Manager's Welcome - Paula Read
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At Beenham Pre-School we adopt a restorative and relational approach to behaviour. Supportive and nurturing relationships are at the centre of everything we do!
At Beenham Pre-School, we offer high quality term-time childcare in a beautiful, rural setting where we can take advantage of our excellent outdoor facilities. Our high adult to child ratio and a Key Person approach to planning ensures that each child receives an early years education which is tailor-made to their individual needs. We provide a happy, safe and stimulating environment where children can learn together through play. We offer the option of cooked lunches along with “Active AM” and Gym Classes, outings, walks, cookery sessions and lots and lots of free flow access to the “outside” !
We welcome children from Beenham, the surrounding villages and beyond ! There is ample free parking close to our setting and we are easily accessible from the A4 between Reading and Newbury.
OFSTED complimented us on our welcoming environment, our "meaningful and engaging curriculum" and the high priority we give to children's personal, social and emotional development. You can read our most recent OFSTED report from January 2024 here :
https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50240415
We are really proud to say that we are a Makaton Friendly Preschool and we are currently the only preschool in Berkshire to have received this award from the National Makaton charity! We practise our Makaton signs daily as part of our routines and in songs. We also try to send our Makaton message home through observations and also Parents' Evenings where we share some of the signs the children have been learning. We include Makaton in our special events such as our Nativity Play and our Leavers' Performance at the end of the year.