Kingfishers Colden Common Preschool

Kingfishers Colden Common Preschool Rated Good (2019) by Ofsted , our Pre-School is set in the heart of Colden Common village. We offer q We look forward to meeting you soon!

An Ofsted Good Pre-School with 'outstanding elements' set in the heart of Colden Common village, we offer caring, stimulating, quality childcare for little ones aged 2 years up to Reception. We welcome children from the village and the local area including Twyford, Fair Oak, Bishopstoke, Eastleigh and Owslebury. Our aim is to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age, in a parent-involving community based group, to provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment, to work within a framework which ensures equality of opportunity for all children and families. We are led by the children’s interests and we strongly believe together with the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) in allowing children to learn through play which helps their imaginations to thrive and their confidence to grow. We visit the local primary school regularly for music sessions and enjoy visits from children’s groups.

💛 A HUGE THANK YOU TO REKAN 💛We would like to say a massive thank you to the wonderful team at Rekan for their incredibl...
06/10/2026

💛 A HUGE THANK YOU TO REKAN 💛

We would like to say a massive thank you to the wonderful team at Rekan for their incredibly generous support of Kingfishers Preschool. 🥰

We absolutely LOVE our fantastic new hi-vis jackets! 🦺✨ They will be put to very good use on our many adventures out and about in the local community, helping to keep our children safe and easily visible while we're exploring.

Rekan have also very kindly donated some goodies for our Scarecrow Festival this Sunday 🎃🍂 — we are so grateful for their continued generosity and support of our preschool.

Support from local businesses really does make a difference to small charitable settings like ours, and we feel very fortunate to have such wonderful people within our wider community. 💙

Please take a look at Rekan and the work they do:

🌐 [Rekan website](https://www.rekan.co.uk/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

A huge THANK YOU from all of the children and team at Kingfishers Preschool! 🐦💛

Kingfishers Preschool in Early Years Well-being WeekLast week at Kingfishers Preschool, we proudly participated in Early...
05/10/2026

Kingfishers Preschool in Early Years Well-being Week

Last week at Kingfishers Preschool, we proudly participated in Early Years Well-being Week, focusing on activities that nurture children's emotional health and resilience.

🌿 From our weekly yoga sessions with Jules to talking about the people who help us, we explored what makes us happy, got out and exercised, connected with nature and how to express our feelings. 📖 We read meaningful stories like The Invisible String, and the children created emotions in clay faces, giving them the opportunity to express and understand their feelings in a creative way.

The benefits of supporting children's well-being are endless. By helping our children develop self-regulation skills and making time for well-being, we are fostering:

🌱 Improved emotional intelligence and awareness
💬 Enhanced communication and social skills
🎨 Creativity in expressing thoughts and feelings
🤗 Greater empathy and understanding of others
💪 Better coping mechanisms during challenging situations
😊 Boosted happiness and self-confidence

We are committed to nurturing our children's well-being every day at Kingfishers Preschool! 💖

🎃 ONE WEEK TO GO… ARE YOU READY FOR THE SCARECROWS? 🌾Just ONE WEEK to go! 🥳 Our annual Scarecrow Festival in Colden Comm...
05/10/2026

🎃 ONE WEEK TO GO… ARE YOU READY FOR THE SCARECROWS? 🌾

Just ONE WEEK to go! 🥳 Our annual Scarecrow Festival in Colden Common is happening NEXT SUNDAY – 11th October!

We’re busy putting the final touches together behind the scenes — getting the scarecrows ready, preparing the crafts, sorting our fabulous raffle prizes and making sure all the little details are in place. 🧑‍🌾🎨🎟️

We’re so excited to welcome you for a brilliant day of autumnal family fun! 🍁👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💛

🕵️‍♀️ Follow our Scarecrow Trail around the village

🍫 Enjoy chocolate treats (allergy alternatives available)

🎨 Get creative with our wonderful arts & crafts

🎟️ Have a go at winning one of our fabulous raffle prizes

🧩 Solve riddles for our older detectives

☕ Enjoy drinks & biscuits

It’s a brilliant day for all ages — and you don’t need to be part of Kingfishers Preschool to join in! 💛

📅 Sunday 11th October
⏰ Drop in anytime between 10am–2pm
🎟️ £5 per child

Your £5 includes entry to the scarecrow trail + a prize, arts & crafts, a drink and a biscuit. 🎉

💷 IMPORTANT: THIS IS A CASH-ONLY EVENT 💷

Please make sure you bring cash with you on the day, as we won’t be able to accept card payments. There will be plenty to enjoy, so don’t forget your pennies! 😊

☕ A little reminder: Hot drinks will be served in stoneware cups. If you’d like a drink to take away, please bring your own reusable mug. 🌍💚

The finishing touches are going on and the excitement is definitely building! 🍂🌻

Bring the family, bring some cash, and come and join us for a fantastic day! 🎃🧑‍🌾🍁

We can’t wait to see you NEXT SUNDAY! ❤️

📣 Find the event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/4487693324823991/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D%5D%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

🌱🌻 Allotment School is Back!🥕🍓We are so excited to have restarted our much-loved Allotment School this Friday at Kingfis...
02/10/2026

🌱🌻 Allotment School is Back!🥕🍓

We are so excited to have restarted our much-loved Allotment School this Friday at Kingfishers Preschool!

Our allotment provides a wonderful outdoor learning environment where our little gardeners can get their hands muddy, explore nature and discover the magic of growing their own food.

Allotment School offers so many valuable learning opportunities, including:

🌱 Understanding the world – discovering where our food comes from, exploring seasonal changes and learning how to care for living things.

🥕 Healthy eating – encouraging children to try new fruits and vegetables, particularly when they have helped grow them themselves!

🐛 Curiosity and exploration – investigating insects, wildlife, plants and the natural environment.

💪 Physical development– strengthening fine and gross motor skills through digging, planting, watering and using gardening tools.

🤝 Personal and social development – developing teamwork, patience, responsibility and a wonderful sense of achievement.

🔢 Early maths and language – counting seeds, measuring growth, comparing sizes and introducing exciting new vocabulary.

At Kingfishers, we believe some of the richest learning experiences happen outdoors, through hands-on exploration and real-life experiences.

We can't wait to see what our little gardeners grow, discover and achieve this term! 💚

💚 Thank You for Joining Us at Our Macmillan Coffee Morning! ☕🍰A huge thank you to all the families who joined us last Th...
01/10/2026

💚 Thank You for Joining Us at Our Macmillan Coffee Morning! ☕🍰

A huge thank you to all the families who joined us last Thursday for our Macmillan Coffee Morning!

It was such a lovely morning, and wonderful to see our Kingfishers families coming together, getting to know one another, enjoying a cuppa and having the opportunity to chat with our team in a relaxed environment.

It was also particularly special for parents and carers to spend time in the setting, watching their little ones play, explore and interact with their friends. 💕

Events like these are about so much more than coffee and cake – they help us build a strong sense of community and strengthen those all-important relationships between home and preschool, all whilst supporting a fantastic cause.

Thank you once again for your continued support and for making the morning so enjoyable! 💚

📚 Investing in Our Team, Investing in Our Children!🌟Our team made great use of our INSET day by completing their mandato...
30/09/2026

📚 Investing in Our Team, Investing in Our Children!🌟

Our team made great use of our INSET day by completing their mandatory training, delivered by Louisa from Jigsaw Consultancy.

Continuous professional development is an essential part of providing high-quality early years education. It helps us maintain a safe and nurturing environment, stay informed of current guidance and best practice, and ensure we are always delivering the very best care and learning experiences for our children.

At Kingfishers, we believe that learning never stops – not just for our little ones, but for our grown-ups too! 💙

A big thank you to Louisa for delivering our training and to our dedicated team for their ongoing commitment to professional development and the children in our care.

🔨🎨 Exciting News – Our New Making Shed Has Arrived! 🏡🌿We are absolutely delighted to share our wonderful new addition to...
30/09/2026

🔨🎨 Exciting News – Our New Making Shed Has Arrived! 🏡🌿

We are absolutely delighted to share our wonderful new addition to the outdoor environment at Kingfishers Preschool!

Thanks to the generosity of Colden Common Parish Council, who kindly supplied our new shed, and the fantastic team at Stepnell, who constructed it for us, we now have an amazing sheltered space that will become our very own Making Shed! ❤️

This exciting new area will provide endless opportunities for creativity, exploration and hands-on learning. From arts and crafts, woodwork and clay modelling to painting and many other imaginative projects, our children will have a dedicated space to design, create, experiment and develop new skills – whatever the British weather throws at us! ☔☀️

We are really looking forward to developing this wonderful space over the coming weeks and watching the children's creativity flourish.

A HUGE thank you to Colden Common Parish Council and to Ian, Ed and David from Stepnell, who generously gave their time and skills to make this project possible. We simply couldn't have done it without you, and we are incredibly grateful for your support of our preschool and the children within our community. 💚
We will be hosting an opening event, so watch this space!!

Watch this space as our Making Shed comes to life! 🎨🔨🌻

🍂🌾 NOT LONG NOW… THE SCARECROWS ARE COMING! 🌾🍂The countdown is on! 🎃 We’re busy behind the scenes getting everything rea...
28/09/2026

🍂🌾 NOT LONG NOW… THE SCARECROWS ARE COMING! 🌾🍂

The countdown is on! 🎃 We’re busy behind the scenes getting everything ready for our annual Scarecrow Festival in Colden Common — gathering fabulous raffle prizes, making scarecrows, preparing crafts and getting all the little details in place! 🧑‍🌾🎨🎟️

We can’t wait to welcome you for a brilliant day of autumnal family fun! 🍁👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💛

🕵️‍♀️ Follow our Scarecrow Trail around the village

🍫 Chocolate treats to enjoy (allergy alternatives available)

🎨 Wonderful arts & crafts

🎟️ Fabulous raffle prizes

🧩 Riddles to solve for our older detectives

☕ Drinks & biscuits

It’s a brilliant day of family fun for all ages — and you don’t need to be part of Kingfishers Preschool to join in! 💛

📅 Sunday 11th October

⏰ Drop in anytime between 10am–2pm

🎟️ £5 per child

Your £5 includes entry to the scarecrow trail + a prize, arts & crafts, a drink and a biscuit. 🎉

☕ A little reminder: Hot drinks will be served in stoneware cups. If you’d like a drink to take away, please bring your own reusable mug. 🌍💚

We’re getting everything ready and the excitement is definitely building! 🍂🌻 Save the date, bring the family and spread the word!

We can’t wait to see you there! 🎃🧑‍🌾🍁

📣 Find the event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/4487693324823991/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D%5D%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

📚✨ BOOK ON A HOOK IS IN FULL SWING! ✨📚Our Book on a Hook sessions are well underway at Kingfishers, and we’re loving see...
21/09/2026

📚✨ BOOK ON A HOOK IS IN FULL SWING! ✨📚

Our Book on a Hook sessions are well underway at Kingfishers, and we’re loving seeing the children become immersed in a new story each week!

Each week, we choose one special book to focus on and then plan a variety of activities and experiences inspired by the story. The book becomes a starting point for learning across the curriculum – from creative activities and small-world play to maths, mark-making, role play and lots of wonderful conversations.

Revisiting the same story throughout the week has so many benefits for our children. It helps them to:

📖 Become familiar with books, stories and written text
💬 Develop new vocabulary and communication skills
🔮 Make predictions about what might happen next
🧠 Recall and sequence events from a story
👂 Develop listening, attention and concentration
🎭 Retell and recreate stories through imaginative play
❤️ Explore characters, feelings and emotions
🔢 Make links to maths, shapes, numbers and patterns within stories
✏️ Encourage early mark-making and an understanding that print carries meaning
🌎 Build knowledge and understanding of the world around them
💭 Develop imagination, creativity and critical thinking
🙋 Build confidence in sharing their own ideas and opinions
📚 Develop a genuine enjoyment and love of books and storytelling

Most importantly, Book on a Hook brings stories to life! Rather than simply reading a book once, we give children time to really explore it, talk about it, play with the ideas and make meaningful connections with their own experiences.

We can’t wait to see where our next story takes us! 📚🌟

☕💚 Stay, Play & Watch – Macmillan Coffee Morning💚☕We would love to invite you to join us for our Stay, Play & Watch Macm...
14/09/2026

☕💚 Stay, Play & Watch – Macmillan Coffee Morning💚☕
We would love to invite you to join us for our Stay, Play & Watch Macmillan Coffee Morning on Thursday 24th September, from 9.00–10.30am.
Come along, enjoy a coffee and a treat, spend some time playing with your child and help us raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. It’s also a lovely opportunity to meet and chat with other local families in a relaxed and welcoming environment.
You don’t need to already attend Kingfishers to come along! We warmly welcome families who may be considering Kingfishers Preschool and would like an informal opportunity to see what we do, explore our facilities, meet our practitioners and management team, and get a feel for our preschool.
There’s no need to book – simply pop in and join us anytime between 9.00 and 10.30am.
We look forward to welcoming lots of familiar faces and hopefully some new ones too! 💚☕🍰

Address

Community Centre, Street Vigor Way, Colden Common
Winchester
SO211UU

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 3pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 3pm
Thursday 8:30am - 3pm
Friday 8:30am - 3pm

Telephone

+441962715401

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