Ladybirds Pre-School - Porchester Road

📦 we are looking for any spare gift boxes/shoes boxes you may have at home you no longer need to support the growing love our children have of "filling" "transporting" and "emptying" resources!! Please drop them in if you have any spare 📦 thank you

Our manager Zoe is very proud (and flattered) to have been asked to apply for a role on this pilot, and has gotten through the first part of the application process and is heading off for the next part - assessment and interviews in the next few weeks.

Proud to be part of this early years team in Southampton 🐞🐞

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25831233.southampton-chosen-ofsted-new-inspector-pilot/?fbclid=IwdGRjcARR2idjbGNrA_bDN2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHlpNrbA5weGFTrBTLKhVBI4zw4QZnnYCyL3Rphw_6IvJJQJaEiipOxQ1x8kn_aem_7keVhGlRPQDJyNynoeVPCQ

Southampton chosen by Ofsted for new inspector pilot Watchdog Ofsted has selected Southampton as the only area of the country to be part of a new inspector pilot scheme.

🐛 we are feeling excited as our caterpillars have arrived today ready for the children to watch and grow into butterflies over the next half term 🐛

Advice and guidance around screen time for under 5s, please have a read 👀

Baby and toddler screen time guidance - Best Start in Life Guidance for parents on managing screen time for under 5s. Learn what's recommended and how to build healthy habits from an early age.

Happy Easter to all our Ladybird families, we hope you have a wonderful day together 🐞

Ladybirds Pre-school (Porchester Road) has the following vacancy due to an internal promotion 🐞

Early Years Practitioner

Monday - Friday- 8am-4pm

Start Date: ASAP (term time only)

A full and relevant qualification is desired.
Maths and English GCSE's at grade C/4 and above are essential.

A love of learning and teaching and a passion for excellence are essential for all practitioner candidates. Including the following:
- Empathy for both children’s and adults needs
- A passion for children to do well and be happy -they must come first
- Teamwork skills – support your colleagues
- A warm, friendly and welcoming personality
- Good communication skills for both adults and children
- A positive attitude

We offer very competitive salaries with enhancements.
To reflect our high safeguarding practice we follow safer recruitment procedures - all successful applicants will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Salary: depending on qualifications.
Benefits:
Company pension
Long service policy
Education:
GCSE or equivalent (required)
Please send a CV to [email protected]
Or call 02380431226. We look forward to hearing from you.
We will keep this post open until we find the right candidate and interviews will be allocated as we receive applications 🐞🐞🐞

🐞🐞Are you looking for a pre-school space from September 2026?

Then give us a call on 02380 431226 and come and have a look around, we have spaces available for children aged 2.4 years to 5 for a variety of sessions.

Have a look at our website for more details www.ladybirdsrus.co.uk

We look forward to meeting you 🐞🐞

Ladybirds Pre-School Ladybirds Preschools have an excellent reputation serving the local community and beyond with extended preschool education.

Good Early Years Attendance = Best Chances of Success

We know it is not statutory in the Early Years and Childcare sector but there are so many good reasons why attendance is so important.

Good attendance promotes good outcomes for children. If your child is absent please do let us know at pre-school. We also monitor all children's attendance at pre-school each half term and will share these details with your child's next school.

Regular attendance in the Early Years offers opportunities for children to

Develop social skills with their peers, make friends and learn how to get on with others.

Develop their skills and learn through play, this includes early language, reading and maths skills.

Develop good habits for future school attendance and good attendance and punctuality skills for life.

Children who attend every planned session develop a feel for the rhythm of the week and gain a sense of security from the regular elements of early years routines.

Develop a sense of belonging to support developing self-esteem and confidence.

Grow in emotional resilience and self-regulation skills.

Please follow the link below for more details:

https://www.southampton.gov.uk/children-families/children-families-online-documents/why-is-early-years-and-childcare-attendance-so-important/

Our attendance policy can also be found here:

https://www.ladybirdsrus.co.uk/porchester-setting/policies-porchester/attendance/

Why is Early Years and Childcare Attendance so Important? We know it is not statutory in the Early Years and Childcare sector but there are so many good reasons why attendance is so important. Good attendance promotes good outcomes for children.

A great community to help support parents who are caring for a child with SEND

Happy Mother's Day to all the mummies, aunties, nanny's 💗💗🐞🐞 have a wonderful day

This week we had our four sessions for Mother's Day activities.

We started the sessions with some funky dancing with The Sticky Kids 🎶🎵 and then went off to explore all the role play activities on offer.

It was so lovely to see so many of our mum's/nans /aunties in the setting, with lots of smiles, talk and laughter 🐞🥰 thank you for all coming and making this week so special. Your children loved sharing their time with you

We are looking forward to sharing stories with you today for World Book Day 📚 I wonder what costumes we will see 🐛🐞👸🏴‍☠️🦸‍♂️