About Us

Set in beautiful grounds Widcombe Acorns pre-school and Forest School has large, permanent rooms within St Marks Community Centre.

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We operate a high adult to child ratio, essential in providing good quality childcare. We have at least one member of staff to five children during session time.

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Each child has a key person who supports their learning and documents progress through photographs and observations in individual on-line journals. This ensures that appropriate learning experiences are planned for each individual child.

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We believe that the best way to encourage learning at pre-school age is through hands-on experience, investigation and creativity, with a strong emphasis on learning through play.

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Our setting is organised into areas to help us deliver the Early Years Curriculum in a fun and imaginative way, and we make excellent use of our outside space and adjoining community hall.

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We run daily Forest School, in which children are given the choice to stay outside for the morning or afternoon sessions. A wide range of activities are offered in a safe and secure garden. The children are well supervised and supported throughout the activities by experienced staff members and high ratios.

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The inside environment has a sense of warmth and calmness. We use pale natural colours to minimise visual distractions, a scheme proven to encourage early listening and communication skills.

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A well qualified and experienced small staff team ensure that Widcombe Acorns is a place that children have a sense of belonging. From very early on children learn that they have a voice and that the team are their co-workers, not their carers.