St Andrew's Methodist Church Pre-School offers places for children between the ages of 2 and 5 years. We are open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.30am to 3pm. Children can attend mornings, afternoons or full days or a mixture of both.
We offer a safe, nurturing environment in which each individual child is recognised, valued and supported to achieve their potential through meaningful play experiences. Our free-flowing space from indoors to outdoors ensures those children who learn best through active movement can thrive too. Our wonderful garden is a constantly changing canvas supporting the children’s problem-solving skills and nurturing their creativity, as well as providing rich opportunities for their developing imagination, inventiveness and resourcefulness.
Our approach at St Andrew's involves 'in the moment planning'. In the moment planning is an approach where we plan a topic spontaneously based what an child is inquisitive about.
By observing and interacting with children as they pursue their own interests, we can assess and move the learning on in that moment. This means we complete a full planning cycle within ‘the moment’ rather than planning rigidly in advance.
St Andrew's Methodist Church Pre-School Playgroup is part of the Methodist Church and a registered charity (Registered Charity Number 1033572)