Joining Our Pre School
Why not join our Pre School here at Daisykins Nursery?
Our Pre School at Daisykins Nursery in Rugby takes children from the September before they start school right through to the September that they start school. Our Rugby Pre School is open for 52 weeks of the year and can care for children from 7.30am - 6.30pm. The children in our Pre School are encouraged to wear our preschool uniform which consists of a logo top and jumper, although this is not compulsory.
Our Pre School has a very knowledgeable team including the head of room Jess who holds her foundation degree in early years and also the settings SENDCO Natalie who also has a BA honours in Childhood Studies.
Our Rugby Pre School follows the rest of the settings loose parts ethos and therefore has lots of open-ended resources that the children use to promote learning in all seven areas of the EYFS including mathematics, literacy, communication and language and personal, social and emotional development. Throughout the week in Pre School practitioner plan fun but challenging activities for the children to join in.
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Our pre School works hard with the children to create children who display school readiness. This includes creating confident learners who can express themselves, communicate with others and separate from parent/carers. Learning is always play based and follows the children’s interests. Activities that are done in preschool may include cooking, stories and rhymes, arts and crafts, messy play, PE, squiggle while you wiggle and sports.
As our Rugby Pre School is based in Daisykins Nursery, our preschoolers also have access to all of the settings different learning areas. To find out more about the Nursery setting, take a look at this article here.Every year once school places are confirmed we work hard to build connections with the schools all of our children will be attending, including inviting the teachers
A Typical Day in our Preschool may look something like this:
7:30am - 8:00am Free Play
8:00am - 8:30am Self serve breakfast
9:15am - 10:00am - Busy learning
10:00am - 10:30am Wash hands and rolling snack
10:35am - Tidy Up Time
10:40am - 10:50am Focussed Learning
10.50am -11:30am Coats on and Outdoor Classroom
11.30am - 11:45am Story time, wash hands Self Serve Lunch
11:45pm - 12:15pm Self Serve Lunch
12:15pm - 12:45pm Group Learning activities
1:00pm - Welcome children in
1:15pm - 1:30pm Register Time, Learning song
1:30pm - 2.15pm Busy Learning
2:15pm - 2:45pm Wash Hands, Snack Time
2:45pm - 3:30pm Coats on and Outdoor Learning Classroom
3:30pm-3:45pm Storytime , Group time
3:45pm - 4:00pm Learning Activity
4:00pm Wash Hands, Tea time
5:00pm Quiet Activities and Home time