Little Birds Pre-school  is situated in it’s own building within St Mary’s Primary School gates on  ground floor, allowing wheelchair access if needed. We have our own kitchen, office, cloak room for the children and two large rooms in our indoor space. We are located in a quiet residential area. Children can access their own toilet cubicles within the setting and we have changing facilities for those in nappies. Our indoor area is lovely and open with high ceilings and lots of space for the children to play in. We have lots of resources which the children access daily including arts and crafts (e.g. sewing, woodwork, textiles, painting), role play area, reading corner etc. Our room has an area in the front which can be closed off for smaller groups to go into to further learning opportunities in a quieter area. This room also has our preschool pet tortoise ‘Gary’s home in it. We have lots of sensory lights and tables for the children to use in this area.

The main room opens up at the back fully with bi-folding doors  out into our covered outdoor area where we have further learning opportunities for the children. Our rowing boat, playhouse, construction blocks, wooden water chutes and tuff trays are usually out here giving the children lots of exciting resources to stimulate their interests. We can access the side of our building here where the children have use of bikes , wooden climbing frames, balls to name but a few.

In front of the building we have a fenced off garden area containing a digging area, vegetable patch, herbs, seaside garden area, bird houses, a pirate ship which we use with the children daily.

We often take the children on local outings as we are very lucky to be close to lots of lovely places in Swanage. The children often go to days park, the beach and the local market to buy local produce at the stalls. We also visit the allotments where we have a small patch on a local resident’s plot to grow herbs, fruit and vegetables with the children.

We have use of the main school’s facilities and have great links with the school. We often use the playing field for to play games, football or just a good run around. We also visit the school’s chicken’s to say “hello”.

Having access to the main school ensures that we have good links with the school and our children become familiar with the main school grounds and staff.