Every Child is Different — That’s Why We’re Different

Our two and rising three year olds, known as the Bluebells, allow us to provide activities which are designed specifically at the developmental stage, rather than a general activity, which would leave some children bored, and others out of their depth.

Because the children have usually established a routine of eating, drinking, toileting and sleeping already, their parents are interested in what activities they have been doing during the day. If there have been any problems with a child’s physical well-being, if they haven’t eaten their lunch or have scraped their knee at play time, we will of course discuss it with the parent on collection, or contact a parent earlier if a child is unwell.

A wide variety of fun activities are carried out daily, which are designed to develop all aspects of the children’s development, encourage imagination, creativity and an enquiring mind. Bluebells’ has separate areas for messy play, quiet activities, floor play and imaginative play. The home corner is changed regularly to provide a range of settings such as a shop, plane, hospital, post office, home, pirate ship etc.
The children continue to develop their knowledge of shape, colour, number and phonic letter sounds and their vocabulary is extended to enable simple conversations about their environment, family, friends and activities. The children are usually completing their toilet training and will still want to have an afternoon nap in this group and we provide all of the facilities that they will need.

Children share a large room which is fully equipped for all of their activities and again has different areas for different types of play. They will combine for some of the activities and work separately for others. Combining groups for activities, such as Creative, Physical or Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED), allows the younger children to learn from the older ones and allows the older children to develop a sense of responsibility and caring for the younger ones. However, separating the groups for activities such as Mathematics (M), Communication and language (CL) and Literacy (L) and Understanding the World (UW) ensures that the children’s activities are aimed at the right level for them so that they are neither bored nor out of their depth.

There can be a wide range of abilities within the Groups. We observe and monitor each child to ensure that they are provided with activities, which are appropriate for their level of development in each separate area of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.

The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum is followed by all of the children and extension activities are offered in all areas of the curriculum to ensure that they are able to achieve their full potential. Our aim is to help each of our children to achieve the best that they can in all areas of their development by extending them in their areas of talent and supporting them in their weaker areas. When our children leave the preschool to start school they have the confidence to know that if they treat others with respect, try their best and ask for help when it’s needed, they can achieve anything. What better start can you offer a child?