Shekinah playgroup

page sub sections: Aims Qualifications Activities Parent representatives Key Workers Prospectus

Shekinah playgroup is part of Shoreham Baptist Church. It is run for the community, and has an excellent reputation.

Supervisors: Amanda Reed, Jan Measor & Ruth Wright

When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9.30am-12noon. Thursday afternoon, 1pm-3.30pm. School term time.

Phone: 01273 461283

Ages: We accept children between 2½ to 5 years old

OFSTED: We are registered by OFSTED under the Childrens Act 1989 and are inspected by them both for the welfare and education of the children in our care. We receive Government funding which entitles your child to a free place [dependant on he date of birth[, when they are three years old. We follow guidelines for childrens learning given by the DfEE for curriculum planning.

Our aims

We have four aims main:

To provide a fun, safe and caring environment where staff practice Christian values
To acknowledge and value each child individual stage of development, ability, culture, religion and family background and respect each child for who they are.
To provide a well balanced curriculum following the Early Learning Goals ad defined by the DfEE and to help each child reach their full potential, learning at their own pace.
To make parents and carer's feel welcome in the group

Qualifications

Staff are well qualified and regularly attend training courses. Staff qualifications and training include:

National Vocational Qualification - NVQ level 3
Diploma in Pre-school practice
Social Services Child protection training
Curriculum planning
Children with special needs
Equal Opportunities
Language development
Mathematical Development
Knowledge and understanding of the world
ICT without computers
Pediatric First Aid
Foundation stage training

Activities

The programme of activities is structured to include craftwork, free play, physical play, story time, music, puzzles, construction toys etc and usually follows a half-termly theme.

Our themes include pets, the weather, colours, nursery rhymes, festivals around the world, bible stories and much more.

Out information board lets parents know what is happening

Parent representatives

Shekinah has parent representatives who organise various social events for parents and carers, and also the summer outing for children and parents - usually to a local farm

Key Workers

Each child is allocated a key worker when they start at playgroup. The keyworker is a member of the staff responsible for monitoring childrens individual progress using the WSCC Early Years development records,

You are always welcome to talk to your childs keyworker about your childs progress at any time!

Prospectus and visits

We know that choosing a playgroup is a very important task. If you would like a copy of our prospectus or would like to come and look around with your child, please ring 01273 461283, when the playgroup is open, and the staff will be happy to help you.