(The ratio for staff is one adult to four Children between 2-3 years and one adult to eight children for pre-school)
This section of Nursery has four main rooms (Blue Bell Room, Poppy Room, Forget-Me-Not Room and Daffodil Room). The children are encouraged to be autonomous hence; we have implemented "free flow" in these rooms. Children initiate what they want to do, they go and play and then come back to share with their friends what they've done. We provide adult led activities, story and singing time in the morning and afternoon session.
Circle time is provided in both the sessions for children to work in small groups with their key person. Children are also encouraged to learn about personal hygiene by toileting themselves and washing their hands. A member of staff is always nearby to help and to keep a watchful eye on them.
To establish good relationships with parents and to work as a team, all daily information is recorded on a white board or in a message book. Tuition is given through play at each session in the basics of language development, involving speaking and listening, as well as letter recognition and formation in preparation for early reading and writing skills, we also teach basic French including numbers, shapes, colours etc to our pre-school children. A specialist gym teacher visits the pre-school children weekly (term time only).