Martina's Playschool

General information, Martina's Playschool

Overview

My name is Martina Conroy. I started my Playschool business in Glanmire over 8 years ago and it has grown stronger and stronger every year, mainly by word of mouth. This year is very exciting because we have new children to teach and have a huge number of new ideas for a more fun curriculum for our Play school, as I feel we have gotten even better at helping children to learn and become social through my 20 years of experience and my staffs 13 years of experience.

When I was approached be a teacher in Glanmire I was gob smacked by all the lovely things they had to say about our play school. The teacher said “ the children are always on about how much of a good time they had at my school” and this really made my year to know that children long gone have such fond memories of my school.

We accept the E.C.C.E. grant and help to guide parents in how to receive their grants.

If you have any questions about the play school or the grant, please give me a phone on: 087 4127909 or email me at martinasplayschool@gmail.com and I will talk you through it.

Outside there is a bus stop and zebra crossing and a park were parents can go to exercise, sit or just play with their kids. Inside we have a huge hall so the kids can run and play and have fun. Every year is different, and I have met so many characters in my time, at the end of the year it a pleasure to see a shy child become confident and social as they learned how to interacting with one another.

The teaching method we use is High-scope

• Teaching children to think and to do for themselves.

• Builds confidence and self-esteem.

• It stimulates memory, creativity, imagination and develops these skills.

• Prepares children at a young age to plan and organise themselves and achieve their goals.

• Teaches children how to problem solve in a social setting and on their own.

There is a graduation ceremony at the end of the year for all the kids that are leaving to big school. The children receive candles to blow to symbolise the end of their play school years and they receive certs to acknowledge what to have achieved.