School

Willowdene Holiday Club 2012

Posted by Louise NorthHantsMum on 1st November 2012 in After School Clubs, Half Term, Summer Holidays 0 Comment

Willowdene Holiday Club for children aged 5 -12 yrs

For school aged children Holiday Clubs are now held at Christ Church (opposite Willowdene) meaning we have more space and better age related activities for the school aged child. We are open every school holiday and Four Lanes Inset days catering for children aged 5-12 yrs **

(** Reception aged children will be given the choice either to attend the Holiday Club at the Nursery, or at Christ Church).

Activities are planned and prepared according to the children’s interests and each day is different. We introduce play that challenges the children’s imaginations e.g. den making, and with the woods around us we are able to go on Nature walks, bug hunts and picnics. We also take the children to the Library and local parks.

Some activities the children have enjoyed this summer include
• Fashion designing with a variety of materials
• Picking blackberries and making them into delicious pies
• Test Lab Tuesday – scientific experiments with Tizzy the test lab technician
• Walking to the shopping centre to buy the ingredients to make our own lunches.

Holiday Care also available for Nursery aged children at Willowdene Nursery School.

Ring 01256324191 or email willowdene@btconnect.com for further details! www.willowdenenursery.org.uk

Are there any other Holiday Clubs that you know about in the area?

School catchment finder, Report on school admissions and Ofsted Reports in North Hampshire

Posted by Louise NorthHantsMum on 19th September 2011 in Education, School 0 Comment

Following on from the Education posts there are some very interesting links below (Thanks Su for forwarding them on!).

I don’t want to scare anyone but you may be intrigued to see where your little one falls in the catchment lottery for when they start Infants school in North Hampshire and where they will be allotted for Junior’s and Senior schools: School catchment finder

The report on School Admissions is a really interesting read, particularly at the end of the report where it is listed the number of children that have been accepted into the school and whether brothers and sisters have also been accepted: Report on school admissions

If you have a little one starting nursery soon you may also find the following website useful as you should be able to check up on the Nursery’s latest Ofsted report.

You can also find Infants, Juniors and Senior schools Ofsted reports from this linky: Ofsted Early years and Childcare

Sorry if I’ve scared anyone but I hope you find the above useful. It would be great to hear your feedback…

Montessori Education

Waldorf Steiner Education

Waldorf Steiner Education in North Hampshire

Posted by Louise NorthHantsMum on 6th September 2011 in Education, North Hampshire, School 0 Comment

There are no Steiner education schools in Basingstoke. The nearest schools are listed below:

RINGWOOD Ringwood Waldorf School (1974) EC to 10 (270) Folly Farm lane, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 2NN DfE: 835/6022 Tel 01425 472664 mail@ringwoodwaldorfschool.org.uk http://www.ringwoodwaldorfschool.org.uk/

Interest Groups (non-accredited by SWSF) HAMPSHIRE Wildflowers Kindergarten, Kilmeston Village Hall, Alresford Hants SO24 ONR Enquiries: Brockwood Park School, Bramdean, Hants SO24 0LQ Tel 01962 771458 helena@wildflowers-kindergartens.co.uk http://www.wildflowers-kindergartens.co.uk/

What is Steiner education?

Steiner education…

Works for all children irrespective of academic ability, class, ethnicity or religion;
Takes account of the needs of the whole child – academic, physical, emotional and spiritual;
Is based on an understanding of the relevance of the different phases of child development;
Develops a love of learning and an enthusiasm for school;
Sees artistic activity and the development of the imagination as integral to learning;
Is tried and tested and is part of state funded, mainstream provision in most European countries;
Is respected worldwide for its ability to produce very able young people who have a strong sense of self and diverse capacities that enable them to become socially and economically responsible citizens.

Who was Rudolf Steiner?

Rudolf Steiner (1861 – 1925) was an innovative academic born in Austria whose ideas founded the basis of Anthroposophy. He applied his ideas to education as well as agriculture, medicine, architecture and social reform. The Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship acknowledges Rudolf Steiner as the founding inspiration of modern day Steiner schools, but does not promote Anthroposophy or endorse every aspect of it.