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Thorne Manor
Holsworthy, Devon EX22 7JD

Day Nursery, Pre-school and Holiday club

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We currently have an Ofsted status

of outstanding!

Woodland Activities

Sid has recently completed his Level 2 'Forest School' training and Claire her Level 3 'Forest School'and we are now able to call ourselves a Forest School Setting...
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Letters & Sounds

We will be continuing with our Letters and Sounds programme this year...
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'Oscar' & 'Dave'

Both Oscar and Dave have been travelling well in 2011, Oscar has been skiing and holidaying all around the British Isles as well spending time at home with many of our children...
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Early Years Entitlement

Following your childs 3rd Birthday you are entitled to claim Early Years Entitlement...
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Holiday Club

Thorne Manor Holiday Club run each school holiday for children aged from 5 to 12 years...
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Admission to School

If your child is due to start school between September 2012 and January 2013 you will need to formally apply for a primary school place between 1st November 2011 and 20th January 2012...
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Free Flow

We have introduced free flow play to our children over the last year which has been on our long term plan, alongside forest school sessions to improve the learning environment for our children...
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Gym Layout

We have been making changes to the layout of the gym area in order to encourage creativity and increase imagination...
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Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Look out for our new publicity material...
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Staff Changes

For your reference we have listed the staff, their roles and the groups they work in...
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An Outline of our Day

Below is an overview of the daily pre-school routine which your children follow so you can see when their main activities take place...
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Parents Evenings

As we mentioned in last months newsletter we will be holding parents evenings in February from Monday 13th – Friday 17th during the half term week, this seemed to work well last year...
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Uniform

Are you having problems trying to decide what to put your child in for nursery or Pre-School? We now have samples of uniform from a new supplier, which include children's Polo Shirts and Sweatshirts with the Thorne Manor logo on...
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Interests from home....

Our children at the moment are very curious about (Calves & Piglets): ‘People who help us, we have already had a visit from a local vet as well as two of our mums who are veterinary nurses...
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Dates for the Diary:

Monday 21st & Friday 25th February - Parents Evenings

Tuesday 1st March - 8th Birthday

Thursday 3rd March World Book Day

Tuesday 8th March - Shrove Tuesday

Sunday 13th March - Mothering Sunday

Tuesday 29th March - Early Years Entitlement Evening

Saturday 16th July - Strawberries and Cream afternoon

Friday 9th September - BBQ & Jazz evening

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Picture of the Month

World Book Day We took our books down to the woods and sat and looked at them in the sun
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Welcome to Thorne Manor Day Nursery and Preschool.

Situated on a working farm just outside the market town of Holsworthy, Devon we provide care for up to 68 children under eight years of age and offer a parent baby and toddler group on Tuesday afternoons. Facilities includes a gymnasium, secure indoor/outdoor garden and an activity kitchen.

Our wide variety of activities cover 6 important learning skills;

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Communication, Language and Literacy

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy

Knowledge and Understanding of the world

Physical Development

Creative Development

 

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Take a look at our regularly updated calendar of Outstanding events

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Click here to see the activities the children do and how they learn from them.