We are proud of our Early Years provision which ensures that all children get off to the best possible start at Barley Mow Primary School.

Our self-contained unit is home to the Caterpillars (Nursery) and Butterflies (Reception). We plan the Early Years Curriculum through a topic based approach which provides broad and exciting opportunities for the children to learn through play. The exciting, bright and inviting classrooms are well resourced and set up to stimulate and promote independent learning for all children. The indoor environments include cozy reading areas, well stocked writing areas, intriguing investigation areas and exciting role play areas which help to stimulate the children’s imaginative play. Our learning environments are ever changing to reflect the interests and fascinations of the children.  We are lucky to have a wide range of technology in our setting including interactive boards, Ipads, cameras as well as a range of programmable toys.

We have a large outdoor area to provide the children with even more opportunities and challenges for learning. The children have access to the outdoors throughout the day, and love to be outside come rain or shine!  There are plenty of opportunities for us to improve our physical skills with a wide range of large construction and our busy road area; this is often busy with bikes, scooters and young pedestrians!

Our Early Years unit is well staffed and we pride ourselves on building strong relationships with parents and carers. We welcome parents into the classrooms and enjoy sharing our learning whenever possible. Half termly stay and play sessions are a great opportunity for Parents to come into our setting and play alongside their child.