Teddy’s Pre-School

We believe the best possible start in life for every child is crucial for their lifelong outcomes and we are committed to working together alongside the child’s first and best educators, the parents or main care givers, to ensure that all children who attend our setting are supported in reaching their full potential.

We aim to do this by:

• Recognising that the welfare of the child remains paramount in all we do.
• ‘Closing the gap’ in attainment and progress for disadvantaged children, ensuring that each child is life ready and as prepared as they can be for their onward journey.
• Creating a safe, supportive stimulating and inclusive environment for all, by forming meaningful relationships with both children and their families.
• Being committed to ensuring that all children have the right to access play opportunities as we recognise and value that children learn best through play.
• Working with and supporting children as individuals, helping them to develop and learn at their pace.
• Believing that every family should have the support they need to meet their children’s needs and to lead fulfilling lives, through signposting to the wider support available through the local community.
• By working together in partnership with children’s  services’ including local family hubs, health visiting team and other settings, including schools.
• By adding to the life and well-being of our local  community, a service that supports, and is supportive.
• We are passionate about early learning and providing the right environment for every child to thrive. We pride ourselves in our approach to supporting learning, and we are well known for our expertise in early education and working with children and families of children with special educational needs.

We pride ourselves in our approach to supporting learning, and we are well known for our expertise in early education and working with children and families of children with special educational needs.

We strongly believe that parents and caregivers are the greatest educators of all, and by working together with families, we can help to support your children to enable them to reach their full potential whilst learning in a safe, secure and welcoming environment.

Give us a call on
01202 391500 for further details.

Meeting Your Child’s Learning and Development Needs

Teddy’s Preschool works within the Early Years Foundation Stage framework but has developed its own curriculum, by using a child-centred approach to promote individual interests, learning and development within four key areas of learning:

• Personal, Social & Emotional development – this includes developing social interactions, understanding feelings and emotions, independence, health and self-care and emotional well-being.
• Communication & language development – this includes developing pre-verbal skills, listening & attention, receptive language (understanding) and expressive language.
• Physical development – this includes two main areas: fine motor skills (including grasp development and pre-writing skills), and gross motor skills (including balancing, co-ordination and climbing)
• Play and Cognition development – this includes developing play skills, recognising mathematical symbols and concepts, hearing stories, and retelling them or making their own, and using a range of strategies for reasoning and problem solving.

We will be happy to talk you through the curriculum and the areas in more depth so please do ask any members of the team who will all be able to speak to you about it.