Please feel free to arrange a visit !

Call: 01635 204387

We are a purpose built Pre-School in Hermitage, offering places from 2 years 6 months with both a light, spacious indoor area and also a fully enclosed outdoor play and exploration area.

We are proud to be able to offer:

• Free flow operating between inside and outside (children can therefore spend a great deal of their day outdoors).
• A fantastic range of resources, allowing each individual child’s needs and interests to be met and supported.
• Staff who are carefully selected on the basis of their genuine passion for working with children in addition to their specialist qualifications in the childcare field. 

E-mail: [email protected]

Website:www.crabtreepreschool.wix.com/crabtree-preschool

Registered Charity Number: 1011104

Please find below some information from the Highways Agency about the planned maintenance at College Farm Bridge, Beedon

There was an update from the Parish Council, including items regarding Stable View at Oare, Bluebell Stables, West Berkshire Allocations for new housing and the Tree Felling along Curridge Road. If you do have any comments or queries about the tree felling, there is more information and contact details on the minutes.

We are also planning to hold a few social events -  the much-loved Curridge Cheer will return this December, with mulled wine and mince pies available at the WI Hall on the 15th December. There is also going to be an Autumn Litter Pick on 19th October, so look out for more information and come along to help us clean up the village.

We also discussed the future of the CRA. We are looking for new members, and we're hoping to talk to people about this at the Curridge Cheer, and hold an Open Meeting on the 15th January 2014. We really hope you can join us.

Following last year’s summer of highly successful events; Community Games is back! In Berkshire last year 35 free Community events gave local people a chance to organise their own and take part in local cultural and sporting activities in their area, in celebration of the London 2012 Games.

The Community Games programme returns and Get Berkshire Active (GBA) along with partners YMCA are inviting event organisers to sign up their events through the website now.

In return we are offering organisers the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £200 to help stage your event, along with free t-shirts, banners, bunting and publicity to get communities into the swing of things.  And behind the scenes, there is lots of other event support to make it as easy as possible to run your event.

To unite the whole nation within the spirit of the Community Games and to mark the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay’s one-year anniversary there will be a Shine a Light Torch relay to celebrate the 49 counties taking part within this unique programme of events.

Kick-starting on May 19 in Land’s End, Community Games will place a spotlight on each area of the Olympic and Paralympic torch relay route as it virtually passes through England

Making its way to Berkshire on the 11th July, GBA and Slough YMCA will be putting on activities for local people to enjoy and would like to invite any local sports clubs, entertainers or activity providers to get involved in putting on some activities to promote their offer to local people.

The Community Games were officially launched in Berkshire at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre earlier this month, where ‘advocates’ for the games came forward to mark the occasion.

Mark Lawrie Chief executive of Get Berkshire Active said

Colin Young Chief executive of Slough YMCA said

For more information and registration of your event onto the programme, visit:  www.communitygames.org.uk

For any enquiries and information about grants please email [email protected]

Here is the latest update for the Bucklebury & Downlands neighbourhood from Neighbourhood Officer PC Matthew Allen.

The latest crime statistics can be found by visiting www.police.uk.  This website provides you with helpful information about crime and policing in your area. Enter your postcode, town, village or street into the search box, and get instant access to street-level crime maps and data, as well as details of the neighbourhood police team and ‘Have Your Say Events’. The level of crime and anti-social behaviour in the area remains below average compared with the rest of England and Wales.  Crime rates in your neighbourhood for the months of April 2012 to February 2013 as opposed to the same period in 2011/12 have remained the same; however burglaries to houses and thefts of vehicles are down over 55%.

The neighbourhood has three priorities; please look at the Thames Valley Police website for details.  If you do have some concerns about crime or disorder in the Bucklebury & Downlands neighbourhood please email me at the address below or call me on the non emergency number for Thames Valley Police, 101.

A 28 year old male received a caution for arson following an incident in Ashmore Green during March 2013.  59 year old female has received a caution following a theft in Chapel Row during February 2013. 

The mobile police station is coming to a street near you and gives you the chance to meet your local police team and discuss any issues you may have.  It will be out and about on the 18th May.  Check the Thames Valley Police website for times and locations.

Please make sure you report all crimes and any instances of anti social behaviour to Thames Valley Police so we can deal accordingly.  Too often we are receiving calls from your parish councilors of incidents that should be reported to the police and too much time has passed by to be able to deal effectively.

Here is the latest update for the Bucklebury & Downlands neighbourhood from Neighbourhood Officer PC Matthew Allen.

The latest crime statistics can be found by visiting www.police.uk.  This website provides you with helpful information about crime and policing in your area. Enter your postcode, town, village or street into the search box, and get instant access to street-level crime maps and data, as well as details of the neighbourhood police team and ‘Have Your Say Events’. The level of crime and anti-social behaviour in the area remains below average compared with the rest of England and Wales.  Crime rates in your neighbourhood for the months of April 2012 to February 2013 as opposed to the same period in 2011/12 have remained the same; however burglaries to houses and thefts of vehicles are down over 55%.

The neighbourhood has three priorities; please look at the Thames Valley Police website for details.  If you do have some concerns about crime or disorder in the Bucklebury & Downlands neighbourhood please email me at the address below or call me on the non emergency number for Thames Valley Police, 101.

A 59 year old female has received a caution following a theft in Chapel Row in February 2013.  A 24 year old male received a caution for criminal damage following an incident in Chaddleworth during March 2013.  A 20 year old male received a caution for possession of cannabis following a stop check by police on 27th March in Snelsmore Common. A 37 year old female received a caution for criminal damage following an incident in Aldermaston during March 2013.  A 23 year old female received a caution for theft following an incident in Hermitage during March 2013.  Erica Breakspear a 61 year old female from Hatt Close, Peasemore has been found guilty at court of owning a dog dangerously out of control causing injury to a person and fined in total £473 and the court issued a contingent dog destruction order.  An 18 year old male from Upper Bucklebury has been charged with harassment following various incidents in the village between September and November 2012 and will be appearing at Reading Magistrates Court on 10th April. 

The mobile police station is coming to a street near you and gives you the chance to meet your local police team and discuss any issues you may have.  It will be out and about on the weekend of the 20th and 21st April.  Check the Thames Valley Police website for times and locations.

Please make sure you report all crimes and any instances of anti social behaviour to Thames Valley Police so we can deal accordingly.  Too often we are receiving calls from your parish councilors of incidents that should be reported to the police and too much time has passed by to be able to deal effectively.

Community Messaging is a free service provides information to subscribers about crime and police activity in their area via phone or email. It also includes information on what we and our partner services are doing to bring offenders to justice or combat anti-social behaviour, and information on opportunities for local residents to raise concerns with their local policing teams.  More information can be obtained via our website, and you can sign up here:

http://www.tvpcommunitymessaging.org/rmwebportal/startup.aspx

You can keep up to date with news from the Bucklebury & Downlands Neighbourhood Police Team and find out about forthcoming meetings, crime statistics and how to contact your neighbourhood officers by visiting the Thames Valley Police website at www.thamesvalley.police.uk and following the links for Neighbourhood Policing.