Selecting Equipment & Toys

The equipment and toys in pre-school provide opportunities for children, with adult help, to develop new skills and concepts in the course of their play and exploration. The equipment we provide:

• Is appropriate for the ages and stages of the children.
• Offers challenges to developing physical, social, personal and intellectual skills.
• Features positive images of people, both male and female, from a range of ethnic and cultural groups, with and without disabilities.
• Includes a range of raw materials, which can be used in a variety of ways and encourages an open-ended approach to creativity and problem solving.
• Will enable children, with adult support, to develop individual potential and move towards required learning outcomes.
• Conforms to all relevant safety regulations and is sound and well made.