Hi
I am so sorry if my question is very naive, the truth is I have no idea how these things work but I get the feeling everyone expects me to! I tried to get some clarity from pre-school stuff but that didn't go very well. So please can you help.
My DD is going to a lovely nursery and she is really enjoying it. The primary school that lists our street in their catchment area (so I assume it is the one where she will be going) also has a nursery. But as I understand it is pre-school. It takes children from 3+ years. I have put my baby on their waiting list but I am a bit confused as to what are the benefits of taking her from the day nursery where she knows the stuff and the kids and has a lovely time and moving her to the pre-school. The only thing I can think of is that she gets used to some of the kids that will go to the primary. But, knowing her, I do not think she will be needing 2 years for that?
The pre-school does only half days, so that means she will still be doing day nursery part time. It takes about 1 hour "commute" from her current day nursery to pre-school. I can't see this being helpful if it goes on for two years.
So my plan was that I will try and see if I can get her in the pre-school a bit closer to when she starts the primary school.
I feel I need to mention that the current day nursery follows OFSTED (or whatever they say when they have all this development targets up to 5 years old when they start school)
What would you advice from your experiences? Thank you.