Welcome to Wybunbury Delves Preschool, part of Wybunbury Delves CE Primary School. We offer sessions for children aged 2 ½ – 4 years.
We are open from 9am to 3pm, and offer care from 7.30 a.m to 6 p.m working in conjunction with school to offer breakfast and afterschool club to children from age 3+ in term times.
An optional 'early bird' drop off in line with school start time (8.45 a.m.) is also available, please talk to a member of staff.
As a parent or carer of a 3 or 4 year old, you are entitled to 15 free hours of childcare. You may be eligible for 30 hours of child care. Please visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to check availability.
You may be eligible for free childcare for your 2.5 yr old. Contact the Family Information Service on 0300 123 5033 to find out if you qualify.
Preschool is led Tara Gregory as Supervisor, Libby Isaac as Deputy and Ashleigh Barrow as Preschool Assistant. Preschool is fully integrated with school with close involvement from Mrs Chesters and a team of School Governors.
Following the approach of School, we believe in a holistic approach to childcare where all elements contribute to the greater good and development of the child; be that the environment the child is in, the people that are caring for them or the food they eat. Our focus is to establish the best possible environment for each and every child. We achieve this through a variety of free and different play opportunities where our children develop their natural curiosity and desire to learn as they explore the world around them.
We are a close team with a flexible, sensitive and open approach and treat all individuals with the same care, attention and equal voice.
We aim to:
We aim to ensure that each child:
The provision for child development and learning is guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, issued by the Departments for Education and Skills. The foundation stage is a framework for children from birth to five years. This curriculum is set out in a document published by the qualifications and curriculum authority and the Departments for Education and Skills, called curriculum guidance for the foundation stage.
Our setting uses the stepping stones leading to the Early Learning Goals and provides a range of play activities which help children to progress in each area of learning. Play helps young children to learn and develop through doing and talking, which research shows to be the means by which children think. In some of these activities children decide how they will use the activity and in others an adult takes lead helping the children to take part in the activity.
There are 7 areas of learning that must shape educational programmes in Early Years settings. These areas are particularly crucial for igniting children's curiosity, enthusiasm for learning and for building their capacity to learn, form relationships and blossom.
We also support children in four specific areas, through which the prime areas are strengthened and applied.
For each area, the guidance sets out Early Learning Goals. These goals state what is expected that children will know and be able to do by the end of reception year.
Preschool is fully integrated with school with close involvement from Mrs.Chesters (head teacher) and a team of School Governors
Preschool is led Tara Gregory as Supervisor, Libby Issac as Deputy, and Niamh O'Neill as Key Person
We maintain the ratio to children,
Children under 3 – 1 adult: 4 children
Children aged 3 and above – 1 adult: 8 children
office@wybunburydelves.co.uk
01270 841302
Wybunbury Delves
Bridge Street
Wybunbury
Nantwich
CW5 7NE