Kindergarten
Kindergarten focuses on providing a 'learning through play' environment to continue developing each child's individual interests and abilities. A wealth of opportunities and experiences, in the classroom and outdoors, allow the children to flourish. We make regular visits to Walhampton's Forest School, the gym, cookery kitchen and music rooms and library.
Kindergarten builds on the traditional values that feature across our Early Years department, ensuring continuity, while we also encourage every child to start making choices about their own learning. High adult-to-child ratios mean we can promote high standards and behaviour including: manners, kindness and the importance of children developing their own individual 'voice'.
Discovery Time
Children can free-flow between a carefully planned indoor and outdoor environment that aims to support and scaffold their learning while also offering challenge and new experiences . This hands-on, practical and play-based approach ensures that whilst learning new skills children have fun in an environment in which they feel safe and secure.
"Play is really the work of childhood." (F.Rogers)
Daily Walk
Our Kindergarten daily walk takes place in the Morning. We put on our wellies and coats if needed and explore the beautiful Walhampton grounds.
The children have a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the world around us, get some exercise and build their social skills with the people we pass.
Enhanced Provision
Over the year, Kindergarten children demonstrate to us their own interests. From this, we can build our classroom environment to a place each child feels excited to come to and learn in. We will suit the learning to the interests of the children and integrate challenge into play.
"All I really need to know......... I learned in Kindergarten." (R.Fulghum)
