Welcome to Roundabout Preschool
Welcome to Roundabout Preschool! Your child will love playing and learning in our caring and creative environment. Every day there is an opportunity for your child to be inspired.
We tailor your child’s learning to their interests and stage of development
We provide a safe and nurturing environment to allow your children to reach their full potential. Children are encouraged to be independent in all aspects of their learning, given support where necessary and guidance to progress at their individual rate. We embrace learning from nature and experiential play to foster a love of the outdoors.
Download the Preschool Welcome Pack as a pdf.
Daily Routines
Full day 8:40am – 3:10pm
Half day 9:10am – 11:40am and/or 12:10 – 2:40pm
What does your child’s day look like?
- Each morning we take the register and then open the doors to the garden and children can choose where they play
- Free Play
- Snack time – children often want to help prepare the snacks – we encourage and facilitate this
- More Free Play followed by home time for those staying just for the morning
- Lunch time – children wash their hands and sit together to enjoy their food. Staff help them if needed but encourage independence
- Free Play
- Snack time – we offer morning and afternoon snack time. Again children are encouraged to help prepare snack
- More Free Play
- Home time – children independently prepare to be collected by their grown-up
Free play
Free Play is led by each child and is all about independent choice giving children the opportunity to learn through individual interests and approaches to learning. We have an extensive range of resources which appeal to all the children’s interests and strive to provide new and interesting experiences to promote each child’s development. Every session has a degree of flexibility so we might read a book, play in the sandpit or take some of the children over to the Mayfield grounds to play football, to visit the conservation area, or play on the climbing equipment.
We provide targeted small group activities for structured learning, focussing on children’s needs and the 7 areas of development.
Funding and Fees
- 15 hours per week fully funded and 30 hours if you qualify for the extended entitlement.
- £7.50 per hour if your child is not eligible for funding or if you have chosen to pay for additional hours.
Please download our latest Ofsted report here: Under Fives Roundabout Ofsted Report.pdf
To find out more about funding please visit the Cambridge County website.
For information about availability of places, please contact us on (01223) 309066 or [email protected].