20 Early Years courses in Winchester

buttercups early years centre

Buttercups – A Forest Pre-School – For adventurous children, aged 2-5

jigsaw early years consultancy

droxford montessori school

Miss Scarlett is the owner and manager of Droxford Montessori, establishing the school in 2014. Miss Scarlett has over 15 years of experience in Early Years Education and her passion for Montessori began in 2005 after a work experience placement Certified with a full Montessori International Teaching Diploma and Early Years Teacher Status, Miss Scarlett is the school's special educational needs coordinator and leads all staff practice in safeguarding. Miss Scarlett is currently on maternity leave. Miss Helen Miss Helen is our Montessori School Manager and having lived in France for some years loves to share her love of France with the children. “I have worked in childcare and education for over 20 years qualifying in NVQ level 2 and 3, Montessori international diploma and a range of training including Senco. I have had varied roles including working in schools managing a baby room and caring for children with autism, physical disabilities and palliative care. I started working at Montessori in 2006 and fell in love with the ethos as well as my Montessori family. Every day is a learning experience not only for our children but me too.” Miss Lucie Miss Lucie is our Deputy Manager and vholds her Early Years Teacher Status achieved at Portsmouth University. She has previously run Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ early years setting’s and has worked at Droxford since 2015. Miss Lucie is a mummy of two little ones, both of whom have attended Droxford Montessori. Having previously trained in Food Hygiene Miss Lucie carries out our weekly cookery lessons using products from our allotment when possible as well as introducing a mindful approach to healthy happy eating. Miss Lucie is fabulous at being creative and loves gardening and spending time on the allotment with the children.. Miss Zoe Miss Zoe is an excellent dancer and loves throwing some moves with the children. “My daughter joined Miss Scarlett’s school in 2015 and totally embraced the Montessori ethos thoroughly enjoying her time in the setting. I thought the principle involved, in particular the child led activities, learning through play and nature were very beneficial. I have now taken this forward into my current NVQ training.” Miss Lorraine Miss Lorraine is our Resources Manager and has worked as a Montessori teacher for over 15 years. “I did my training alongside Miss Helen and we have worked together ever since. I too fell in love with the ethos and have enjoyed many years working alongside and learning from the most amazing and talented children. I was part of the team originally that helped set up and open Droxford school with Miss Scarlett and it has been lovely to watch it grow into the outstanding setting it has become. I decided to step back from full time teaching two years ago and now work in the role of resources management (basically making the classroom look beautiful and a fun learning environment). Outside of school I am Married with one son, I am a qualified French Cuisine Chef and my hobbies include: fitness and mud runs. I have a cockapoo called Zeus and 5 tortoises.” Miss Clio She is a mummy to one little boy called Bertie and a fluffy dog called Humphrey. Miss Clio is always smiling, she also holds her NVQ Level 3 and is currently working towards her Montessori Diploma. Miss Clio has excellent arty skills and the children love working with her. Miss Sophie Originally came to work at our Holiday Clubs. Falling in love with the ethos she decided to join us during term time whilst deferring university for a couple of years. Miss Sophie brings much enthusiasm to the classroom and is very much loved by all the children.

baby swim uk

Baby Swim UK is pioneering in its approach to teaching swimming to children under 5 years. We have researched worldwide to develop our unique Baby Swim UK early years swimming program, using the most natural techniques in line with children's developmental milestones to grow confidence, gain independence, teach swimming and safety skill

kindling forest school

Welcome to Nature: the best classroom in the world! If your child loves being outside then Forest School is for you. We are an outdoor kindergarten providing learning and exploration in beautiful private woods near Twyford, Winchester. We are Ofsted registered and rated Good. We offer the full Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum out in nature, in all weathers and seasons, with our tipi for shelter when needed. Children attend 1 to 3 days a week often alongside other settings.

horns drove community pre-school

Horns Drove Community Pre-School & RASCALS endeavors to offer high quality childcare and education in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage. The Pre-School is open 9 am - 3 pm Monday - Friday term time only and we offer places for children who are 2 years up to reception age subject to availability. We were rated Inadequate in our last Ofsted inspection in July 2022 but with the support of Hampshire Services for Young Children we hope to regain our Good grading within three to six months. We are based in a purpose built timber lodge in the grounds of Rownhams St John’s Primary School, D. We have excellent indoor facilities and a large outdoor play area for the children. We are a registered charity and rely heavily on parent/carers involvement as volunteers, fundraisers and voluntary Directors

qv education

Our core values capture the role we hope to play in the full arc of our pupils’ lives, from early years education to career choices and beyond. QV Education Limited is a private direct investment fund established to acquire and run independent schools. We made our first acquisition, Boundary Oak School, in August 2014. Boundary Oak School is an independent coeducational preparatory day and boarding school for 2 to 16 year olds in Hampshire near Fareham. Originally a prep school with just 80 pupils, the senior school was launched in September 2016. Boundary Oak is now a thriving community with almost 450 pupils, a highly motivated staff room and incredible pupil and parent bodies. The school has retained its family atmosphere and professionalised many of the functions required to ensure a private school is safeguarded and future-proofed. QV Education has invested every year in classroom technologies, new teaching spaces both indoor and outdoors, a new sports hall and a new design technology centre. The school is buzzing under James Polansky’s

autism community research network @ southampton

The Autism Community Research Network @ Southampton [ACoRNS] is a research-practice partnership that aims to improve the lives of autistic children and young people within education through addressing the marginalisation and underrepresentation of their views and experiences. The network began in November 2016 with initial funding from the University of Southampton’s Public Engagement with Research Unit and is co-directed by Professor Sarah Parsons, from the University’s Education School, and Dr Hanna Kovshoff from the School of Psychology in partnership with our Steering Group. More information about the members of the ACoRNS Steering Group can be found here. Working together with special and mainstream educational settings from early years through to Higher Education we: focus on the transitions and trajectories of autistic children and young people decide what questions can be addressed by research and that matter to practitioners put children’s voices and experiences at the centre of our work through using collaborative, creative and participatory methods make a difference to practice Of course, we would not be able to do this work without our generous funders: University of Southampton (Impact Acceleration Fund), Froebel Trust, UKRI (ESRC), and the ESRC Festival of Social Science.