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We offer all the young children of Starcross and surrounding areas, an opportunity to receive quality early years education within a safe and stimulating environment. Our curriculum is based on the national foundation stage curriculum and the recognised 'six areas of learning', which spans the time your child spends with us and their first year at primary school.
Find out more about the Foundation Stage from this Foundation Stage leaflet published by SureStart/DCSF and It's child's play - Early Years Foundation Stage (both in PDF format).
We offer excellent links with Starcross Primary School, sharing some of their facilities and activities. One of our Managers, Sarah, also attends the school visits at primary school, the term before each child starts full time and this is very successful, not only with parents/carers but most importantly the children. Having a familiar face from pre-school has really helped the younger pupils settle. Plus the reception teacher regularly meets with our staff and visits the setting before the children start their school visits. Although we are not able to share activities with surrounding local schools, their reception teachers visit us to meet any children that may be joining them.
All children are expected to achieve set Early Learning Goals by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (the end of the first year at primary school) and all children develop at different rates. There are several stepping stones from birth to the end of Early Years Foundation Stage that children will achieve before reaching the Early Learning Goals in each area.
Our organisation is dedicated to the 'Every Child Matters' aims and outcomes. All providers of services to children will be teaming up in new ways, sharing information and working together, to protect children from harm and help them achieve.
Every Child Matters: Change for Children is a new approach to the well being of children and young people from birth to age 19.
The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to:
Full and further information is available on the Every Child Matters website or ask our staff for details.
Starcross Pre-school keeps a record of achievement for each child. This allows up to work together to ensure progress towards the Early Learning Goals. We may take photographs of the children to record topics covered.
All records are kept in accordance with our Confidentiality policy. Parental agreement is required (see the Pre-school registration form) before we use any photographs for publicity purposes.
If you wish to meet with your child's Key Person or would like to view the records and observations kept on your child, please let our staffing team know.