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About Us
Small Groups
At Parkway, our children are divided into four small groups, Squirrels, Koalas, Pandas and Giraffes. The youngest children start in Squirrels and move up through the groups as they get older. Each group has around six or seven children each session.
Squirrels
Koalas
Pandas
Giraffes
Each group of children has their own key person. A key person is a qualified member of staff who is responsibile for the specific care of their group. They keep track of each child's progress and development which enables them to plan small group activities which are tailored to help each child develop and fulfil their potential. The key person will also make observations of their children's learning at pre-school, which will be published onto Tapestry, an online learning journal.
Small Group Time
Each group takes part in regular short, age-appropriate activities. These activities are planned to consolidate previously learnt concepts, introduce them to new experiences and help them to gain new skills. The planning is flexible enough for the key worker to react to spontaneous events or incorporate areas of particular interest to the children when necessary.
Visitors
Over the past year (2020 to 2021) we have unfortunately been unable to introduce the children to people who help us such as Firefighters, the Police, Doctors and nurses,
and Dentists. Hopefully this will be something which we can reintroduce in the Autumn.
