Our Ethos

Welcome to our setting and playgroup community. We are a close, warm group where all children are encouraged to blossom and loved as an individual.

About Our Pre-School

We are inclusive.

All children are special and individual. Sometimes children may need extra support to help them develop and thrive. We are an inclusive setting where all children are treated as equals.

We get messy!

Our activities can involve getting grubby or damp. We love craft (painting, gluing, cooking) and outdoor play (including digging, den building, sand, water and muddy pies!). We believe dirty children are happy children! Please dress your child in clothes that you don’t mind getting covered in fun! A change of clothes and wellies would also be welcomed as we try to get outside in most weathers.

We are a signing setting.

Makaton helps to support verbal communication by adding a consistent visual element. All staff have attended the Makaton foundation training. We aim to sign one key word from each sentence to aid all children’s understanding and development. Makaton is for every one - children to not need a learning or hearing impairment to benefit from Makaton signing.

We learn through play.

Our activities are chosen to be fun, appealing and accessible. Children’s interest and requests also dominate much of our play. We add value to activities, providing opportunities to be social, speak, listen, problem solve, calculate, mark make, explore, investigate, create, move and more!

We are open to you.

We welcome visits and topic or activity ideas from our families. We respect that you know your child best and value your information, questions and comments. Please feel free to see a member of staff if there is anything you would like to discuss or feel we can help with.

Best regards

  

Sarah O’Toole

Setting Manager, on behalf of Tywardreath Pre-School Playgroup