Habitat PreSchool

School readiness isn't about counting and phonics but rather everyday skills and early concepts which can be practiced at home in fun, everyday opportunities.

As we move into the last school term of the settings will start talking more and more about the move to 'big school' - re-assure your little ones that you, and their new teachers, will support them with this transition and be there to talk to them about any worries they may have.

Peep Practitioners: download your Transition Peep resources in the login area (🔒): peeple.org.uk/transition-peep

Today drop in anytime between 10.30 and 1pm!!!

Short Breaks - We need to hear from you

Following recent updates and ongoing changes to Short Breaks across Bedford Borough, it is more important than ever that parent carers share their real, lived experiences.

At BBPCF, we are the strategic voice of parent carers. This means we gather your feedback and present it directly to the Local Authority and partners to influence decisions, planning and future services.

We have already started these conversations through our Let’s Talk Short Breaks sessions, and we now need to build a clear, up-to-date picture of what is happening for families right now.

💬 This is for ALL parent carers
Whether you:

Use Short Breaks regularly
Have tried and couldn’t access them
Aren’t sure what they are

📊 Please take a few minutes to complete our Short Breaks poll:

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/sZsvu8irpR

Good behaviour doesn’t start at school.
It starts at home.

Schools can teach routines.
We can teach expectations.
We can teach respect, kindness, and self-control.

But we cannot teach them in six hours a day
if they are undone in the other eighteen.

Children learn how to speak to adults at home.
They learn how to respond to rules at home.
They learn what happens when they refuse, argue, or say no.

A child refuses to follow an instruction at school.
There’s a consequence.
There’s upset.
There’s a phone call home.

And the response is:
“He doesn’t behave like that at home.”
or
“He just doesn’t like being told what to do.”

In that moment, the child learns something very quickly.

They learn that the rule at school can be undone at home.

Teachers will always support.
We will always guide.
We will always give chances.

But schools cannot be the only place where boundaries exist.

When routines don’t exist at home,
school feels harder.
Longer.
More frustrating.

And behaviour reflects that.

This isn’t about blaming parents.
It’s about being honest.

Children do best when expectations match.
When adults back each other.
When “no” means no in every setting.
When respect isn’t optional depending on the room.

Schools can do a lot.

But we cannot do it alone.

The children had a lovely time this morning with Tommy the Toucan

Thank you for inviting us

Holy week and Easter with preschoolers this morning helped by Tommy the Toucan!!

Look what your clever children have made today !

There is still time to take part in the ‘eggschange’

Remember to send in your beautiful Easter Hats on Friday - those not attending Friday’s please arrive at 1.45

We will hold a small raffle £1 a strip

Petition: Improve funding, pay & professional recognition for the Early Years workforce Increase government funding of Early Years settings, and introduce national frameworks related to pay, career progression and professional recognition to ensure greater alignment with educators and teachers in wider educational settings.

Beautiful hand knitted Chicks and Rabbits £2 (chocolate enclosed). Don’t hesitate these will be snapped up

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