Pre Prep Room

At approximately 2 years children will move up through the nursery in to our Pre Prep room, developing within this room until they are approximately 3 years old.

Our Pre Prep room can hold up to 18 children with 5 full time staff. The room follows the early year’s foundation stage profile with clear links on our weekly plans showing the areas we are focusing on. Children are encouraged to begin looking for and recognising their name and participating in group activities such as stories, singing and directed circle times.

The layout of the room means that children are able to move around freely, accessing the activities they particularly enjoy as the staff plan activities they know their key worker children will particularly like.

Children are building confidence and relationships with both peers and carers, and also being prepared for their move up in to the Reception room. At this important stage, staff are ready to help support parents with children’s development, liaising carefully on the correct times to implement toilet training and possibly reduce sleep times. As part of this leap into independence, children are encouraged to brush their teeth after meal times and begin to manage their own personal hygiene more effectively, washing faces and hands independently.