Our Aims

We aim to provide high quality care and education for children under the statutory school age in a caring and safe atmosphere. In addition :

To provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment
To work within a framework which ensures equal opportunities for both children and their families to promote equality and value diversity
To encourage the children to value and respect each other
To work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop
To follow the national curriculum for the Foundation Stage, which covers :

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Language and Literacy
Mathematical Development
Knowledge and Understanding of the world
Physical Development
Creative Development

Early days at Pre-school

For a young child beginning their first few weeks at Pre-school we aim to provide a warm and welcoming atmosphere. We hope that a stable, friendly environment will encourage them to find their initial independence and self-confidence
We encourage parents to come along with their children before the child’s starting date to help them settle. It is a good opportunity for us to get to know you both, as well as letting your child begin the settling-in process, knowing that Mum/Dad is safely nearby. It also enables you to see what activities are available to the children during the session.

What we offer

We offer a wide range of activities including painting, cooking, play-dough, sand and water play, role play, collage, construction toys, pre-writing, pre-maths and pre-science skills, bikes and climbing frames and many more including the use of our own computer. Through all these activities children will experience having to take turns with others, resolve differences of opinion, group conversation and learning to share and work together.

Your child :

Is in a safe and stimulating environment
Is given generous care and attention, because of our high ratio of adults to children
Has the chance to join with other children and adults to play, work and learn together
Is helped to take forward his/her learning and development by being helped to build on what he/she already knows and can do
Has the chance to establish the basis of reading and writing through well chosen stories, songs, rhymes and games
Is helped to create habits of listening, sharing and concentration and pride in their achievements
Has a personal key worker who ensures your child makes satisfying progress
Is in a Pre-school that sees you as a partner in helping your child to learn and develop
Is in a Pre-school in which parents help to shape the service it offers