ST.BRIDGET'S PRE-SCHOOL.
MANAGERS
REPORT
September 202312024.
Charity No. 1035116
Fiona Khedun. Manager.
Trustees Annual Report
Summary of our main achievements this year...
We welcomed 28 new starters in September this year.
SETTLING IN AND INITIAL OBSERVATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS.
Our aim is to ensure that all staff promote a positive settling in process for all
children attending.
We made initial observations and assessments of the children according to
certain areas. These observations involved parental input and observing children
in each of the EYFS learning areas according to their particular age range.
We decided that the staff will take on a group of key children this year, for all their
areas of learning and their pastoral care. We obseNed, and made records of the
Early Learning Goals that each child is already able to achieve, as an initial
baseline assessment.
Age group: 30-60Mths. EYFS Areas of Learning and Development ...
PRIME AREAS.
PSE
PHY
C&L
MOVING & HANDLINC,
Health & self care.
ATTENTION
Understanding &
speaking.
Manatsjiiu iealinos &
beliai'ioui-.

SPECIFIC AREAS.
LIT
MATHS
KUW
EAD
READING AND
WRITING.
COMMUNITIES,
THEWORL,D,
TECHNOLOCJI,
ISNING MI.-I)IA &
rvlA'I'k.IIIALS, BLING
IMA(21NA'I'IVE.
SPil'
THEME: Getting to know you.
SEPTEMBER 2023.
This term we are lucky enough to have a solid team after a few changes last year.
Chris Myles, Niki Broadhurst, Tess Broughton, Rachel Meziani, Amanda Broughton,
Vera Smith and our volunteer Gail Dixon.
Unfortunately Niki still has long covid but she is still managing to be in work for half
days until she feels able to increase.
The children are still entering Pre-school unaided, and are now very capable of
removing their coats and unpacking their bags, just like their older siblings.
With a beautiful weather in September, it allowed us to spend a lot of time outside
to introduce the children to the apparatus in the playground, and on the school field.

OCTOBER 2023.
We welcomed our new apprentice Demi Perrigo who is studying for her level 2 in
childcare and education.
We enjoy phonics for 30mins each day with Amanda Broughton from re￿ption, this
helps with the childrens, literacy with sounding letters, learning rhymes and listening
to stories, ready for their transition to the next stage.
After Christmas we start sounding and recognising letters, this is the beginning of
formation and noticing the differences in letters and how they are formed correctly.
This approach with not actually forming letters too early, has helped enormously
with the children understanding. Miss Cotterell is a lot happier with the outcome.
ALL ABOUT ME.
The children drew their families, and who lived in their house
AUTUMN.
We enjoyed 'autumn I spy, outside, and made autumn pictures, we asked the
children to look for signs of autumn at home and bring things in for the Autumn
Table.
OCTOBER HALF TERM
The children are spending 'key worker time, doing maths on a 1-1 basis, we are
looking, and matching numbers up to 5, learning the concept and value of each
number.
SPANISH.
Jo carver our Spanish teacher has been teaching the children all about fireworks
and bonfires, and we made beautiful pictures with heaps of glue and glitter!!

CHRISTMAS TERM 2023
NOVEMBER
TOPIC . DIWALI CELEBRATION.
EAD, we used our tuff tray and made Rangoli patterns with chalks.
The children enjoyed dressing up in saris, and we made kebabs, taste testing
different fruits and textures.
MATHS, we did a Diwali colour by numbers, this was quite difficult, but the
children managed to do their best.
PHONICS with Amanda, the children increased their listening skills by sitting
very well, and following activities that are set.
Outside play using all the apparatus.
We also enjoyed water play in the tuff tray with the little kitchen sink.
SPANISH - The group is quite large for Jo to control, we are trying to help, but
will have a discussion next week about the way forward.
We had a Diwali table, with tea lights, pictures of celebrations and fireworks. We
had little Diwali stories.
We did lots of Traditional Indian dancing with Niki!
The children then took it in turns to be the snack helper with Rachel & Tess.
TOPIC: HALLOWEEN, BONFIRE NIGHT & FIRE SAFETY.
We did pumpkin carvings and talked about the different emotions we could make.
We then dried the seeds and put them in the tuff tray to explore.
The children enjoyed the Funny Bones song, exploring body movement.
We talked about Trick or Treat, and what costumes the children are going to
wear.
BONFIRE NIGHT- We discussed safety, and talked about our fire drill at Pre-
School, and where we would go. We successfully did a fire drill.

Our apprentice Demi-Lee Perrigo left us, she didn't think childcare was for her.
ARCTIC ANIMALS -
This week we talked about how the animals survive in the cold weather.
We did some ice painting which was very cold!
We learnt about igloos and inuits
We learnt the names of lots of arctic animals.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
All children enjoyed making their Christmas decorations:
Cards
Gingerbread
Penguins
CHRISTMAS PARTY
We had a Christmas party, when parents were invited too, we had a
sponsored treasure hunt as a fundraiser, this was to raise money for art
supplies for the children.
We all had a lovely time and raised: £238. Which was brilliant!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
JANUARY 2024.
WINTER WALKS IN ASHTON PARK.
MATHS WEEK.
This was jam packed with activities and group work, we feel that the children
learned a lot while having fun.
We got the children to understand numbers 1-5, not just the symbol but the
amounts and quantities, however most children understood 1-10 and beyond!

Circle time consisted of . Finger counting, collecting amounts, discussing the
words tallest & shortest, putting numbers in the correct order, discussing the
meaning of zero. We explored volume and capacity with a science themed water
play tuff tray in key worker groups so all children had a fair share.
We enjoyed a number hunt around the classroom, and the children were proud
to tell us which number they had found, some needed more support at identifying
certain numbers.
MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATIONS.
The children were excited to celebrate their wonderful mummies in preparation for
Mothering Sunday. We gave them lots of ideas .. tea parties, water play and dough
baking. The children also worked very hard to create a special picture.
The tuff tray was a hive of activity with planting seeds in coco pop soil, we washed
dishes and did mark making in the soapy suds! Good clean fun!
ORAL HEALTH WEEK.
We discussed oral health and self care, healthy choices and physical development.
Each morning we all got stuck into our 2 minute tooth brushing circle time, with
Vinny the shark!
We enjoyed messy play in the tuff tray, brushing dinosaur teeth.
We had a dentist surgery in the role play area, and then dentist Lucy and dental
nurse Amy came in for a visit with the children and their parents and shared their
knowledge with us. Hopefully the children will keep up the good work, and have a
better understanding of the importance of making healthy choices.

HEALTHY CHOICES AND A BALANCED DIET.
We made a healthy cafe and fruit & veg shop in the role play area, which was well
and truly explored.
We also had a little cooking going on as we made a huge fruit salad with the
children taking turns to choose, and cut the fruit. They were very careful with the
knives and understood how responsible they had to be when cutting!
We had an eye spy work sheet, where the children had to categorise the food into
the different categories, then we discussed the food they liked and disliked.
APRILIMAY 2024
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR.
We had a very busy time understanding the life cycle of the butterfly.
We bought the butterfly kit, and the children watched the full cycle from tiny
caterpillar to beautiful butterfly. We learned new words: Chrysalis, metamorphosis
and emerge. The children showed off their cutting skills, and put all the life cycle
pictures in the correct order.
MATHS We followed repeat patterns, we counted and tried to write numbers with
the correct formation.
RECEPTION VISITS.
The children are loving these visits, they are asking lots of questions and enjoy
visiting their new playground.
JUNE.
BEACH DAY - We asked for parental permission to take the children to Caldy
Beach and what excitement!! Unfortunately we only got as far as the first bridge on
the Wirral Way and the children were asking if we are nearly there!! The walk that
would normally be 15-20mins, turned out to be 40+ mins! So our time on the sand

was rather short lived, we got back just in time for lunch . they did have a lovely
time though!
RECYCLE WEEK - the children and staff dressed up in Hi Viz and we separated all
our 'collected rubbish, and put them in their respective recycle boxes, they actually
did really well!
PLANET WEEK - We learnt all about the different planets, comparing their sizes.
We then went to Ashton Park and did some 'planet spotting, we even found
Neptune, which is the furthest away from the sun.
BIG SCHOOL VISITS - Next we talked about going to school and what we would
wear, what we would eat and what happens on a PE day. The children were very
excited but thought they were going the next day! The reception teachers came up
to visit us and the children were unusually quiet . until they left! They talked about
school all afternoon!
PHONICS - The children began writing 3 word sentences, and reading them too!
They worked very hard, let's hope this carries on in reception.
We ended the year with our summer party on the field, with a bouncy castle,
Full of Beans with Danny and tattoos! The children and their parents had a
wonderful day, certainly a day to remember!
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
St Bridget's Pre School
1035116
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
FOT the perfod
from
0110912023
3110812024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
to thè nearest
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
Last year
to the nearest £
to the noar•$t £
to the nearest £
to the nèarest £
A1 Receipts
Dewsit and Registration fee
Funding Wirral BC
Fees
Uniform
Fundraising
photo money
Apprenticeship
Donabons
Other
Sub total(Gross income for
924
106,041
46,133
1,036
258
438
924
106.041
46,133
1,036
258
438
1.OOS
98,908
1,212
691
322
AR)
154,833
154P33
148,686
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Sub total
154,833
154.833
148.686
A3 Payments
Wages
Activities
HMRC
Pension
Rent
Craft Stats'onary toys
Ofsted
Parties and trips
Insurance
Petty Cash
Unifomis
AGM
Charges
Refijnd offees
CRB Checks
Website
Phone
baking Iloat
109,603
5,998
11,349
3.974
18.002
5,372
50
60$
836
781
554
136
72
832
195
51
180
109.603
5.998
11.349
3.974
18,¢)02
5,372
50
605
836
781
107,979
4,383
11,276
3,349
16,459
5.715
50
627
926
1,011
142
78
136
72
832
195
51
180
40
150
293
180
150
Raffle Tickets
Other
Sub total
1.133
154.424
160.026
160,026
A4 Asset and investment
urchases, {see table)
Sub total
160,026
160,026
154.424
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
5,193
5,193
5,738
69,871
64,678
69,871
64.678
75.609
69.871
CCXX R1 accounts {SSI
1910512025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
Categories
Endowment
funds
to ￿e•￿St £
t)etails
81 Cash funds
Bank
64,678
Total cash funds
64.678
(agree basartes wilh retsipts and payff*Trts
arKo￿tI8)I
Unrestrlcted
funds
to nea￿t £
Restrictsd
funds
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
to nearest£
Details
Details
Fund to which
asset belon
Cost (optionall
Current value
tional
Details
Fund to whi¢h
asset belon
Current value
onal
Cost loptionall
84 Assets retsined for the
charity's own use
Details
Fund to which
latès
Amount dué
ional
When dug
ional
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on
betta￿ of all the trustees
Signature
Ptint Name
Date of
roval
DAVI65
2f.*.25
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
1510412025

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
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under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
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respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
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with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
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