Welcome to the Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup
The Gingerbread Cottage was opened in January 1992 to provide pre-school
activities for children living within the local community. The playgroup is
a private of part Launde Primary School and is situated in a double mobile
building within the school grounds. The playgroup is able to take children
from outside the school’s catchment area when places are available.
Admission at the playgroup does not provide guarantee a place in Launde
School.
Our setting aims to:
Provide high quality care and education for children primarily below
statutory school age;
Work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop
Add to life and well-being of its local community
Offer children and their parents a service that promotes equality and values
diversity.
The playgroup provides the opportunity for children to become
familiar with the school environment, providing visits to the nursery
classes and meeting Nursery staff.
Our two playrooms are well equipped with toys, games, drawings and painting
materials, sand and water play. Caring and enthusiastic staff will help your
child to develop to the best of their ability. We have an enclosed outside
play area where a large range of toys and equipment can be used safely under
adult supervision.
At Gingerbread Cottage, we provide care and education for young children
between the ages of 2½ - 5 years. The younger children attend our afternoon
sessions.
In order to help young children settle into our group, we invite Parents/Carers
along with their child to visit our playgroup and spend an afternoon with
the staff and other children. As leaving Parents/Carers for the first time
is crucial and anxious period in a child’s life. This visit makes it easier
for the child to settle into the playgroup, make new friends and enjoying
new experiences.
When the child has settled into our playgroup routine and is ready to
progress to morning session, we will inform parent/carer. Our normal session
run from 9.00am – 12.00 am we also offer an early starter session which
starts at 8.00am.
We are open for 38 weeks each year term times
We are open for 5 days a week