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Hollies Pre-School
Monday-Friday
At the Hollies we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage framework which aims to help young children
acheive the five Every Child Matters outcomes of staying safe, being healthy, enjoying and achieving,
making a positive contribution and achieving economic wellbeing. We provide a safe and happy
environment which allows all our children to explore and experiment using their own ideas.
All our children are given encouragement and support, enabling them to learn at their own pace through their play.
Each morning the children have the opportunity to do craft activities based on the current topic. The topic chart is on display on the notice board in the entrance hall to enable you to talk about the topics at home and bring in relevant articles, books or pictures, which helps the children to gain more fun and interest from the sessions.
We begin the morning with circle time – discussion about the current topic, the weather etc. During the pre-school sessions children are able to choose from a wide range of activities. Through play we are working towards the early learning goals with the children so the activities available will encourage their development in all these areas. Children’s ideas and interests are welcomed and encouraged – they will learn more and want to explore ideas when they have a personal interest in the activity. The children are able to pass freely between the outdoor and indoor play areas. During the session the children can visit the café for a healthy snack and drink of milk or water.
After freeplay the children are encouraged to help tidy the toys away. Then we quietly listen to relaxing music for five minutes, before going into “focus” groups for a story/memory sack. The sacks are based around the topic and the current stages of the children’s development. This is also a time for discussion of the morning’s events, birthdays and a chance for children to talk in front of others about special or exciting events that week.
After focus groups the children are encouraged to join in with a group physical activity such as music and movement, parachute, band or dancing.
We have a short quiet time before preparing the children for ‘tick tock’ time (home time).
Each child will receive a book bag when they join the Hollies. This bag is for them to keep (there will be a small charge of £3.00 to cover the cost) and they can bring it into pre-school to change their book as often as they wish. Bags are named, but it may be advisable to put a key ring on the handle so your child can recognise it easily.
The children will take it in turns to bring an animal home (monkey, lion etc) to look after. They will keep him for one week, returning him to pre-school on the same day of the following week. There will be a diary in the bag should you wish to write comments about the weeks events – what he has eaten, going shopping etc. Your child will have the opportunity to talk about his week looking after the animal at circle time.
We also have several number sacks which the children are allowed to borrow for one week. These sacks contain jigsaws, games, books etc for the children to enjoy at home. Again, they must be returned to pre-school on the same day, the following week. Please check the contents of the sack before returning it to us to avoid any disappointment for the child whose turn it is to borrow the sack next. There is a list of contents in each sack.
You can find out more about the Hollies activites here.
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