Chairs Annual Report December 2022
West Hoathly Pre School is managed by committee in made up entirely of volunteers, most of whom work on a full or part time basis and who are parents of children at the Pre School and most of whom are parents of children attending the Pre School. We meet half termly and our role is to support aspects of Pre School such as resources, children and curriculum, finance and fundraising and staffing.
The committee is elected at the Annual General Meeting and all parents are invited to attend. The committee also organises fundraising events throughout the year.
2022-3 Trustee Names: Rachel Townshend, Tina Allen, Liz Shannon, Rebecca Denne, Sophie Abbott, George Brinkhurst, Stacy Beresford
Our Structure and our Aims
We follow the Pre-school Learning Alliance Constitution and this forms our governing document. We also follow the EYFS framework. Our Policies and Procedures are based on and adapted from the Pre-School Learning Alliance model templates. All Policies and Procedures were updated in 2022.
We are able to offer 2 year old and 3 year old funding. Our fees for unfunded children are £6 per hour.
West Hoathly Pre-school is a small, friendly Early Years setting at the heart of the local community. Catering for around 20 children between the ages of two and four years old, we offer an engaging, broad and balanced early year’s curriculum based on the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. Our ultimate aim is to provide a positive, safe learning environment for all children to grow and develop through play.
Countless research has suggested that Early Years education is of vital importance to young children, an understanding that is reflected in the government’s commitment to offer childcare funding to 3 year olds and now, means tested, to 2 year olds. To have such a provision in the heart of a small community allows more children the opportunity to have the best start to their education and also brings the community together.
We are very lucky to have a fantastic team of experienced, caring and dedicated staff supporting our children learn. Our Staff team is made up of our Supervisor Claire Archer as well as other staff members, Rebecca Denne, Liz Shannon and Esther Griggs. We are extremely grateful to all our fantastic staff, without whom we could not exist and thank them for their continued dedication and hard work. Planning engaging and exciting activities that meet the needs of all the children takes time, during and outside the Pre School day, not to mention the time taken assessing and recording children’s progress.
Our Activities and Objectives this year
Please see our News Blog https://westhoathlypreschool.org/pre-school-news-blog/ for more information and lots of photographs showing what we have done this year.
To summarise, the committee going into 2023 will be: Rachel Townshend: Chair, Stacy Beresford: Secretary, Amy Marshall: Treasurer