Chapel Lane Pre School

01/10/2026

We finally got a picture of Sam proudly presenting her certificate! 🎉👏

And now, we’re looking forward to next week’s exciting treats! 🔥🍫

Weather permitting, the children will have the opportunity to safely watch the fire pit being lit and enjoy making delicious s’mores! We’re very excited! 🤩

Sam and the team will talk through all the important fire safety aspects with the children, creating a fun, hands-on learning experience while helping them understand how to stay safe around fire.

We can’t wait! 🔥✨

01/10/2026

🌿 Our Garden Transformation 🌿

Since returning, we have been making some exciting changes to our garden, carefully considering how the children are using the spaces and, most importantly, what they are gaining from them.

Every week, we have made great use of our allotment, and we have observed so much enjoyment from the children as they dig, explore, investigate and play. We noticed that the children were choosing the allotment more frequently than the digging area in the main garden, so we decided to remove the digging area and create a new ‘green space’ instead. This has given the children more room for creative building, physical movement and open-ended play.

We have also moved our mud kitchen into a slightly smaller but very usable space. By doing this, we have created more opportunities to introduce additional resources such as pasta, playdough and rice, encouraging imaginative, sensory and creative play.

Today, we observed just how naturally the children utilised these new spaces. They moved confidently between areas, exploring resources, creating their own play and making the environment their own. 🌱

Inside our playroom — pictures to come! — we have also moved our tuff tray frames indoors. This allows the children to sit underneath and continue exploring sand in a way that doesn’t limit their play or creativity.

So far, we have been really pleased with how well the children have responded to these changes. We love being able to observe their interests and then adapt our environment around them.

At Chapel Lane, we believe our environment should grow and evolve alongside our children. Moving resources, creating new spaces and following their interests allows us to provide opportunities that support their curiosity, independence, creativity, physical development and, most importantly, their enjoyment.

It gives us great pleasure to see the children settling in so beautifully and making these spaces their own. 💚

More changes, more exploring, more fun and lots more opportunities for learning and development! 🌿✨

29/09/2026

🎓✨ A huge congratulations to Katie O! ✨🎓

Katie O proudly presents her Level 3 certificate! 🥳👏

Congratulations once again, Katie, on achieving a Distinction in your Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. 🌟

Your hard work, dedication and commitment has truly paid off, and we are incredibly proud of you! ❤️

Well done, Katie! 🎉🥂

22/07/2026

Happy Holidays! ☀️

Today was wonderful, we all celebrated our last day together at legoland. It was so lovely to see so many smiley faces… we hope you all enjoyed as much as we did ☺️

Thank you all for a wonderful term – what an amazing year it has been! We are incredibly grateful for your continued support and for being such an important part of our Chapel Lane family.

Your kind words and generous gifts were lovely! Thank you very much, everything was greatly appreciated 😊

To all of our children who are starting school this September, we wish you every success on your new adventure. Enjoy every moment, embrace every opportunity, and always believe in yourselves. We know you'll all do brilliantly! ❤️

A huge thank you to our wonderful team for all of your hard work, dedication and commitment this year. It has been fantastic to celebrate so many achievements:

🎉 Katie O successfully completed her Level 3 Early Years qualification, achieving a well-deserved Distinction. 🍾

🌟 Rebecca completed her Level 3 SEN qualification and has taken on the role of Lead SENCo.

🌟 Rachel completed her Inclusion course and is already bringing her new knowledge and practical skills into the setting.

🌿 Sam completed her Level 3 Forest School training, including four full days of immersive forest learning, developing practical skills alongside the underpinning theory. We can't wait to fully embrace Forest School practice at Chapel Lane.

👏 Kayleigh has worked incredibly hard on her Level 3 qualification and is now almost 80% complete. She has also recently passed her Functional Skills – a fantastic achievement!

📚 Katie has begun her Level 5 qualification, and we are excited to support her as she embarks on this next stage of her professional journey.

We are incredibly proud to be surrounded by practitioners who are passionate about continuing their professional development and enhancing their knowledge, skills and behaviours to provide the very best experiences for the children in our care.

To all of the children returning in September, we can't wait to welcome you back for another year full of fun, laughter, learning and exciting adventures. We also look forward to meeting our new children and families as we build our 2026/27 Chapel Lane family together.

Have a wonderful, safe and well-deserved summer break.

With love,

The Chapel Lane Team

17/07/2026

🍦A little end-of-term treat! 🍦

As we near the end of another wonderful term, we were delighted to provide the children with a visit from the ice cream van! 🍦💙

We can’t quite believe it’s almost time to say goodbye to some of our amazing children as they begin their next adventure at school. We are so proud of each and every one of them and wish them all the very best as they start this exciting new chapter. 🌟📚

It was also so lovely to see some familiar faces today. There is nothing more special than seeing children who have moved on still remembering that Chapel Lane was their preschool. Watching them pop back to say hello really does make our day and reminds us what a special little community we have. ❤️

Thank you to all of our wonderful families for your continued support throughout the year.

Wishing everyone a happy, relaxing weekend! ☀️💛

17/07/2026

🌟 September 2026 🌟
Spaces Available at Chapel Lane Preschool

Looking for a warm, welcoming, friendly and fun environment where your child can learn, play and thrive?

✨ New for September 2026! ✨

Due to popular demand, we are delighted to be offering an additional hour on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, extending our session from 3:00 pm until 4:00 pm.

This extra session provides even more opportunities for children to explore, learn, make friends and build confidence in a nurturing environment.

If you'd like to find out more or arrange a visit, we'd love to hear from you!

💛 Come and discover why so many families choose Chapel Lane Preschool.

03/07/2026

***Additional sessions pending***

Still looking for a child care provider come September?

Chapel Lane has a few spaces remaining.

In recognition of feedback from current and prospective families, chapel lane are considering a 4pm finish Tuesday-Thursday, we have already had a great response. 🥳

Here is the survey link should you wish to complete, we would like to gage numbers before making these sessions available.

I have posted a survey titled 'Additional session' on SurveyMars. Please help me by filling it out. Thank you very much!

02/07/2026

Marks and Spencer’s have their annual 20% of school uniform.
All supermarket uniform is great quality, should anyone still need uniform for September 😀

14/05/2026

Today we adapted the garden environment to support and extend the children’s current skills and interests. We placed simple tools such as tweezers, scoops and bowls to encourage the development of fine motor skills, creativity and exploratory play.

The children will engage in hands-on sensory experiences, using natural resources to investigate, mix, pour and create.
These opportunities encourage problem-solving, imagination, hand-eye coordination and collaborative play whilst supporting curiosity and independent learning. 🍃

11/05/2026

We can’t believe there are only 2 weeks left of this half term before the final term begins… 😥🤍
What a wonderful year it has been so far. Filled with creativity, friendships, social development, giggles and lots of belly laughter ✨

⭐️ Chapel Lane has just 8 remaining spaces for September ⭐️

If you would like your child to join the fun, please get in touch — we would love to hear from you 🤍