A warm welcome to St Andrews Pre-school and Jammie Dodgers After School Club (ASC).
Our setting has a strong focus on Family Engagement
Our Curriculum is rooted in building trusting, authentic partnerships with parents and other family members to promote optimal learning and development for young children. One of our main aims is to support parents as they help children learn. We offer a variety of resources to help our Early Years educators partner with parents and involve them in their child’s learning.
Our ethos is centred on the High Scope pedagogy. At its heart Highscope’s fundamental approach is an active model of learning with five key elements:
Materials
A child’s home, culture, and language are reflected in a variety of age-appropriate, open-ended materials for them to explore.
Manipulation
Children make discoveries when they are encouraged to handle, examine, combine, and transform materials and ideas.
Choice
Children choose materials and play partners, change and build on their play ideas, and plan activities according to their interests and needs.
Child Language and Thought
Children communicate verbally and nonverbally — thinking about their actions, expressing their thoughts about what they understand, and modifying their thinking as they learn and explore.
Adult Scaffolding
Children gain knowledge and develop creative problem-solving skills with the help of well-prepared adults who support a child’s current level of thinking and challenge them to advance to the next stage, also known as “scaffolding.
