At Southwark Primary School children arrive with a variety of pre-school experiences. There are many pre-schools, day nurseries and school nurseries from which the children enter either into the nursery, or straight into reception. And, of course, some children have not been to any setting previously at all. I decided to get the team together to ask the question: how can we build a good knowledge of the children and understand their previous experiences?
For children who have not been to any early years setting, home visiting provides a valuable initial link between home and school. We visit the child in the security of their home environment to begin to build a relationship with both the child and their parent. We give them a 'Starting at Southwark' booklet, which they get to keep, and find out vital information about their interests, likes and fears. This addresses some of the issues about where the child is coming from, but what about the settings that some of them have experienced?
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