We promote a healthy lifestyle and offer combinations of fresh fruit and vegetables with a choice of either milk or water at snack time. We offer a lunch club facilty every day where children are encouraged to eat with their peers and enjoy their lunch in a social environment.
We occupy a large, bright and airy room where there is plenty of space for children to move around and explore indoors whilst in session. Access to a secure outside grassed area allows our children the same opportunity to move around outside with a variety of appropriate toys and objects.
Our adult ratio is 1:6 for three to four year olds and 1:4 for two year olds. We believe that it is crucial for children of this age to be actively involved in their own learning and these ratios ensure that there are adults always present to give encouragement, support and praise.
We love to try and get the children outside exploring as much as we can, we offer a minibeast activity which rotates termly to allow all children to experience this outdoor education. The minibeast sessions for the academic year 2022/2023 are below:
Autumn term 2022 – Tuesday AM / Friday AM
Spring term 2023 – Monday PM / Wednesday AM
Summer term 2023 – Thursday PM / Tuesday AM
This gives the children the chance to learn and gain confidence through hands-on learning and an opportunity to get closer to nature.
Registered in 1994 as a charity, First Steps Pre-School is currently the oldest charity based pre-school in the Princes Risborough area, jointly run by a management committee of volunteers and paid teaching staff. The majority of our income is derived from government funding and fundraising.
In accordance with the Early Years Alliance Guidelines and Charity Commission Registration, First Steps Pre-School has an elected committee of at least five volunteers consisting of the posts of Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Safeguarding Officer and general members. All parents/carers who have a child at First Steps are encouraged to be involved in fundraising and volunteering in order to raise funds to buy equipment and materials used by our children during the school year. All parents/carers are invited to attend the annual AGM to elect these posts.
Our latest Ofsted Inspection was carried out on 31st March 2022 and we received a Good outcome.