Pre School 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Pre-School

The beginning of your Penwortham journey...

Meet our wonderful EYFS Team

 If you have any questions are concerns please contact Miss Stevenson on Class Dojo.

A Warm Welcome

Welcome to our Pre-School Class.
We’re so excited to have you join us on this wonderful journey of learning, laughter, and discovery.

Our Pre-School is a happy, friendly and welcoming place where we pride ourselves on developing close relationships with our children and their families. In Pre-school, we aim to develop the whole child and offer children a wide range of learning experiences whilst also tailoring learning to their individual needs, interests and in the moment engagement. Our team have a great awareness of child development and have the ability to implement any area of learning to children’s in the moment play, which will follow any individual next steps to scaffold play and extend learning. 

We believe that children learn at their best when they feel safe, secure, confident and happy. We wish to provide fun, exciting learning experiences whilst also offering a calm, caring and nurturing environment for children to develop a sense of community and build a secure foundation. Our pre-school children have access to the indoors and outdoors and exposure to our wider curriculum, meaning they’re very much a part of our school community.

In our Pre-School classroom, every day is filled with curiosity, creativity, and fun. Whether we’re exploring the world around us, making new friends, or learning through play, we believe every child is unique and special.

Here, you'll find updates about what we’re learning, important dates, and helpful resources to support your child at home. We can’t wait to share all the magical moments of early learning with you!

It’s the perfect foundation for pre-school years, and attendance can support admission into our Reception class intake. 

Places and funding information 

Children can join us in our pre-school in the academic year before they are due to start school. Every 3- 4 year old is entitled to 15 hours of funded pre-school education from the Government the term after their 3rd birthday. Working parents of 3 and 4 year olds may be entitled to 30 hours free childcare. Eligible parents are welcome to use their entitlement flexibly throughout the day between 7.45am - 6pm. Please see our parent guide to 30 hour funding to help check your eligibility:

Free Childcare for Working Parents: Check if you're eligible - GOV.UK

Pre-School Class Key Information

What we are learning this half term

Our theme for this half term is Traditional Tales

Learning Journeys

Every child has their own ‘Learning Journey’ which is a unique document. The adults working with your child will collect a range of evidence in order to show the progress your child is making as well as to clearly illustrate the characteristics of learning that your child show independently. At Penwortham we use an on-line learning journal on Class Dojo. You can view your child’s learning at any time through the app and you can also add learning from home too! Your child will also have a paper journal to put other work into that has been on their ‘proud tile’ we use these documents to assess your child against half termly checkpoints and to carefully plan their next steps for the following half term.

We are extremely proud of our learning environment and carefully plan our enhanced provision to support interests and needs in the class. The children have access to the outdoor area daily so please make sure your child has a coat.

Visit Us

Our door is always open and we’d love to welcome you to visit the Pre-School, our teachers and our amazing children in the Pre-School.