🌸 Brighstone Preschool Summer Newsletter – Term 2 🌸
Summer Term 2: Tuesday 3rd June 2025 – Friday 25th July 2025
Opening Hours are 7.30 am - 5.30 pm.
We look forward to a busy 8 weeks at Preschool, children transitioning up to Primary School and new adventures for others.
We would like to thank you for all your support with our promise board.
Please make sure you are aware of dates for your diaries.
Our stories and songs of the week will be:
| Story of the week | Song of the week | |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1: 2nd June 2025: | Sharing a Shell. | If your happy and you know it. |
| Week 2: 9th June 2025: | The snail and the Whale. | 5 speckled frogs |
| Week 3: 16th June 2025: | Tiddler. | Tiny Turtle |
| Week 4: 23rd June 2025: | What the Lady bird heard at the seaside. | 5 little seashells |
| Week 5: 30th June 2025: | The singing Mermaid. | Row Row, Row your boat |
| Week 6: 7th July 2025: | Fidgety Fish. | 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish a life. |
| Week 7: 14th July 2025: | Puddles big step. | 5 little ducks |
| Week 8: 21st July 2025: | My school Unicorn. | Head Shoulder�s Knees and Toes. |
Our weekly visits to the library for children 3+ will continue (Alternate Tuesday and Thursdays).
Preschool Hours
Please make sure that you stick to the hours you have book for your child.
The preschool days and outings are planned around these times.
If you are running late, please do contact us. 07707319843.
If you are early or late for collection, you will be invoiced for our service.
Summer Holiday Club
here at Brighstone Preschool
Open to children 9 months – 11 years.
Wednesday 30th July- Friday 29th August
Bookings to be made by FRIDAY 4th JULY 2025.
Communication is key.
Any WOW moments, concerns or questions please share these with a member of staff or your child’s Key worker.
Dropping off and collecting your child.
Please make sure that there is only 1 adult in the Foyer collecting or dropping off at any one time. Please respect other parents' space.
Morning Snack: 9.30am -10.30am
Please provide a healthy snack, we recommend a piece of fruit, yoghurt or cheese.
No Water Bottles in the setting please, we use fresh, cool water from a fountain with cups provided.
School Dinners are available from Chartwells caterers £3.72 per meal. Please book before 9.00 am.
Pack Lunches: Please provide your child with a named lunch box. May we politely remind you to be mindful of the contents when sending lunch boxes into preschool. think about eating fewer processed and ultra processed foods in your child's lunch box
If your child’s lunch box If your child has : Peanuts, Sausages, Popcorn we will be sending them home with you. These are classed as a high risk choking hazard.
School Transition dates to Brighstone Primary.
Transition days coming up:
6/6/25: Isle Imagine 12.00 social, meeting parents.
11/6/25 | 10.45-11.30 Mrs Cousins’ class with preschool staff.
12/6/25 | 1.30-2.30 Parents stay and play Mrs Cousins class.
17/6/25 | 10.45-11.30 Mrs Cousins’ class with preschool staff.
25/6/25 | 10.45-11.30 Mrs Cousins class with preschool staff.
1/7/25 | 10.45-11.30 Mrs Cousins class with preschool staff.
8/7/25 (Move up Day) | 8.40am-11.30am: No Preschool staff or parents.
Drop to the main entrance of the primary school.
Remember to report any absence from preschool.
Telephone 07707319843 or email brighstonepreschool@gmail.com
Reminder:
We accept government funding and payment through tax free childcare. Code required is: Niton Preschool.
9 months -1 year £7.50 an hour
1 year- 2 years £6.75 an hour
2- 3 years £6.50 an hour
3- school age £6.00
Plus £5.00 sustainability charge every week.
Government Funding: Make sure you confirm your funding every 3 months when requested.
Wrap around care
Breakfast Club for school age children: 7.30-8.25 am £6.00
Afterschool Club for school age children: 3.00- 5.30pm £6.00 an hour + 25p Snack

We’re so excited to announce that we’ve recently started using Famly, an all-in-one early childhood platform, that gives you real-time updates on your child's day straight to an app on your phone.
This is a phased process we have already started with Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Phase 1 - Invoicing for preschool services (you will already be aware of this from your new style invoice received from no-reply@famly.co)
Phase 2 - We are using the Famly system for signing in each day. 
Phases 3 and 4 will come in the near future.
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Phase 3 - Notifications: accidents, medication for all children.
For under 2's notification of sleep, nappy changing and meals.
Phase 4 - Introduction of Developmental Learning Journal.
Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Graduation day at preschool 1.30pm
For children moving up to Primary school, parents and grandparents welcome, a celebration of their time here at Brighstone Preschool, followed by ice cream after.
Wednesday 16th July 2025
Leavers Trip, with parents or carers.
We are going to The Wild Heart animal sanctuary at Sandown,
More information to follow
Key Dates:
Monday 2nd June: CLOSED Development Day.
Tuesday 3rd June: Back to Preschool
Saturday 14th June: Shorwell Fair 1.30-5.00 Helpers Wanted. (Please speak to Rosanna if you are able to help run the toy stall.)
Friday 27th June Brighstone Primary Sports Day.
Friday 4th July: Last Day to book Summer Holiday’s
Tuesday 8th July: Primary school move up day across the isle of wight
Wednesday 16th July: Leavers Trip, with parents to The Isle of Wight Zoo, info to follow.
Wednesday 23rd July; Graduation Day at preschool : 1.30pm
Friday 25th July: Last day of term
Monday 28th / Tuesday 29th July CLOSED DEVELOPMENT DAYS.
Wednesday 30th August: Summer Holiday Club starts.
Monday 1st / Tuesday 2nd / Wednesday 3rd CLOSED DEVELOPMENT DAYS.
Thursday 4th September 2025. Return to preschool.
Brighstone School Association
have pre-owned uniform in Brighstone Primary School Reception Foyer.
Items 50p / £1 / £2 / £5.
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