The Blue Room

The Blue Room is the pre-school room and caters for 16 children from approximately 3 years to school age.

We operate a self-registration system This involves the child looking at a selection of names to find their own name supported by the practioners if necessary. Your child can then place their name onto the ‘rocket’.

The room supports continuous provision these are areas which are continuously provided e.g. Construction, Writing Area, I.C.T. Creative Area etc. Continuous provision provides your chid with areas that are well planned to meet the learning objectives and learning opportunities. We aim for the environment to be challenging for all the children at their differing stages of development, whilst being a safe and secure place to learn. Opportunities for children to talk about their learning are provided through the support and interaction of adults in a play based situation, with a balance of adult-led and child-initiates activities.

Alongside the continuous provision we have focused/adult led activities. During these times we will look at achieving a specific learning objective through creating a particular piece of work e.g. junk model dinosaurs. As part of these activities, we bake for birthdays and other special occasions.

We will be introducing your child to Numeracy and Literacy through various activities taken from the latest publications and training guides. Working closely with our Advisory Teacher, the activities are structured to be educational and above all fun. These activities will take place in the outdoor curriculum as well as indoors.

We will be using ‘Jolly Phonics’ which is a leading scheme for teaching literacy skills and is consistent with the six areas of learning and development. Jolly Phonics has also been adopted by many schools, therefore giving your child continuity.