At Willow Bank Pre-School we aim to provide a happy, stable and caring environment in which, through play, children aged 3 to 5 years can explore, enjoy, achieve and progress to their fullest potential at their own pace, through both child and adult initiated learning experiences.
The layout of Willow Bank Pre-School allows children to initiate and put into operation their own plans during child initiated work time. Materials and equipment available for the children to use are easily accessible encouraging independence, appropriate to their stages of development, adequate to support all areas of the learning & development programme and regularly maintained and replaced.
There are 3 main areas to the Pre-School: the main room, the quiet room and the garden.
The main room consists of:
The quiet room is used to start the day with "Welcome time". The quiet room is available for quieter activities including story reading in the book corner, listening to stories or music with a CD/tape recorder and headphones or computer use.
The garden is a fully enclosed space enabling the children to get fresh air, experience changing weather conditions and help with gardening, as well as somewhere for them to extend their physical development using bikes, pushchairs, bats, balls, the climbing frame, balance beam, large sand and water trays and equipment supporting the other areas of learning.
Further details of the facilities available to the children can be found in our prospectus.