The Children's House

  • The Pink Tower

    The Children's House - Sensorial



    Sensorial

    All the children work with Montessori Sensorial equipment, in this case the Pink Tower. Montessori learning materials are carefully designed to help children understand where they may have gone wrong so they can work out ways of correcting themselves – a much more powerful way to learn and a great boost to the child’s confidence.

  • The Children’s House – Letter Table

    The Children's House - Letter Table



    Letter Table
    A three year old receiving individual support in learning letter sounds and directions. Montessori recognised the now widely accepted principle that synthetic phonics is the best method for developing early literacy.

  • The Children’s House – Reading

    The Children's House - Reading



    Reading
    Once a child has started reading we understand how important it is to establish and maintain the habit. We hear children read three times a week and expect them to read daily at home. The results are impressive – many of our children leave the school with reading ages well beyond their years.

  • The Children’s House – Word Building

    The Children's House - Word Building



    Word Building
    A four year old uses the movable alphabet to build simple phonic words.

  • The Children’s House – Mathematics

    The Children's House - Mathematics



    Mathematics
    A four year old child working independently with the Number Rods: another piece of Montessori equipment with a built in system allowing children to correct their own mistakes.

  • The Children’s House – Circle Time

    The Children's House - Circle Time




    Circle Time
    Circle time is a regular event when the children come together to share news and discuss a given topic. Children learn how to contribute appropriately to a group discussion: here a child is presenting a picture for the ‘Letter of the Week’ session.

  • The Children’s House – Upstairs

    The Children's House - Upstairs



    Upstairs
    Once children have mastered their letter sounds and have basic number recognition they are encouraged towards the more academic area of the environment that we have created upstairs. Children work individually and in small groups on exercises designed to develop pencil control, literacy and numeracy skills. There is always plenty of individual support and encouragement.

  • The Children’s House – French

    The Children's House - French




    French
    The older children in The Children's House have weekly French sessions, these are fun and interactive giving a positive first exposure to a foreign language. The children acquire authentic accents from Florence, their native French speaking teacher.

  • The Children’s House – Art and Craft

    The Children's House - Art and Craft



    Art and Craft

    Art and Craft is a regular part of the curriculum. We want children to have as broad an experience as possible and so work with many different materials and textures. Despite their very young age, children have the opportunity to explore many different techniques.

  • The Children’s House – Music

    The Children's House - Music



    Music
    We sing with Paul who comes to play the piano for us. The children also learn to play a variety of percussion instruments and incorporate some drama into these lessons.

  • The Children’s House – The Play

    The Children's House - The Play



    The Play
    The annual Nativity Play, involving all the children, is quite a spectacle. Victoria, whose daughter Sophie attended The Children’s House and Grantham Farm, said of the Nativity Play,“It is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen of children so young, it was so sweet and charming. Outstanding.”

  • The Children’s House – Physical Education

    The Children's House - Physical Education



    Physical Education
    The children develop their co-ordination, balance and suppleness together with their ball skills. When these skills are sufficiently developed the older children may join the children in Grantham Farm for sport with sports coaches from Ludwig Leisure. In the summer the children who remain for the afternoon get the opportunity to use the swimming pool.

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