Working together with family and friends to create an inclusive and fun place to be!
Kirsty Tonks Manager - 07792 353802
Woolley Road
About us
Woolley Road is registered for 24 children each session. We are open from 8.50am until 3.20pm and can offer either mornings, afternoon sessions or a full day session, and children can bring a packed lunch.
Our fees are £12 for each 3 hour session, and we accept childcare vouchers and the 3 and 4 year old government funding.
Children attend Woolley Road from the September before they are due to start school for their Pre-school year.
We provide a morning and afternoon snack with fruit, vegetables, milk and water as healthy choices for the children.
We have five regular staff who work with the children at Woolley Road, Kirsty, Tracey, Julie, Alison and Frances.
If you would like to book a visit please call us on 07368892086
Curriculum Intent
At Woolley Road we intend to encourage, support and equip the children to be able to:
Grow in confidence
Become independent
Recognise and deal with their emotions in an appropriate way
Look after themselves, each other, their environment and resources
Make friends and play cooperatively with their peers
Make healthy choices
Enjoy being active, and to move in a variety of ways
Handle tools and equipment competently and safely
Listen to, understand and follow instructions
Expand their vocabulary
Communicate their needs
Take pleasure in listening to and joining in with stories
Develop a love of books, stories, rhyme and music
Foster a curiosity of numbers
Feel like part of their community (Pre-School)
Explore the environment, resources and equipment with excitement, interest and awe and wonder
Be ready and eager to learn
Environment and Activities
Woolley Road has a large room which has a small cloakroom where children can store their belongings. The main play room is large, bright and airy. We have a variety of areas for the children to explore and access resources independently. We have a role play home area and enhance this at times when children show an interest in other play for example a hospital or supermarket. We have a musical area with a variety of instruments including a keyboard and a drumkit!!
We have a variety of small world resources and building materials which are accessible at all times. We also have a creative station where children can access whatever media or materials they wish e.g paint, glue, material, paper, chalk, pens, glitter, etc
We have a cosy book area to allow the children to look at books either on their own or with a friend or an adult.
We have a bathroom with two child size toilets and sinks, to allow children to independently access, we also have a potty and changing mat for those children less confident with this area.
Outside the front of the building we have a paved outside area, we have a small area with soft flooring where children can ride bikes, trikes and scooters, and climb and slide on our A-frame. We have some tuff spots where we put different messy/investigating activities. We have a covered sandpit, an outdoor kitchen, and a large area with a variety of materials for designing, creating and building.
Routine
Morning Session – 8.50am-11.50am
8.50am Welcome to Pre-School! - Doors open, children encouraged to put away their own belongings, wash hands, and self register name flowers
8.50am Free Play, Outdoors open by 9.30am
10.15am Story of the week (two small groups)
10.30am Snack time (children collect trays, cups and self serve at table)
10.45am Free flow play Inside and Outside
11.20am 5 minute warning for tidy away time
11.25am Tidy away time
11.30am Show and tell
11.50am End of morning session + lunch time
Afternoon session 12.20pm – 3.20pm
12.20pm Start of the afternoon session, welcome children in + finishing lunch and quiet activities on the carpet. (Tidy lunch area)
12.30pm Free flow play, Outdoors open by 12.45pm (child initiated play and adult led activities)
2.30pm 5 minute warning for tidy away time
2.35pm Tidy away time
2.45pm Snack time
3.00pm Show and tell
3.15pm Get ready for home time – Toilet and wash hands, coats, bags, lunch boxes and green book bags.
3.20pm Time for home
The Pre-school routine is not set in stone and is flexible to support children’s needs and interests, and to incorporate festivals, local events and different types of weather