Mary Tavy & Brentor Under 5's

Mary Tavy & Brenton Under 5'sMary Tavy and Brentor Under 5s
Coronation Hall
Mary Tavy
Tavistock
Devon, PL19 9PB

Telephone No. 0781 802 4628
Email: marytavyandbrentorunderfives@yahoo.co.uk

Ofsted No. 106173
Pre-School Learning Alliance membership no. 20272

About Us

Mary Tavy and Brentor Under 5s runs from the Coronation Hall in Mary Tavy. You can find us down the track opposite the Mary Tavy Post Office on the A386. We have ample free parking available. This prospectus is designed to give you information about the pre-school and our playgroup and should answer many of your questions. This should be read in conjunction with our policies which give more detailed information of what we do and are available at our setting.

Mary Tavy and Brentor Under 5s aims to:

  • provide high quality care and education for children primarily below statutory school age;
  • work in partnership with parents/carers to help children to learn and develop;
  • add to the life and well-being of its local community; and
  • offer children and their parents/carers a service which promotes equality and values diversity.
  • follow the Curriculum for the Foundation Stage, which covers Personal, Social and Emotional
  • Development, Communication, Language and Literacy, Mathematical Development, Knowledge and
  • Understanding of the World, Creative Development and Physical Development.
  • work to its operational plan (available on request)

As a member of Mary Tavy and Under 5s your child:

  • is in a safe and stimulating environment;
  • is given generous care and attention, because of our high ratio of adults to children;
  • has the chance to join with other children and adults to play, work and learn together to achieve their
  • full potential through a variety of stimulating activities.

The service offered by Mary Tavy and Brentor Under 5s

  • The pre-school is open 38 weeks each year during term time.
  • We are closed during school holidays.
  • We are open 3 days each week, Monday (all day), Wednesday (mornings only) and Friday (all day).
  • We are open for babies and toddlers 2 days each week, Monday (10-11.30am) and Wednesday (10-11.30am)
  • We offer sessional day care on Mondays and Fridays between the following times: 9.45am to 12.15pm, and 1.15pm to 3.45pm with a lunch club between these sessions so your child may attend for a full day
  • We provide care and education for young children between the ages of 3 and 5
  • We provide playgroup and toddler sessions where children under 3 can attend whilst in the care of their parent/carer

We offer a lunch club for children on Mondays and Fridays. This is intended to get the children used to socializing with their peers and preparing them for school. The club is supervised by a minimum of two staff. The charge for the club is £2.oo and parents and carers must provide the food and drink for their child. Our staff are legally obliged to have a 15 minute break with no children present at the pre-school, so the lunch club times cannot be exceeded.

Our Pre-school hours are:

  • Monday’s: full day 9am – 3pm

Or if you prefer this can spilt into:

  • Morning session 9.45 am - 12.15 pm only
  • Morning session 9.45 am - 12.15 pm + Lunch club 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm.
  • Lunch club 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm + Afternoon session 1.15 pm - 3.45pm
  • Afternoon session 1.15 pm - 3.45pm only
  • Wednesday: 9am – 3pm
  • Friday’s: 9am – 3pm

Or if you prefer this can spilt into:

  • Morning session 9.45 am - 12.15 pm only
  • Morning session 9.45 am - 12.15 pm + Lunch club 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm.
  • Lunch club 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm + Afternoon session 1.15 pm - 3.45pm
  • Afternoon session 1.15 pm - 3.45pm only

Parent/Carer & Toddler group:

  • Monday       10.00 am - 12.15 pm
    Wednesday   10.00 am - 12.15 pm

Fees

We run a two tier pricing system; children aged 2 -3 are charged at £7.90 per session and children aged 3 and over are charged £5.25 per session. Please note that there is a minimum session fee of 2.5 hours to all children. The reasoning behind the two tier charging policy is that we require a staff ratio of 1 adult for every four children for two year olds compared to one adult to every eight children for children over the age of three.  We offer a lunch club for children on Mondays and Fridays. This is intended to get the children used to socializing with their peers and preparing them for school. The club is supervised by a minimum of two staff. The charge for the club is £3.15 for two year olds and £2.10 for children aged three and over and parents and carers must provide the food and drink for their child. Our staff are legally obliged to have a 15 minute break with no children present at the pre-school, so the lunch club times cannot be exceeded.

To help meet initial administration costs, a one-off registration fee of £15 is payable when your child enrolls at pre-school.

Please speak to our play leader, Alli Hatcher, a member of staff or our Treasurer for current information on fees. If your child has to be absent over a long period of time, please talk to the play leader or the committee chair. For your child to keep her/his place at the pre-school, you must pay the fees. If you have any difficulties with payment, please let us know and we will do our best to help.
Government funding is available for pre-school children and those eligible for funding are covered for up to five sessions per week for a total of 38 weeks. No top-up fees will be charged for funded children, as per Government requirements. Please speak to our Voucher Administrator for more details. We also operate the Busy Bees payment scheme.

The parent/carer and toddler session fees are: under one year of age: free, 1-3 years of age: £2.10, payable at each session.