Wealden Times | WT163 | September 2015 | Education supplement inside

WT Education Supplement Sponsored by
WALTHAMSTOW HALL
S e v e n o a k s K e n t
Open Morning
Saturday 26th September 2015
10.00am - 12.15pm
Pictured: Junior’s Day Nursery Tonbridge
Question – How can parents prepare their children
to start using pens and pencils in the classroom to
communicate their thoughts, feelings and ideas before
they start to learn to write at primary school?
Debbie Older Manager, Junior’s
Day Nursery, Tonbridge...
“Before children begin to write they need to develop good
language and communication skills. They can’t write anything
down if they haven’t got anything to say! One of the most
important things we can do is spend time with our children,
playing with the toys children choose, sharing books, rhymes
and singing. Talking to babies from birth will increase their
understanding. In order for children to develop the skills needed
for writing Junior’s Day Nursery suggests they will need to:
• Be Imaginative – making up stories as they play, paint and
create. We can support this by commenting on our own
ideas or asking open questions – “tell me about this?”
• Develop Skills – children need to co-ordinate their
arms and shoulders. Activities such as climbing,
sliding, throwing balls, large scale construction – all
help to build the muscles needed for writing.
• Develop Hand-Eye Co-ordination – sensory play such as dough,
sand and water, using simple tools, peeling fruit, pouring drinks,
manipulating objects, using paint brushes, pencils and pens.
• Scribble and Draw – making marks and shapes
will help children begin to write.
• Play with letters and sounds.
• Be motivated – children need to see adults,
writing, making shopping lists, filling in forms and
encouraging children to make marks alongside.
Let children be children and ensure learning is fun!
All of these activities and positive adult role models
will be found at Junior’s Day Nursery.”
Junior’s Tonbridge opened in July 2015 with three
dedicated rooms providing a stimulating, educational
and caring environment for children aged 3 months to 5
years. 07462 641 341 www.juniorsdaynursey.co.uk.
“Thriving girls’ day school in Sevenoaks. Produces quietly
confident young women with a ‘can do’ attitude and an
adventurous spirit. The strong academic results are a
happy by-product of all this.”
The Good Schools Guide
“Pupils are eager and committed learners. They evidently
enjoy learning and are ambitious to succeed.”
“Opportunities to participate in a rich panoply of
artistic, musical, dramatic, creative and academic clubs
and activities abound.”
“The range of opportunities to participate in sporting
pursuits, both competitive and recreational, is excellent.”
“Pupils achieve excellent standards in their
work and activities.”
Independent Schools Inspectorate, 2014
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