Knowle Parish Church : {Prayer Groups}

🌟 Welcome to Stepping Stones Preschool 🌟

At Stepping Stones Preschool, we believe every child is a precious gift, full of potential, curiosity, and wonder. Our mission is to:

Nurture children and parents in a caring Christian environment.
Provide a safe and secure setting where little ones can flourish.
Support the development and education of every child.
Share the love of Jesus within our community and beyond.

Why Families Choose Stepping Stones ✨

Rated Outstanding in our latest Ofsted Report (July 2022) - click here to read the report .
Located in the heart of Knowle at St John’s Hall, Knowle Parish Church.
A dedicated team of qualified, nurturing staff who care for the holistic development of our children.
Every child has a key person working closely with them and their family.
A rich, play-based curriculum following the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
A specially tailored curriculum leading to approved learning outcomes.
Individual care and attention made possible by the excellent adult: child ratios.

EYFS Curriculum – 7 Areas of Learning 🌈

At Stepping Stones, we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. Play-based learning ensures children develop socially, emotionally, physically, and cognitively.

1. Communication and Language
Develops listening, understanding, and expression.
Activities: Storytelling, songs, nursery rhymes, simple role-play, and encouraging children to describe their experiences.

2. Physical Development
Helps children control their bodies and develop coordination.
Activities: Outdoor play, climbing frames, trikes, throwing/catching games, dancing, and fine motor activities like threading and painting.

3. Personal, Social, and Emotional Development
Supports children in managing feelings and building relationships.
Activities: Circle time, turn-taking games, group activities, role play to explore emotions.

4. Literacy
Builds early reading and writing skills.
Activities: Exploring books, alphabet songs, mark-making with pencils or paint, recognizing letters and words in the environment.

5. Mathematics
Develops numeracy and understanding of shapes, patterns, and quantities.
Activities: Counting objects, sorting shapes/colors, sequencing games, puzzles, and number songs.

6. Understanding the World
Encourages curiosity about the world, people, and nature.
Activities: Nature walks, simple experiments, photos of family/community, learning about different cultures in an age appropriate way.

7. Expressive Arts and Design
Fosters creativity through art, music, and imaginative play.
Activities: Painting, collage, singing, instruments, dress-up, role play, building with blocks, exploring textures.

Our Sessions 🕒

We welcome 2 and 3 year olds into our preschool family.
For the 2025/26 academic year, we offer:

All-Day Sessions (9am – 3pm): Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Children bring their own packed lunch.
Morning Sessions (9am – 12pm): Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

2025/26 term dates:
Monday 8th September 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
Monday 3rd November 2025 to Friday 12th December 2025
Monday 5th January 2026 to Friday 13th February 2026
Monday 23rd February 2026 to Friday 27th March 2026
Monday 13th April 2026 to Friday 22nd May 2026
Monday 1st June 2026 to Friday 10th July 2026

Fees & Funding for 2025/26:

We aim to make our fees clear and transparent for families. Preschool costs are made up of two parts:

1. Childcare Hours
Many families are entitled to government-funded free childcare hours, depending on your child’s age and circumstances.
Where families are not eligible or wish to use hours beyond their entitlement, standard childcare fees will apply.

2. Additional Charges
To enhance the children’s daily experiences, we ask for a voluntary contribution towards snacks and consumables.
This ensures that children enjoy a wide variety of fresh snacks and a well resourced curriculum.

For full details of our 2025/26 fees and to check your entitlement, please contact our team. We’ll be happy to guide you through your options.

A Place to Belong 💛

At Stepping Stones, learning feels like play, and every child is encouraged to explore, create, and discover at their own pace. From painting and building, to singing and storytelling, our days are filled with laughter and learning.

We would love to welcome you and your little one into our Stepping Stones family. Come and see how we can walk alongside your child as they take their first steps on life’s big adventure.

📞 Contact Us
We’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re looking for more information or want to arrange a visit, please get in touch:

Call us: 07749 333056.
Email: amy.elebe@kpc.org.uk

Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

Whether you are thinking of coming to church for the first time because you are interested in exploring faith, whether you’re new to the area and looking for a church, or whether you’re investigating baptism or marriage, you are really welcome. Our vision is to be “A house of God’s light for all peoples and generations,” and we really hope you’ll get to experience some of that light.
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You’ll find we have different styles of services that reflect our diverse congregation. Click here to find out which of our services might suit you. When you arrive you should be met by a member of our Welcome Team who will be wearing a Welcome badge. Please do make yourself known to them so that they can let you have a Welcome Pack and, if you like, can introduce you to someone to sit next to in the service.

What is there for my children?
If you are coming along with children, you might find our 9.30 Family Service most suitable. Most weeks, the children start in the church with their accompanying adult (we really value worshipping God altogether as an inter-generational community.) After around 15 minutes, children go out to their own Sunday groups. More details of these age groups can be found on our Children and Young People page. On the first Sunday of the month, we hold either an All Age or All In service.

How do I get to know people in such a big church?
While you will get to know some people if you come to a church service, it is often at smaller gatherings which happen during the week that you will get to know people better. Click here to read about the other groups which run during the week and here for activities that go on at the church.

How can I get involved?
Click here to read about the many ways in which you can get involved in the life of the church. Getting involved is another great way of way of getting to know people. We’d love KPC to be a church where we grow spiritually by contributing.

We hope very much that you will like what you taste and soon feel at home in our church.

Best wishes,
Geoff Lanham, Vicar
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Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.

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Comments / Questions or anything you would like to say?

Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.