pre-school in November, and are thrilled to announce that we have received an OUTSTANDING rating. This is a first for pre-school, but so very well deserved by all of the staff and children. What a wonderful asset we have on our doorstep, which continues to provide such valuable care and memorable experiences for our youngest children.

https://ascottpreschool.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ofsted-Report-2022-1.pdf

Autumn at Pre-School

Sharon Light — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:37:32 +0000

Out and About
Some of the children and staff had an enjoyable Autumn walk to Ascott Village Shop where we dropped off the items for the North Oxfordshire Community Foodbank. Thank you so much to everyone who kindly sent in a food donation for this. We had a chatty journey and a good look around, noticing signs, numbers on houses, flowers and foliage, horses and spiders webs along the way. The children were really good at holding hands and know to be careful near the road as well as very proudly wearing their high-viz jackets. We had a search for conkers on the village green too.

We’ve had a walk down the lane, noticing and picking blackberries and also a few sessions at Ascott playing field as well as visiting the allotments where we were able to dig up potatoes, saw tomatoes on the vine and sampled some apples and raspberries.

Yoga
Thank you to Beth (Yoga Bees) who came to do a yoga session with us. We sang songs and learned some yoga poses – tree, tractor, rabbit, cow and rooster. We did star jumps as well and felt how fast our hearts were beating and then noticed how they slowed down when we lay down for a rest with some music.

Cooking
The children were keen to cut up cooked vegetables to make soup. They learnt how to use the safety knives properly and were able to have a go at cutting carrots, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnips and peppers. They also enjoyed seeing the soup being whizzed in the blender to make smooth soup.
We made bread rolls, the children learnt to knead the dough until it was no longer sticky. The rolls were kept in a warm place and they could see that they had risen before we popped them in the oven. All agreed that the smell of the rolls cooking was delicious.
We were also given some apples and everyone enjoyed the process of chopping them up and rubbing the butter into the flour to make the crumble to go on the top.

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, Chicks and what we’ve been up to!

Sharon Light — Sat, 28 May 2022 17:26:08 +0000

For the last week or so we have made Jubilee crowns, bunting and swizzle sticks to use at our Street Party. We’ve also created golden coaches, Beefeaters, Queens and decorated crown biscuits, as well as a Platinum Jubilee Display board for Tiddy Hall. The children think that the Queen lives in a palace and that flowers, tea, horses and dogs, especially corgi’s are her favourite things. We’ve played music and danced in our Crowns. On the last day of term the chicks finally hatched from their eggs, there was great excitement and wonder at how they had managed to get out of the eggs and how exhausting it is for them! The children watched as the chicks dried off and became fluffy in the incubator before being transferred under a heat lamp. They are all going to live happily ever after at Aleesha’s house!

Fun at Tiddy and beyond….

Sharon Light — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:54:26 +0000

Nativity and singing…

Sharon Light — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:13:57 +0000

Although it was different to our usual Concert day, those children who could attend, arrived eager and excited to start with their party. The older children helped the younger with their singing around the Christmas tree, songs they have been learning over the past few weeks, beautiful voices and well remembered words! Then we were on to the older children performing the traditional Nativity tale of the first Christmas this was accompanied by enthusiastic renditions of several delightful songs – written by the Pre-school teachers – and old favourites ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’. The above was all recorded and parents/carers are able to view it on our online journal, Tapestry.

Sally Elderfield kindly came to do some party games, with fantastic singing and dancing. Thank you Sally!

We then discovered that Father Christmas had visited and left presents for every child around the fireplace and chimney at Tiddy Hall! We opened them in front of each other and were all incredibly excited to receive our gifts.

We thank Caroline and Tamsyn who put a lot of time and effort into arranging a raffle and sold tickets outside on the Concert day. Thanks too to everyone who contributed items and all of you who purchased tickets. We made an amazing £407 for Pre-school funds.

The children did fantastically well and made all of the staff very proud. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!