Priory Park Pre-school was opened in January 1991 as a community pre-school. The Pre school is run by a voluntary parent support group, but the day to day running of the group is the responsibility of the supervisor, Mrs Julia Coates.

Mrs Coates is helped by 6 pre school assistants - 4 are trained to level 3 in child care and education, 2 are trained to level 2. Staff regularly attend training throughout the year.

The aim of the pre school is to "promote underpinning knowledge for all future learning by supporting, fostering, promoting and developing children in the six areas of the Early Learning Goals for the Foundation Stage as set by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)"

Morning sessions start at 9.15am and finish at 11.45am, the afternoon sessions start at 12.15pm and finish at 2.45pm.

A typical day at the pre school involves....

• Registration
• Free Play (Sand/Water, Paint, Role Play, Jigsaws, Puzzles, dough, pencil skills
• Construction Time
• Healthy Snack
• Tidy Up
• Quiet Time
• Outside/Indoor play (Weather permitting)
• Story
• Songs

Each session is planned and structured so that the Early Learning Goals for the Foundation stage of child development are provided for. The staff prepare long-term plans for each academic year and review them at Easter. There is also a Family Link system in place where every member of staff is responsible for a certain amount of children. The Family Link staff member observes and keeps records of each child, these records can then be viewed by the parents.

The photos below are from the recent Summer Fayre

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