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WHY CHOOSE PETER RABBIT COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL?
Peter Rabbit Community Preschool is a non-profit community based centre which has been built by our local community.
Peter Rabbit has been operating for over 60 years. The pre-school is a small, family orientated service catering for 20 children each day aged between 3 -6 years.
Our pre-school is community-based and run by a Parent Committee.
Peter Rabbit Community Preschool is about children, families, education and the community.
Current research shows that a quality preschool education significantly improves a child's later life opportunities by giving them increased language, learning and social skills on entry to primary school. The benefits are long lasting.
There are many benefits for children and families to be gained from the pre-school experience.
- preschool has a positive effect on intellectual and social skills, independent of background.
- improved language and communication skills.
- preschool improves children’s ability to think, problem solve and reason as they enter school, enabling them to learn more in the early grades.
- Pre-school develops social and emotional maturity and the ability to relate well to peers and adults, solve conflicts, play co-operatively and be assertive.
- children develop independence, self esteem and self confidence.
- they have a greater understanding of the world around them and increased general knowledge
- they are encouraged to be independent learners and to take an active role in their learning.
- pre-school is a fun place to be with varied and exciting activities planned to meet the needs of individual children and develop individual skills.
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