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The Pre-School provides all-day care from 9am to 4pm, 50 weeks a year. We adopt a flexible approach to your childcare needs, enabling you to book full or part days.
All members of staff have many years of experience working with a wide age range of children, many of them benefiting from the first-hand experience of bringing up their own children. This all helps to create a relaxed and positive atmosphere where each child is catered for according to his or her needs and abilities.
The six areas of learning reflect the themes and principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Children are offered opportunities to develop and learn through play-based activities. Observational techniques allow staff to plan for each child individually, supporting them throughout their development. We operate a key person system which ensures continuity of care for each child and family.
1. PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Understanding feelings, listening, helping others, becoming independent, emotional awareness, confidence, working together.
2. COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Circle time, role play, show and tell, listening games, story sessions, group literacy, songs, playing instruments, letter recognition and ICT.
3. MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT
Understanding numbers through games, songs, matching, sorting, sequencing, patterns, shape and space.
4. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Gross motor skills: climbing, jumping, large construction, building, movement sessions.
Fine motor skills: cutting, pencil control, small construction, puzzles, threading, cutting.
5. CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Self expression, painting, gluing, modelling, colour recognition and mixing, experimenting
with textures and materials.
6. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD
Exploring the environment, sand and water play, experiencing festivals and celebrations, visits from people in the community, planting, investigating living things.
Pre-School – Typical Daily Routine
9am - 12pm Morning session
9:00 Session begins, children have access to playground/garden and inside area
9:20 Group-time, whole group discuss what is happening today
9.30 Children are encouraged to choose what activities and areas they would like to take part in
10:20 Children help to tidy up
Group-time, children split into age groups and take part in planned activity
10:30 Playground or garden opens. Children have access to learning areas and activities, encouraged to self-resource
and make choices
11:40 Group-time, show and tell, planned activity
12pm - 12:45pm Lunch club
12:45 Parents provide packed lunch, children collected at 12.45pm
1pm - 4pm Afternoon session
1:00 Session begins, children have access to / playground/ garden and inside area
1:20 Group-time whole group discuss what is happening today
1:30 Children encouraged to choose what activities and area they would like to take part in
2:20 Children help to tidy up
Group-time, children split into age groups and take part in planned activity
2:30 Playground or garden opens. Children have access to learning areas and activities,
encouraged to self-resource
3:30 Group time, show and tell, singing
4.00 Home time
Please note, we also offer an optional French lesson on Wednesday morning sessions, provided by La Jolie Ronde
Snacks
Healthy snacks, including fresh and dried fruit, cheese, raw vegetables, are provided in the snack area. Milk and water are available at all times. Children are encouraged to access the snack area when they need to. This helps promote independence, social skills and self awareness.
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