Polliwiggle Pre- School is a small school with only 10 children in a class. Our baby group (under 2 year olds) only has 8 children.
This allows us to give each child the individual attention they deserve. We offer a nurturing, homely environment, we are a Christian based school. and do praise and worship with the children. We follow the caps curriculum in our themes, however we incorporate many Montessori activities in our 'teaching'. We offer the following activities at school which is included in the school fees: ball skills, swimming, music, arts&crafts,Library. We have a play area for the children to play in consisting of a jungle gym,swings and sandpit. An Art-room containing all our art materials. Adjacent to the school, we have a large garden where the children are able do ball-skills, and plant our own vegetables in our garden. Our property is 4000m2 allowing space for movement in a prepared environment. School photo's are done once a year.
We are a registered pre-school. The difference between a pre-school and a playgroup is that we do structured learning through play activities with the children. An example of this is that my 2 year olds are doing 24 piece puzzles and my 3 year olds are currently able to do 100 piece puzzles, they know their colours and are able to count and recognize numbers and letters. We do alot of hands on and creative art with the children, developing their concentration, fine motor skills ect.
We offer holiday care for our children for the April, July and October holidays. School opens in January on the 4th of January, allowing our children to orientate and settle in - as other schools only open a week later (there is no extra cost for this week). Our fees are for children turning 3 in 2017 is Full day R2085, half day R1665. For children turning 2 in 2017 its Full Day R1625, Half day R1330pm. These fees cover all outings and stationary for the year for the child. The only additional thing we request for parents to send to school are wet wipes & sunblock on a termly basis. Our hours are from 6:45am to 5:30pm (Full Day) - this is to cater for working parents who are not able to collect at 5pm sharp, as some schools do. Our half day hours are from 6:45am to 12:15pm. Our full day children have quiet time between 2pm - 3pm. We are open Monday to Friday. Closed on public holidays and school holidays.
We have a very reliable taxi Driver - Mr Zuma, who assists with transporting children for us. He drop offs and collects 4 of my children currently, as well as my own two younger children of 6years old and 10 years old.
We are a team of 4 ladies, all of which are qualified and experienced with childcare, as well as also have their first aid certificates. Between all four of us we have a combined experience of 50 years experience with children and teaching. Next year we will be offering breakfast of mielie meal porridge and a cooked meal at lunch time - parents are asked to send a morning and an afternoon snack and juice- and food if the child is not on solids- parents would need to send appropriate foods an formula.
Looking forward to meeeting you soon.