Seedlings Pre School St Johns

We're keeping busy over the summer giving some of our Seedlings equipment a revamp. First up is a lovely new easel which Jenny has been busy making this week! It's coming along nicely!

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We're hiring!

Interviews to take place w/c 28th March

We are looking for a part time (with potential to increase hours) Early Years practitioner to join our friendly, family run pre school in the village of St Johns, Woking.

Hours are term time only
Mon - Fri
8:30 - 12:30 (with potential to increase. We are also happy to discuss the hours on an individual basis)

If you have a full and relevant qualification in Early Years (of Level 2 and above) and have experience of the EYFS Framework and working with children then we would love to hear from you.

Please register your interest by emailing [email protected]

Cover Staff Vacancy!

We’re currently looking to expand our team of cover staff at our lovely pre school

(Our usual policy of not employing parents who have children attending the setting will not apply for this role. This is due to the intermittent nature of the work.)

This is a perfect role for people who love working with children but do not want the commitment of a permanent position. We are a family run pre school with a close working, friendly team of staff. We pride ourselves on building excellent relationships with the children and providing them with a caring, nurturing and engaging place to enjoy themselves and further their development.

The role will entail supporting the permanent staff in the setting when we have other staff absent for sickness, training etc. It may also entail giving extra support so that staff can provide higher ratio care for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

You will be called upon on an ad hoc basis dependant on the needs of the setting and if you are able to help on that particular day.

All candidates will be employed dependant on successful references and DBS check. Experience of working with children and any relevant childcare qualifications are desirable but not essential.

For more information and to apply please contact us at [email protected]

Cover Staff Vacancy!

We’re currently looking to expand our team of cover staff at our lovely pre school.

(Our usual policy of not employing parents who have children attending the setting will not apply for this role. This is due to the intermittent nature of the work.)

This is a perfect role for people who love working with children but do not want the commitment of a permanent position. We are a family run pre school with a close working, friendly team of staff. We pride ourselves on building excellent relationships with the children and providing them with a caring, nurturing and engaging place to enjoy themselves and further their development.

The role will entail supporting the permanent staff in the setting when we have other staff absent for sickness, training etc. It may also entail giving extra support so that staff can provide higher ratio care for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

You will be called upon on an ad hoc basis dependant on the needs of the setting and if you are able to help on that particular day.

All candidates will be employed dependant on successful references and DBS check. Experience of working with children and any relevant childcare qualifications are desirable but not essential.

For more information and to apply please contact us at [email protected]

Cover Staff Vacancy!

We’re currently looking to expand our team of cover staff at our lovely pre school in St Johns.

(Our usual policy of not employing parents who have children attending the setting will not apply for this role. This is due to the intermittent nature of the work.)

This is a perfect role for people who love working with children but do not want the commitment of a permanent position. We are a family run pre school with a close working, friendly team of staff. We pride ourselves on building excellent relationships with the children and providing them with a caring, nurturing and engaging place to enjoy themselves and further their development.

The role will entail supporting the permanent staff in the setting when we have other staff absent for sickness, training etc. It may also entail giving extra support so that staff can provide higher ratio care for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

You will be called upon on an ad hoc basis dependant on the needs of the setting and if you are able to help on that particular day.

All candidates will be employed dependant on successful references and DBS check. Experience of working with children and any relevant childcare qualifications are desirable but not essential.

For more information and to apply please contact us at [email protected]

Seedlings Pre School St Johns Send a message to learn more

Our little Seedlings had a visit from a very special visitor!

(Any parents please feel free to share your child's photo with Santa, we'd love to see them! Please just ensure there are no other children in the photo)

We're currently hiring for the role of Admin Support in our lovely, friendly pre school. This is a perfect role for someone wanting to work a few hours each week during term time, with limited hours of home based working during the school holidays. Good admin skills are essential but applicants will also be expected to help supervise our lunch club sessions so should enjoy working with children as well.

For full information please email us at [email protected] and we can send you a full job description and application form

We look forward to hearing from you!

Closing date for applications is Monday 1st March

The Seedlings children loved this little Gruffalo Crumble set up in the tuff tray, to tie in with our book of the week, ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ 💕

Hello All,

As there have been no further updates from the Government regarding Early Years settings, we will be re-opening tomorrow as planned and are excited to see our Seedlings children, and welcoming our new starters!

Happy New Year to you all.

Warm wishes,
Gilly xx

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you all managed to have a lovely Christmas, despite the current situation with the pandemic.

Following the Government announcement today, I can confirm that we will re-open after the Christmas break on Monday 4th January as planned.

Fingers crossed this will not change, however, if anything does, you will be notified immediately.

We all look forward to seeing you and our lovely little Seedlings very soon!

May I take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for 2021, and thank you all for your continued support throughout this testing time!

Warm wishes,
Gilly xx
(on behalf of The Seedlings Team)

We are now closed for the Christmas break. We shall return on Monday 4th January 2021.

We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and the very best wishes for 2021!

Our cute stable set up in the tuff tray today!

Our Seedlings are loving our cute little set up this morning which we have created using our climbing frame. How lovely!? 💕

(Parents permission has been granted for us to use photographs of the children in the photos)

We are feeling festive at Seedlings!

Look at our gorgeous Christmas role play area 🎅🏼

The children love this little Dino set up in the tuff tray!

We are filling up fast and have limited spaces left for Spring 2021.

If you are interested in a space for your child, and would like to book in for a (socially distanced) show around after 2nd December, please email the office:

[email protected]

Warm wishes,
The Seedlings Team x

Our Seedlings have been busy creating this fantastic display board of Dinosaur crafts.

Our focus book over the last week has been 'Dinosaurs Love Underpants'. The children love this story and have had such fun with the related activities.

The children have been busy creating some wonderful Autumn crafts this term. Look at our display board! Great work Seedlings!

Look at our fantastic new addition to the garden! This climbing frame was gifted to us from a family whose children have both come through Seedlings, and are now at school.

The children love this, and are having lots of fun climbing and creating an obstable course with some other of our garden toys.

We were very lucky to be gifted this fabulous vegetable trug from one of our Leavers & her parents last term!

The children have loved filling the trug and it is now ready for planting! It will be lovely for the Seedlings children to plant the seeds & bulbs, and watch the whole process happen in front of their eyes.

Here is some useful information for parents of Summer born children, and a possible delayed start to school:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/921255/Guidance_for_parents_September_2020.pdf

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Teeth brushing in pre schoolers can be challenging! Here is a useful link, which will show you some useful tips and advice:

https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/life-stages/infant-kids/dental-hygiene-for-preschoolers-0513

Dental Hygiene for Preschoolers Dental hygiene for preschoolers should be a priority, even though baby teeth don't stick around for long. After all, children ca...

The Seedlings are loving our role play area. How fantastic does this look?

Look at our wonderful tuff tray set up today to go with our focus book, ‘What The Ladybird Heard”.

It seems like it was only yesterday we were posting on Facebook regarding spaces for January....... and here we are again!

We still have a few spaces available for January 2021.

If you would like a (socially distanced) show around of our lovely, family-run setting, please send an email to:

[email protected]

Seedlings Pre School closes today, Friday 17th July, and we re-open on Monday 7th September 2020.

You can email any enquiries to:

[email protected]

Emails will be picked up throughout the summer holidays.

Stay safe & have fun everyone! ☀️

One way to encourage your little ones to enjoy family walks, is to do a scavenger hunt along the way!

Here are some great ideas to help you on your way:

https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/scavenger-hunts

Look at our gorgeous seedlings in their fantastic Doorstep Lockdown photo! We hope to see them all again soon!

We would love you all to have a look at this wonderful virtual tour of our lovely pre school (which we are all missing terribly!).

Please do share if you have friends or family with little ones who are looking for a pre school ❤️

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qb5TloaWDw_F7T-8FSvHWwUjB-ONlalQ/view?usp=drivesdk

Virtual Tour Final Cut.mp4

Following Elon Musk's incredible rocket launch yesterday (did any of you manage to spot this in the night sky last night?!), we wanted to share an easy & fun way for children to create their own space rocket:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/children/2017/craft-a-diy-rocket-from-see-you-in-the-cosmos/

We would love to see some photos of your creations! Please share in the comment section below.

How to make a rocket ship Make your own rocket ship using this easy to follow, step-by-step video tutorial, inspired by star-gazing Alex from See You in the Cosmos.

We still have a few spaces available for Autumn 2020!

If you are potentially interested in your child joining our lovely pre school, please email Gilly who can then give you a call to answer any questions that you may have!

[email protected]

Hello Everyone!

We hope you are all well & safe and finding plenty to do, to keep yourselves and the children occupied!

Here is a fabulous website (they also have an app) which has games & activities for all ages.

You can filter by category and by age. It’s so simple! Enjoy 😁

https://www.maketime2play.co.uk/

Make Time 2 Play - Play Ideas and Activities for Kids Our mission at Make Time 2 Play is to help with ideas and inspiration to get your kids playing. We have hundreds of play ideas and activities for kids...

Puffin books will be hosting a series of virtual Spot storytime sessions to celebrate 40 years of Spot! Please see the website details below.

There are also some lovely little games for the little ones to play and keep them amused!

(We can't believe that Spot is 40.... makes us feel old!)

https://www.funwithspot.com/

Homepage A firm favourite with parents and pre-schoolers, Spot’s toddler-like behaviour introduces children to new experiences through friendship and play.

We miss the children so much!

Here is our amazing team sending a message to all of our little Seedlings.

We hope everyone is staying safe and looking after themselves.

CBeebies have heaps of fun bits to help keep the little ones occupied!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Games for kids and early years activities - CBeebies - BBC CBeebies helps pre-schoolers learn whilst they play fun games, watch clips, sing songs and make things with their favourite CBeebies characters and shows.

Here is a little (easy) recipe which may keep your little ones amused for a short while at least.

https://www.netmums.com/recipes/crawly-caterpillar-treats?utm_source=coronavirus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200326&utm_content=food

Stay safe & well all of you.

Crawly caterpillar treats These make a delicious spring themed treat...