Welcome

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The back of our Pre-school

About us

Welcome to Parkwood Christian Fellowship Pre-School. This setting has been established since May 1969, where it was started by Church members, beginning as a Nursery, then Playschool and now a Pre-school.

The Pre-school works to the legislation governing the Early Years sector, The Childrens Act 1989/2004; Childcare Act 2006; Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006; The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 2014; The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (2012 and 2014) and The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Aims and Objectives

We aim to provide a high quality of care and education for children below statutory school age and welcome children from all cultural and religious backgrounds, abilities and gender, providing each with equality of opportunity.

Our Pre-school ensures that highly trained, experienced and dedicated staff are on hand to meet the needs of each child, which includes a Special Educational Needs and Disability Coordinator (SENDCo) to support those children with special, additional or differing educational needs.

Facilities

"What is the best thing you like about Pre-school ?"

" to play with friends and the cars and the building blocks" Child S- 4 1/2 years old.

"time to go home song and toys" Child T- 3 1/2 years old.

Indoor Play

Within our Pre-school there are 3 main rooms; Rabbits, Hedgehogs, Grey Squirrels and Red Squirrels, where children aged from 2 to 5 years can play within a safe and welcoming environment. A range of activities are provided to build a child's independent and social experience, which include such activities that are adult-led or in large groups to gain new skills and learn to play with others. These activities include creative experiences using a variety of different resources e.g. paint, crayons, pencils etc. also music, puppets, large role play.

Outdoor Play

The child's health, physical development and knowledge and understanding of the world around them is important to us. To promote this we encourage lots of time outside (and weather permitting). We have different textured surfaces and plants to experience, including grass, sand, wood etc. There is a paved patio area at the back of the building and a grassed area to the front. The children have access to a variety of equipment to encourage gross motor skills, including bikes and ball games.

We also have access to the local park area (Parkwood Green), woods (Foxburrow Woods) as well as our local community shops.