Tigger's Palace Nursery

Pre-school 

 

Here in Tiggers Palace we have two Pre-school rooms, registered for 16 children each.  We are registered with the Education Authority and places are funded by the Department of Education.  We aim to assist those children in their year before Primary one to grow and flourish into confident, competent learners.  To enable this learning our planning is based around the children and guided by the 'Curricular Guidance for Pre-school Education'. This guidance is presented as six areas of learning that will provide a foundation for later achievement. 

The six areas are: 

1. Personal Social and Emotional Development: 
children learning how to be independent, how to work, play and co-operate with each other; how to appreciate and respect self and others 

2. Language Development: 
children developing competence in language skills - understanding, talking, listening, learning to communicate effectively, learning to become readers and writers 

3. Physical Development and Movement: 
developing physical control, fitness, mobility, balance awareness of space, manipulative skills 

4. The Arts: 
developing imagination, ability to express feelings and ideas in a creative way through art, music, drama and appreciation of natural beauty 

5. Early Mathematical Experiences: 
providing a foundation for numeracy developing through practical ideas, using the language of maths, measuring, estimating, sorting, matching, counting 

6. The World around Us: 
developing knowledge of how to use tools, computer, tape recorder, camera, how magnets work, how substances can change, exploring light and shadow, forces and energy, developing knowledge of the environment through the seasons, living things, re-cycling, skill development for later learning in history and geography

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