Our Setting
Our Pre-School is based in the centre of Widecombe-in-the -Moor, in Church House.
Downstairs we have large open plan space perfect for active movement. We have a tunnel, painting easel, indoor water tray and the children favourites, bikes and ride on Tractors! Upstairs is laid out with a big table and chairs for snacks and meal times, soft areas with lots of books and cosy areas for quieter times. The Chosing cupboard is changed once a term and the children have access to play kitchen, shop, dolls house, farm toys, blocks, colouring and much much more!
We are very lucky to have volunteers who come in weekly to run sessions in nursery rhymes, stories, Yoga and a Dalcrose session.
Church House
Sensory Garden
Outside of Church house is a lawned garden and our Pre-School Garden. We have a hobbit house, a sensory garden, digging pit, sand pit, and vegetables patches where we grow our own fruit and veg which we enjoy eating for snack. The children grow and care for a herb pallet which they can then use to make up potions and cook on our mud kitchen.
On our grass lawn we have water play, painting easels, the tuff tray, and of course the bikes and tractors out.
Just a short walk from ‘Church House’ is our Outdoor Classroom. The Classroom is used for Wednesday sessions through the year.
In 2021 the Outdoor Classroom has moved to a wonderful new location in the village offering a bigger and more varied area for Preschool. This wonderful setting offers space for the children to discover nature in the grass and banks, developing movement as they climb up trees and use rope swings and find new skills through their own play with woodwork, bug hunting, and imaginative play. Refueling and coming together again around a camp fire for snack time, our children and staff alike love Wednesdays!!
Outdoor Classroom
What our families say about the Setting:
"We love the rural location of the Preschool and how this easily allows for walks, puddle splashing and exploring outside to be incorporated into every day at Preschool."