Dothill Pre-School and Childcare

🤩 Exciting News 🤩

We’re pleased to share that we are extending our pre-school opening hours ⏰

From September 2026, our pre-school will be open 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday, all year round.

This will give families more flexibility and will support a wider range of childcare needs 💛

🌟Places are still available for September🌟, so if you’d like to enquire please drop us an email 📧[email protected]📧

https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/screen-time-under-5s/
Some very important information for you 😊

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.

World Book Day 2026 🤩

We know many parents and caregivers will be worried after seeing news about infant formula recalls over the weekend. Here's what you need to know:

Most formula is safe. Only some batches of Cow & Gate, Aptamil, and Nestlé SMA have been recalled. If your formula is not on the recall list, it is safe to use.

You can check our website for a full list of affected products.

The affected batches are unlikely to still be on shop shelves but may be in your cupboard. If you have an affected batch, do not use it. You can return it to the store and exchange it for an unaffected batch.

Find out more and sign up for recall alerts: https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/infant-formula-recalls

Pre-School Parents/Carers
In Pre-School we have been talking about eating healthily and taking care of our teeth. To support this your child will be bringing home a happy teeth bag containing a tube of age appropriate toothpaste, a toothbrush and a 2 minute sand timer. These are for you to keep and once a term we will replace your child's toothpaste and toothbrush. Happy brushing!🦷⌛️🪥

We are fundraising to be able to purchase a defibrillator for our setting.
We have a donation box in our entrance hall and any donations would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you ☺️

❄️Important❄️
Both club and Pre-School are closed today.

⚠️Weather Update-Pre-School & Club parents ⚠️
As I'm sure you all are, we are keeping a close eye on the weather and any updates!
Currently we plan on opening as normal tomorrow (Friday 9th Jan) for both Club and Pre-School. However if the weather is as bad as predicted we will, for the safety of all our staff, children and parents, remain closed tomorrow. We will of course let you know as soon as possible, please check emails, our FB page and also visit https://schoolclosures.telford.gov.uk/

Happy New Year to all our families
We are open as normal for club and Pre-School today 😀

The Pre-School children and staff all enjoyed our Christmas party lunch!
We followed this by playing lots of party games and finishing with good old pass the parcel! 🎄🎅