Term Dates

Stay up to date with Lilliput Learners Pre-School term dates. Here you will find information on our opening and holiday dates to help you plan ahead and ensure your child gets the most out of their time with us.

 

SUMMER TERM 2025

Term 5  starts - Tuesday 22nd April - Friday 23rd May

Term 6 starts - Monday 2nd June - Tuesday 22nd July

SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THIS TERM

Wednesday 16th July - Water play morning, paddling pools, water pistols and hosepipes at the ready

Thursday 17th July - Water play afternoon, repeat of yesterday.

Friday 18th July - Boat trip - we are closed for the day as we are all going on a boat trip followed by a picnic!

Monday 21st July - Open morning - 9-10am prospective parents can visit with their child

10 am- 12 noon - open morning, come and see what your child has been doing this term. We also say goodbye to the children that are leaving us to go to 'big school'.

THIS IS THE END OF TERM

*  CHILDREN RETURN ON THURSDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER

                              *        Maybe subject to change

 

 

OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER

 

 

LILLIPUT LEARNERS PRESCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

SUMMER TERM

28^th April 2025

Welcome back to the summer term and this week the weather is promising to be kind to us, so it is all go with lots of outdoor play. Last term we were gifted a new waterplay station so be prepared for wet clothes!

This term we will be learning about growing, the children have been doing a spot of gardening already, please have a look at the flowers they have planted at the rear of the car park.

 

EASTER EGG RAFFLE – Thank you to everyone that donated and bought raffle tickets, we raised £125.

HOPPING FOR THE HOSPICE – Thank you to everyone who donated to our sponsored hop.

The children enjoyed their hopping last week, and the money is beginning to arrive. If you have any donations, PLEASE BRING THEM IN BY WEDNESDAY 30^TH APRIL (this Wednesday) as this is when someone from the hospice will be in to collect it all.

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY –

Wednesday 16^th July – Water play morning.

Thursday  17^th July – Water play afternoon.

These are the days when everything is all about getting wet. Children wear swimming costumes and bring in paddling pools, sprinklers, and water pistols etc.

Friday 18^th July – Boat trip (date to be confirmed), we close for the day, and everyone is welcome to join us on a short boat trip followed by a picnic. Bring the family- we normally have over 90 people attending so have a boat to ourselves.

Monday 21^st July – Open morning 10-12 noon – finish at lunchtime

Tuesday 22nd July and Wednesday 23^rd July – CLOSED – INSET DAYS.

 

FUNDING – As ever the funding system gets more complicated as each term starts. Look out for information which will help with understanding it (or not) on our Facebook page.

Briefly, if you are claiming funding for 2-year-olds from a family that claims certain benefits, your child can start the term after they turn two. (15 hours). You apply at RBWM for this one.

If you are working parent (s) your 2-year-old can start as soon as they are two, however you MUST apply before the beginning of the term in which they turn two. (15 hours) You apply to childcare choices.gov.uk for this one.

All 3- and 4-year-olds receive funding automatically the term after their third birthday (15 hours) there is no need to apply.                                                              

                                                                                                                                                              

Working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds can apply for 30 hours funding but must be applied for the term before the child turns three. You apply to childcarechoices.gov.uk                     

 

STARTING FROM SEPTEMBER 2025, ELIGIBLE WORKING PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGED 2 TO 3 YEARS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS UP TO 30 HOURS PER WEEK. THIS WILL MATCH THE EXISTING OFFER FOR CHILDREN AGED 3 TO 4 YEARS OLD.

 

All funding that comes through childcare choices has a code which is sent to parents. Please remember to update your code every 3 months. For children who are new to the funding and will qualify in September, you must obtain your code before 31^st August. This does tend to be their busiest time so the sooner you apply the better.

                                                                                                                                 

 Wrap around care  - breakfast club continues as normal but wraparound care in the afternoon has changed slightly, we are now offering afterschool care up until 4 pm (£5) or 4.15pm (£7.50)

 

To keep up on all the news, please continue to follow us on Facebook - Lilliput Learners Preschool Windsor UK and our parent WhatsApp page.

We now have a separate Facebook page for prospective parents – Lilliput Learners Wrap Around Preschool Windsor, please signpost them to it or send them our way.

Lilliput-learners-pre-school.co.uk is our new website but bear in mind that it is a work in progress.

 

CONTRABAND !!!!! – we have had a spate of sweets and chocolates being smuggled in recently, please check your child’s pockets before they come into preschool, as much as we encourage sharing, we have children with allergies so sharing in this instance is not a good idea.

 

STAFFING -  those of you who are on social media will be aware that we are still looking for staff due to our increasing numbers. We are looking to employ a full-time member of staff, qualified to a level 3 or above and part time staff to work with a child or children with additional needs, no qualifications are necessary, patience, empathy and a love of children is more important. We will also be looking to employ a deputy manager by the end of July as Lynne will be leaving us.

Please send suitable candidates our way.

 

UPDATE - Thank you to everyone that hopped at to all of you that sponsored our hoppers we raised a very impressive £554.80