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Parkwall Pre-School in Cadbury Heath aims to provide the best possible term time sessional care for children aged from 2 -4 years old.

Operating from the former reception classes of Parkwall Primary School in Cadbury Heath South Gloucestershire Parkwall Pre-School has been established with the primary aim of providing the best possible sessional care for children aged from 2-4 years old. We opened 11th April 2016 and are now accepting registrations for the remaining of this academic year as well as future years. Free educational grant sessions available as well as paid places. Open from 09:00 - 15:00 Monday - Friday term time. Please phone us on 0117 9677744 or email... [email protected] for more information.

17/07/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 6 week 7)

What a busy week it has been!

As most of you will be aware that Parkwall preschool is closing and a new refurbished settingwill be opening in September called Parkwall Little Learners.

We will all be here in September and the general layout of the rooms will be similar but completely modernised complete with new windows, doors, bathroom, sensory sleep area and kitchen.
The entrance will also be a little different with no access through the main entrance or car park top gate but a completely different entrance via the children’s centre gate and path.

The fence will continue down to the preschool room door where children will enter. Everything will be electronic, including the new car park gates.

Please be aware there will be no access to the car park. Staff will no longer have or need keys but they will use electric fobs.

This week has been quite an emotional one with many children saying bye because they will not be using us next week as their older siblings have broken up today, whilst some are off on their holidays.

The children have been helping the staff by sorting toys and tidying things away.

Many items are still available for parents to take and are across the front of the building.

The settingis a little bare but we are making the best of it.

We celebrated a birthday and ate some delicious cakes!

This week’sweather has been very hot and we have been watching over the UV levels andensuring we are inside by the time it hits a dangerous height.

We have also carefully monitored the children and ensured they have regular drinks and weartheir hats.

They have used cold wet blue roll and ice pops to keep cool.There was lots of fun to be had one afternoon when we turned the foyer into a paddling splashpark.

The children took off their socks and shoes and walked through different sized trays and tuff trays filled with cold water.

You can see how much they loved it by the huge smiles on their little faces!

We wouldlike to say a huge thank you to the parents and children who have been so kind and generous with lots of lovely gifts.

We don’t expect to receive gifts for what we do because we all love our job but it isvery much appreciated and shows how much you all care. It is not good bye forever because we hope you will remain in contact and pop by fromtime to time to let us know how you are getting on.

The staffwould like to thank you all for your continued support and we wish you all thebest for the future.

The team atParkwall preschool.

08/07/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 6 week 6)

What a busy week it has been in preschool!

Last Friday we had our graduation ceremony and leavers party and the children had a great time!

This week the children have been focussing on holidays and day trips.

They have completed a lovely beach display and discussed what type of holiday they are going on, for example camping, caravan or hotel. We also discussed what they would need to pack in their suitcase, such as summer clothing and swimwear.

The children also thought about transport and how they would get to their given destination, for example car, train, ferry or plane.

They explored the beach themed tuff tray complete with blue tissue paper water, rice coloured sand, sea creatures and beach word labels which enabled them to practice their early word recognition skills.

The children enjoyed early outdoor play but were indoors by 11am when the UV rays reached an unsafe level. Staff were very impressed with how well the children are keeping their sun hats on!

The beach theme has continued with a lovely maths activity of counting a quantity of large shells and finding the number to match.

The water play turned blue and the sea creatures placed in. This was a good way of keeping cool and the children named the different sea animals, such as dolphin, orca, shark & crab.

We have been thinking about keeping cool and the children have used their creative skills to design an ice cream. This involved cutting, sticking and using the equipment safely. They chose a flavour and added a topping.

It is not very long until the end of the academic year and we break up.

The observations and reports have been sent but if you did not receive them, please let us know.

The children’s pictures will also be emailed to parents very soon. They are individual photos of your child carrying out activities and having fun over their time spent with us.

We hope you like them and feel free to print them off and hold onto as a little keepsake.

Enjoy the photos

The team at Parkwall preschool

02/07/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 6 week 5)

In the toddler room this week the children have been focussing on their fine motor skills.

They threaded colourful cotton reels on a string and made some repeating patterns.

The children particularly enjoyed squeezing pipettes to fill with water and then squeeze them again to sq**rt back in the tray.

They used their pincer grasp to peel tiny stickers to add on a picture. This activity turned into decorating each other with stickers and some staff ended up with colourful noses!

Both rooms have practised ways of staying cool and learning the importance of staying hydrated. They played with cold water, stayed in the shade or inside when the UV was high. The children sat in the breeze of the fan and ate ice pops. They were very good at remembering to keep a hat on and not get overheated.

In the preschool room this week the children have been listening to the story of The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. A lovely story with an emphasis on sharing and friendship.

There is a link below…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFORvXhub28

The preschool room children have continued their transition activities. The home corner was turned into a school room and the children played going to school. Some children role played being teachers whilst others were students. They practiced their school readiness skills by un******ng and dressing into their school uniforms.

Many of the children have started their stay and play sessions and most of them have now met their new teachers.

With starting school and school readiness in mind we have added a useful link from the GOV.UK page. We hope you find it useful.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-practical-advice-for-families-to-get-children-school-ready

The Cbeebies site has lots of different episodes of characters starting school which may be beneficial to the leavers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/starting-school-curation

Enjoy the photos

The Team at Parkwall Preschool

18/06/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 6 week 3)
What a busy week we have had!
All of our usual exciting activities have taken place, but also the start of the World Cup 2026 and todays visit from the police.
We are almost ready to release the Term 6 reports and observations and you will receive them via email.
There is a lot going on!
In both rooms this week the children have been thinking about the game of football. They have learned the meaning of the word team and an understanding of team work (working together to achieve a goal).
The children carried out activities with a football theme such as football writing frames, playdough mats, learning about the shapes which form a football, black pentagons and white hexagons and made a paper plate football.
An amazing tough tray complete with artificial grass, football pitch markings, pom pom footballs, miniature goal nets, flags of the world cup and Lego figure players was great fun and lots of games were played.
Yesterday, the day of the England match, we all wore the colour red to show our support and waved our flags. The children chanted England and marched around the room to different football themed songs and some played accompanying musical instruments.
Today the children were lucky enough to experience a police visit. They met two police officers (Rosie and Callum) who spent time in the preschool answering the children’s questions, telling them about how they help people and showing them the equipment which they use. The children were very interested and asked some great questions such as “Do you have a helicopter?”
Next, we went outside to see the police van and even sat inside it! The children stood back to watch as the flashing lights were turned on and the siren sound!
They all had the best time as you can tell by the closed Facebook post photos.
Enjoy the photos
The team at Parkwall preschool.

11/06/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 6 week 2)

This week we would like to say congratulations to another family on the birth of their baby daughter and younger sister. It was so lovely to meet her earlier today.

In the toddler room this week the children have been thinking about people who help us and in particular the medical profession of doctors and nurses. The children have helped to make each other better as well as some of the dolls and cuddly toys who needed bandages added, temperatures taken and injections.

The children used the magic writing frames to write and draw. Some of the children decided to practice writing numbers and counting so the writing activity overlapped into numeracy too!

The children explored the play dough and its properties with some of them even noticing that it was still lovely and warm (I was busy cooking it at 7am on Monday morning). They decided to manipulate it by rolling it into a long line to make The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Others decided to roll it around and around in a circular motion to form a ball. This led nicely onto our football world cup sweepstake. Hayley has ensured both staff and children have a team to follow and the winner will receive a little prize! We are all very excited!

Spoiler alert! We know it is Father’s day next week (Sunday 21st June) but we have been super organised with the cards and a little gift and given most of them out this week. The children in both rooms have used their creative skills along with an abundance of glitter to make a stunning piece of art!

In the preschool room this week the children have used their media and material skills with construction. They used the small pastel wooden bricks to build different structures. The children made houses and towers and thought carefully about how to build in a way that would not easily fall and stay stable.

Following on nicely from using bricks for construction the preschool children also carried out creative construction. They used a variety of different containers, resources and glue to make things. This activity proved to be very popular with children who used their imaginative skills to make binoculars, telescopes and a party box.

*A few polite reminders…

*Please remember to collect your child’s artwork from the boxes in the foyer.

*Please put your child’s snack box in the box provided to simplify things for staff at snack time.

Thankyou for your continued cooperation.

Enjoy the photos

The staff at Parkwall preschool.

04/06/2026

Hello families and friends Term 6 week 1

Welcome back from the half term break and we all hope you had a lovely time. It is very strange to think that we are now in the last term of the academic year and our last as Parkwall preschool.

We have some very exciting news! Some of you may have noticed Hayley’s absence over the last few weeks. She has had surgery and is now well on the road to recovery. We will be welcoming her back next week on a phased return.

More exciting news… one of our preschool children has a new baby sister and we would like to say congratulations.

In both rooms this week staff have been observing the children and ensuring they have objectives linked to all of the learning areas. The children have been little superstars and are doing very well. The staff have also been superstars and lots of reports are in the process of being saved. Later in the term we will be releasing the observations and sending the reports out to parents.

Also, this term we will have reception class teachers popping in to say hello to their future students and getting to know them in preparation for September. We will let families know when this will be taking place.

The children were very happy to arrive back to find their sunflowers seeds had grown over the holiday. They have been observing the differences and looking after them by giving them a drink and ensuring they are positioned in the sun.

In the toddler room this week the children have been busy creating freestyle art work with pallet paints. Some of them named their pictures as family members whilst others experimented with adding water and mixing different colours. The children used the new ipads to activate sounds and follow instructions. They enjoyed using the little libraries with popular characters, such as Bluey, Teletubbies and Mr Tumble to say what was happening in the pictures and retell the stories to one another.

Both rooms joined up to have fun in the garden with the big parachute. The children listened to instructions and took turns to play parachute games. On a particularly rainy day they also joined up to burn off some energy in the form of dancing. The children requested popular K pop tunes and showed off their moves.

In the preschool room this week the children have been thinking about summer holidays and the seaside. They have been using their creative skills to make and design seaside themed items to add to the new display! Next week when it is finished, we will post a photo for you to see.

Enjoy the photos

The team at Parkwall preschool

21/05/2026

Hello families and friends
This week in the toddler room the children have continued to focus on the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
By using the display and the story sequencing board they are starting to name the characters and items and understand the order.
It ties in well with our welcome time routine book when the days of the week are named. It has also helped the children to name food types and count quantities.
The children looked at the life cycle of a butterfly and ordered the toys.
A link has been added below and maybe your child will be clever enough to learn a new word (metamorphosis and its meaning).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZD6rlSLUw
In both rooms this week the children have been busy focussing on the world by planting sunflower seeds. They have looked at pictures of the stages of growth (seed, germination, shoot, flower) and what a sunflower looks like.
The children took great care putting soil in a pot, adding the seed and giving it a drink. We decided to put them in the window so they will get the sunshine they need to grow.
In the preschool room the children have been using technology in the form of EARL (a bee-bot robot). Earl can be programmed to move forward, backwards and turn left and right (he is very clever).
The bee-bot is used in conjunction with a street mat which includes a road with different shops along it. This also compliments the world and people who help us because different professions can be included.
The children needed to use many skills to programme Earl to reach his destination. Once his journey was completed, they needed to clear the instructions for the next person. There is a lot to think about when using him but they managed well and staff got lots of lovely technology observations.
Today the transition forms were sent to the receiving primary schools so the children’s information is now with their teachers for September.
In term 6 (after next week’s half term break) reception class teachers usually visit preschool to meet the children and say hello. It is exciting times!
Tomorrow, we break up for the half term break and return on Monday 1st June.
We hope you all have a lovely break.
Enjoy the photos
The team at Parkwall Preschool

07/05/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 5 week 3)
In the toddler room this week the children have been focussing on the area of health and self-care.
They have used toothbrushes and toothpaste to brush the false teeth (which has proved to be very popular). We discussed why it is very important to brush our teeth. The children had some knowledge about what is good for teeth and what is not, for example, water is better for our teeth than fizzy drinks and squash.
The children have carried out free style paintings which always, inevitably turned into hand painting which resulted in a little practise of washing and drying hands.
They had great fun at the hairdressing salon. The girl’s world heads certainly needed an intense conditioning treatment! The children brushed, blow dried and straightened their hair. They styled it with hair scrunchies and claw clips as you can see in the photos.
The children practised dressing and un******ng the babies and feeding them. They chose different outfits and learned how to secure them by using the buttons. Lots of lovely role play took place and babies were well looked after.
In the preschool room this week Nicola put her maths coursework to good use with lots of lovely activities!
They used a tough tray with shapes drawn on with rice and paintbrushes to fill the different shapes.
The children used picture cards with small wooden shapes to match and recreate the pictures. They took ball pit balls and rolled them down different length cardboard tubes.
The children took the maths activities outside too and had lots of fun throwing bean bags into a bucket. They stood at short and long distances to see if they could hit the bucket.
The children used construction to build three dimensional shapes and large structures. A number counting framework was used for children to finger paint a number line.
If you want to extend your child’s number skills CBeebies has some fun number games, a link is below…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/numberblocks-make-and-play

Enjoy the photos
The team at Parkwall preschool

06/05/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 5 week 2)
In the toddler room last week, we had a focus on mathsand included the area of number and shape, space & measure.
The children used wooden disks in a counting frame tocount a quantity of five.
They used different vessels including cups, beakersand cylinders to measure capacity by seeing how many cups it took to fill eachcontainer.
The children identified different shapes and drew aroundthem to make shapes pictures.They completed puzzle shapes puzzles and looked at theirfeatures, for example, a triangle has three sides and three corners and asquare has four sides and four corners.
The children used square and triangular magnetic tilesto build different three-dimensional shapes such as cubes, cuboids and pyramids.
They built different structures and made towers and houses.The children used their mark making and creativeskills to print shapes with paint and made some lovely paintings to take home.
In the preschool room this week the childrencelebrated another birthday with some yummy cakes!
The children experimented with planting at the gardencentre tough tray. They took small spades, soil and pots to fill and addplants.
The garden centre activity also incorporated buyingand selling plants.
The children used the labels to decide which items orplants they wanted to buy and then they used the pretend money to purchase.
All of the children have enjoyed lots of lovely outdoorfun this week. They have been using their large motor skills to ride bikes,crawl through the tent tunnel and play chase!Enjoy the photos!
The team at Parkwall preschool

23/04/2026

Hello families and friends (Term 5 week 1)

Welcome back and we hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday.
This week has been a busy one!
We have welcomed two new children in the toddler room and one in the preschool room with a further toddler starting next week! It is safe to say that the setting is full.
Also, this week we have celebrated a birthdays, another took place during the holidays and we have one tomorrow too!
All of our school leavers should now know which school they are going to and a list has been completed to enable children and families to buddy up with friends moving onto the same primary school. The list will be displayed in both foyers and if it is not correct or if changes have taken place, please let us know.
This week in the toddler room there have been a few changes. Some of our older children have transitioned across to the preschool room and we have new children settling in. It has been all about making new friends, learning the routine and learning where things live. The children have enjoyed activities such as playdough, waterplay, stories and building with the big foam breeze blocks.
Both rooms have enjoyed exploring the garden with the freshly cut grass, the new climbing frame, balance boards and finding lots of minibeasts.
They found a caterpillar which complimented our Term 5 story for both rooms The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The children have listened to the book and also watched the story on DVD, a link is below…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
The story is very popular with our children and lots of lovely activities have been based around it this week, for example, story sequencing, naming characters and items and using the crocheted story sack to act out the story.
There is also a memory game online based on items from the story. We plan to play it with the children next week but if you would like to carry out a little bit of pre-teaching the link is below.
https://wordwall.net/resource/7185827/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-memory-game
In Term 5 & 6 there will be a focus on transition to school. We will be thinking about moving on and what our new school will look like. Each year we organise a transition display with photos of the different local schools, their Head teacher, Reception teacher, their logo, uniform, book bag and PE kit. This helps the children to familiarise themselves with their given school and teacher.
The children leaving for school will also have transition forms completed which will go to their primary school. Staff have already started the forms which will then be given to parents to sign, watch this space.
Enjoy the photos.
The staff at Parkwall Preschool

Address

Earlstone Crescent, Cadbury Heath
Bristol
BS30 8AA

Opening Hours

9am - 4pm

Telephone

+441179677744

Website

http://parkwallpreschool.co.uk/

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