At Munro, we have a very special feature. Our kindergarten is located in a separate building, within the same business park, just seconds from the nursery, but with enough distance to make it significantly indentifiable from the nursery. Our children treasure the thought of moving up to 'kindy', and usually in the weeks preceeding this transition, they take short turns of going across in small groups to experience kindergarten life before moving there on a permanent basis. It is a truly wonderful adventure for each and every one of them! There they find even more activities and resources at their disposal, specially purchased for their stage of development, designed to tease out every bit of brainwork, without any single child realising it.
They learn through play on a daily basis, sapping in information, selecting what to do next, performing assessment tasks without awareness of it, learning at an incredible rate every time they sit down to partake. Even quiet time is teaching time in nursery. It is all part of the bigger picture, all designed and monitored and all carefully considered by staff, parents, external professionals and the children themselves. Rest space and chill out zones give them complete the curricular circle, ensuring that each individual has access to every possible resource they might require in a day. A Curriculum for Excellence forms the basis for planning, learning and development at this stage. Transition records are started here in preparation for the move to school later. We have frequent parental discussions and run several parent’s days throughout the year.The staff monitor and evaluate the service against Child at the Centre 2 and the National Care Standards. Our Quality and Standards reports are submitted annually to our partnership providers. We have Spanish and Music lessons (at a small additional cost) delivered by two external professionals. The nursery participates in the Pre-school Vision Screening Programme and a daily tooth brushing regime is in place, which won us our Smile Too certificate!. ‘Learning at Home and in Nursery’ documents are produced and shared with parents/ carers to offer additional support and suggestions for learning. Assessment is for Learning (AifL) influences planning and daily opportunities. The kindergarten operates a key worker system and uses a visiting/ peri teacher. All of our children build up individual learning diaries that are used in a variety of ways during development and on completion.
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