Meet the Team at Offwell Under Fives
We’re extremely proud of our team at Offwell Under Fives Pre-School, they provide an exceptional standard of care to each and every child who walks through our doors...they’re really passionate about the importance of positive early childhood experiences.
Our recent Ofsted Report stated:
“Staff know children very well as individuals which enables them to support their particular interests and ways of learning"
“High adult-to-child ratios mean that children are well supervised and receive effective support for their activities”
“staff promote excellent partnerships with parents, carers and other settings”
“The dedicated staff work well together as a team, which leads to sessions running smoothly, therefore, children know what to expect and settle quickly”
Our recent Ofsted Report stated:
“Staff know children very well as individuals which enables them to support their particular interests and ways of learning"
“High adult-to-child ratios mean that children are well supervised and receive effective support for their activities”
“staff promote excellent partnerships with parents, carers and other settings”
“The dedicated staff work well together as a team, which leads to sessions running smoothly, therefore, children know what to expect and settle quickly”
Pre-School Staff
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We are extremely fortunate to have 2 Full-Time Members of Staff: Pre-school leader, Kay George, is a qualified primary school teacher with 6 years experience at Foundation Stage, and her new deputy, Michele Mellon is highly qualified to NVQ level 3.
Along with 2 part time members: Pre-School Assistant, Kim Hancock, who has recently gained her NVQ level 2 in Children’s Care, Learning & Development and our new One-to-One Support Worker: Pippa (Pip) Thomas
We provide a minimum staff ratio of 1:8. The staff will ensure your child is happy during sessions and that regular contact is made with you. Our Pre-school leader works closely with the KS1 co-ordinator at Offwell Primary School with regard to the curriculum.
Kay, Michele and Kim & Pip are all qualified in paediatric first aid.
As well as gaining qualifications in early years care and education, the pre-school staffs takes part in further training to help them to keep up-to-date with current thinking about early years care and education and to operate with best practice.
The Pre-School also keeps itself up-to-date with Best practice in Early Years Care & Education
The Management of Pre-School
A parent management committee - whose members are elected by the parents of the children who attend the Pre-school - manages the Pre-school. The elections take place at the Pre-school's A.G.M. (Annual General Meeting), which is held in each year. The committee follow the: Pre-school Learning Alliance Model Pre-school Constitution 2008. The committee is responsible for:
The Annual General Meeting is open to the parents of all of the children who attend the Pre-school. It is their forum for looking back over the previous year's activities and shaping the coming year's activities. Offwell Primary School teachers support the committee. Volunteering for the Pre-School's parent-run committee offers an ideal opportunity for you to become more actively and practically involved in this aspect of your child’s life; It’ll also make a real difference to how our Pre-School is managed.
If you’ve answered "yes" to any of these questions, the team at Offwell Under Fives would love to hear from you! | Our 2011/2012 Committee
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