Extras
What else is included.
Lunch
Children that stay at Little Acorns for lunch need to bring a packed lunch. We ask that this contains only healthy options. Staff sit with the children to eat, and will always model good practice with healthy food, including fruit and vegetables.
Children are offered water or milk to drink at snack time, water is available all day, and we ask that if you send a drinks bottle, with your child’s packed lunch, that it contains water only. No squash or juice as that can be harmful to teeth if it is drunk from a bottle. There is no need to send a drinks bottle as fresh water and cups are always available.
We hope the child’s packed lunch will contain, some fruit, and vegetables, some carbohydrate, maybe in the form of bread, crackers or pasta, and some protein, meat, cheese, egg or a vegetarian option. We will inform you if any child at the setting has an allergy and certain foods need to be avoided. Please keep treats like biscuits to a minimum, only one treat per meal
Swimming.
In the summer term, Little Acorns is lucky enough to have access to the Stickland’s school swimming pool. The pool is a regular depth of about 90cm, and is heated.
Staff are trained in reach and rescue, which is the requirement for a pool of this depth. We have lots of fun in the pool, and the children learn about water confidence. They learn to get themselves changed independently, and start to feel comfortable at the school, where many of them will go after Little Acorns in September after their 4th Birthday.
We have a path from our garden directly to the school. We usually contribute £1 per child per session to the school for the use of the pool. You can join the Stickland’s splash lottery here. This raises funds to keep the school pool open for all to enjoy.
Stickland’s School & Forest School.
Little Acorns has a close relationship with Stickland’s school.
The children have opportunities to use, by arrangement, the school playground, the pool in the Summer months and the forest school area with the reception class throughout the year.
Mrs Will the reception teacher works closely with the Little Acorns staff to ensure a smooth transition for any children moving on to Stickland’s school.
The school has a wonderful Forest school area, and Little Acorns join in regularly with Forest school sessions at school with the reception class.