Centre Information - Bethlehem Community Pre-School

Opening Times & Dates

You can enrol your child at any time.

Children may start attending Pre-School from 2 years 7 months old.

Children may attend a combination of morning, afternoon or all day sessions. The choice is yours. All children are required to attend at least twice in one week.

We are open Monday to Friday

Morning sessions are from 8.30am to 12.30pm
All day sessions are from 8.30am to 3.15pm.

We are not open for public holidays and school holidays.

We encourage our children to have time with whanau during their holiday break so they can come back to preschool energised and ready to play, explore and learn with us!

Term One
Monday 3rd February 2020 to Friday 27th March
(Was 3rd February 2020 to Thursday 9th April)
Term Two
Wednesday 15th April 2020 to Friday 3rd July 2020
(Was Tuesday 28th April to Friday 3rd July)
Term Three
Monday 20th July 2020 to Friday 25th September 2020
Term Four
Monday 12th October 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020

Come and have a play!

07 579 3500

bcpreschool@xtra.co.nz

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Pre-School Information

Settling In

Entering Pre-School is an important new experience for your child. We encourage you to stay until your child feels confident to stay with us alone. This could take 10 minutes or two weeks. We will work together with you to make a plan for a successful, happy transition for your child into our preschool.

Dress

Please send your child in comfortable, washable clothes that you don’t mind them getting dirty! Name any items that are likely to be removed. A sun hat is required in summer months. Terms 1 & 4 – children without a hat can play inside. Lost property is kept in a box in the foyer entrance to Pre-School.

Food

Parents are asked to provide food whilst their child/ren attends pre-school. We encourage healthy choices e.g.sandwich, fruit, cheese, carrot sticks etc. Please name all lunch boxes and drink bottles so that we can encourage the children to look after their belongings.

Mat Time

These are special sharing, listening and learning times which we ask parents to respect by waiting outside until they are finished. At mat times children are able to contribute to the various themes of dancing, music, stories, games, puppet shows, science experiments, drama and emergent interests. These sessions are valuable learning times for children. We also have smaller group mat times which are focused on age appropriate content and give children a chance to build up confidence/skills in a smaller group.

Portfolios

All children have a portfolio located on the shelves near the office. This is kept for each child attending the Pre-School longer than 3 months and is a record of the assessment of your child’s learning gathered from yourselves and staff during their time at the Pre-School.

Caregiver Involvement

Your support is invaluable. There are many ways you can help out the Pre-School including spending time with your child in our environment, supporting our Fundraising, lending a helping hand at the end of sessions, providing resources to us, eg. Feathers, corks, wool, material, shells and paper etc is extremely appreciated.

Library

Our Parent Library books in the Foyer are available to take home. Please add your name to the Rental book on the shelves if you wish to check-out an item. This works well as an honesty system and there is no charge. We appreciate families who share with children the joy of reading and caring for books.

Attendance

If your child is unwell please keep him/her at home until they are well enough to return to Pre-School. It is our policy that a child with a vomiting and/or diarrhoea bug must not return to Pre-School within 48 hours of last episode. Please ring us to let us know that your child will not be attending in any instance or if you need clarification on our policy. We will call you if your child becomes unwell during a session.

Immunisation

On enrolment the immunisation certificate needs to be sighted by the Pre-school Administrator. This is a requirement from the Ministry of Health. Should there be an outbreak of an infectious disease the health authorities will then inform parents and caregivers of children who are not immunised.