General information
First Steps Kindergarten contains two educational areas functioning in parallel:
- “Basic Steps” Nursery
- “First Steps” Kindergarten
Basic Steps Nursery
- Accepts children from the age of 1 to 2½ between the hours of 7am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
- Groups are formed of 8 children.
- Each group is designated 1 Polish teacher and Polish assistants are present to help the teachers when required.
- Groups receive some English on a weekly basis.
First Steps Kindergarten
- Accepts children aged from 2½ to 6 between the hours of 7am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
- Each group is exposed to 4 hours English daily.
- Groups are organised according to age both in Polish and English learning blocks so that our children are given the best possible opportunities for development.
During Polish learning blocks and Intensive English and Movement classes groups contain 12-14 children. During the English block (Circle time, Art time and Miscellaneous ) ) two groups work together.
Early morning and afternoon classes, when the children are entering the kindergarten and being picked up by the parents, may be led in larger joined groups.