The Foundation Stage curriculum sets out the early learning goals for children from 3-5 years old. We carefully structure our curriculum to base each term’s teaching and learning schemes around these guidelines.

“The quality of teaching and learning is good. Children are very motivated and keen to learn.” Ofsted 2008

This includes the main areas of:

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Communication, Language and Literacy
• Problem solving, Reasoning & Numeracy
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Physical Development
• Creative Development

“Children generally behave very well. They show consideration for each other and respect for the wishes of the staff.”

“Children are very articulate and enjoy sharing a familiar book with their peers or an adult.” “Children count with confidence to ten and beyond.”

“Children develop a broad and varied understanding of the wider world…”

“Children enjoy lots of opportunities to be creative…” Ofsted 2008

A Typical Day

9am          Arrive
9.15am     Registration
9.30am     Activities
10.30am   Story time (with drink, fruit, biscuit & toast)
11.00am   Structured play
11.45am   Discussion and song time
12 noon    Pickup

To help the children bring exercise into their lifestyles we are now incorporating P.E. lessons into our curriculum. The children are encouraged to change into their P.E. kits with the minimum of adult assistance, leaving their clothes ready to put back on afterwards. They learn the importance of staying healthy, and warming up and cooling down before and after exercise. Sessions include fun exercises, balancing, running on the spot, jumping, stretching etc., learning how their bodies change during exercise. 

Lunch club

The Pre-school offers a lunch club on a Tuesday from 12 noon - 1pm at a cost of £2.00 per child. The children bring along a packed lunch from home and join their friends in this social activity, sitting and eating appropriately all together. Initially the places are offered to the oldest children so that they get used to having this type of facility before they move on to school.