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pre school classroom shelves
knobbed cylinders
triangles
pre school reading corner

The pre school caters for children of ages 3 and 4 years.

There are four classrooms, each designated by the shape of the window in the internal wall; square, circle, triangle and star and each with mixed age groups.

The children follow a Montessori teaching curriculum, starting with the practical life exercises designed to develop physical control, coordination and concentration skills; moving through the Montessori materials which teach shape, colour, and relative sizes, and then onto the materials which prepare the children for reading, writing and number work.

Reading is taught phonetically and many of the children are reading simple books and doing addition and simple subtraction by the time they move into the upper school.

Children can attend the pre school either for a whole day each week or for mornings or afternoons only.

Every child in the pre school is guaranteed a place in the reception year of the primary school.

All shelves are at child height to encourage independence
Knobbed cylinders demonstrate dimensions and scale
Triangles teach shape and equivalence
Concentration in the reading corner
dressing frame
baking
pre school children's cubbies
pre school teachers
Dressing frames give practice in buttons and bows to enable independence in dressing
Practical life includes baking
Every child has their own "cubbie"
Teachers
( who are only bunnies on World Book Day!) guide the children in their use of the materials