The words ‘first day at school’ provoke a range of reactions in both parents and children. Some are counting the days, others are apprehensive,
curious, or plain terrified – and that’s just the parents. Whilst we aren’t in the business of ‘hot housing’ our children, we do our very best to prepare them for this
exciting stage of their life. The routines that we follow at nursery, the experience of sharing, making friends, tidying up and sitting down to eat together all help to prepare the children for the average school day.

In our pre-school room, we relate our planned curriculum to the Early Learning Goals as laid out
in the Foundation Stage Curriculum. As the children are
encouraged to develop at their own level, they may, or may not be ready to start reading and writing before they leave us, but they experience literacy and numeracy activities throughout the day.