Social Development.
Children are enabled to participate as effective members of a group, as well as individuals. They are made aware of behaviour, which is acceptable to others, and are encouraged to share resources, ideas, thoughts and adult time. Children are helped to consider the needs of others. A positive self-image is reinforced.

Emotional Development.
Children are led increasingly to independence by being encouraged to develop a sense of responsibility and to take increasing control of their own feelings by expressing them in acceptable ways. Situations are provided where a range of emotions can be experienced and explored.

Aesthetic Development.
Children are helped to foster a sense of beauty and wonder and to explore their own creativity.

Intellectual Development.
Children have the opportunity to become involved in a wide range of first hand experiences leading to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and concepts. Concentration and perseverance are encouraged as the children are introduced to appropriate aspects of the Early Learning Goals.

Pre-writing skills .
It is essential in early years that children have as much practice in manipulative skills as possible. We encourage fine motor skills essential to writing, by offering considerable opportunity for the development of pencil control, by the use of pencils, paint brushes, scissors, crayons and chalks in play activities. It is important that all children have the opportunity to practice tracing, cutting, threading, drawing, colouring, painting and puzzles all these activities will help the child to achieve writing readiness which needs good hand eye co-ordination.

Pre-reading skills.
By sorting and matching activities children learn to recognise similarities and different patterns in e.g. coloured beads, playing matching games such as Lotto, jigsaws and dominoes, which can form a basis for word recognition later. Children practice memory games as they play snap games, pair games etc

Language development.
Each child is encouraged to talk not only to the Pre-school staff and their immediate companions on an individual basis, but also to share their experiences and ideas with the wider group of their peers at Pre-school.

Physical development
Children use large and small apparatus to promote confidence and competence, and work with a wide range of materials to develop manipulative skills.

Fine motor skills
The children take part in many activities which promote the learning of manual dexterity, e.g. use of scissors in cutting and pasting, sewing, baking and handling the small items of play equipment such as threading beads all aid fine motor development.

Gross motor skills.
Ring games, music and movement activities, and the use of the parachute, fantasy cube, climbing frame and “PE” time all strengthen balance, co-ordination and confidence and provide opportunity for self-expression. Outdoor activities like ‘tennis’ help hand eye co-ordination, and walks round the grounds - observational and listening skills.

Computer
Children will be given the opportunity to use the computer and printer and a variety of software to produce and printing their own work