'The Nursery is lively and exciting with much to explore. This encourages children's confidence and independence.' OFSTED 2008
'Outstanding leadership and management ensure high quality teaching and excellent curricular provision.' OFSTED 2008
'Teachers and other staff have an excellent understanding of how young children learn and plan a very good variety of relevant and practical activities to stimulate young minds.' OFSTED 2008
In the Early Years Unit at Ronald Ross School we have a strong belief that our children recieve high quality education. We provide this by ensuring there is a rich learning enviroment with real opprtunities for self-directed learning and for children and adults to have time for in-depth conversations.
We have adopted the High-Scope approach to learning and this is based upon the provision of:
Opportunities for children to engage in active learning experiences and develop initiative, decisison making and problem solving skills.
Dependable and real relationships with adults.
A developmentally appropriate curriculum.
The High-Scope Wheel of Learning shows clearly how all the elements of the approach fit into delivering an active learning approach to learning. These are: Daily Routine, Learning Enviroment, Adult/Child Interaction and Assessment.
