Welcome!

They say it takes a village to raise a child …. welcome to your village!  We make it our mission to support you and your child throughout your time with us.  From the moment you visit us you and your child will be welcomed into the Parley Pre School family where fun is at the forefront of everything we do.  When your child is happy, feels safe and secure they will be ready to learn.  Through our carefully planned Pre School environment and the activities provided your child will have endless opportunities to become curious, creative, critical thinkers ready to move on to school with a love for learning.  Our skilled staff will engage your child, follow their interests and carefully develop your child’s skills and knowledge whilst they are having the best time playing and exploring.  We will be your child’s champion, embracing their unique personality and scaffolding their learning through things they enjoy.

To all of you ladies at Parley Pre School I cannot thank you enough for the last year with Millie.  She has come on leaps and bounds since starting with you and I will forever be grateful for that! Anyone who joins Parley Pre School are very lucky to have you.  You are not just a pre school, you are like a family to the children.

Not all classrooms have four walls

outside area pre school field
pre school woodland area

We are so lucky to have the most amazing outside area at Pre School.  Our room opens up to a fenced off area where the children have access outside whenever they want to.  Beyond the fence we have a large sports field and woodland area which we love to explore.  We don’t just want to tell the children about the world they live in, we want them to experience it.  So when life gives us rain …. we jump in muddy puddles!  We want children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to watch the seasons change, to see the frost melt, the sun to rise and to care.  Everything that can be taught inside a classroom can be experienced outside and it’s so much more fun and memorable for your child. 

Our Pre-School. Our Family. Our Community

Based at West Parley Community Hub we believe our local community are at the heart of Pre School life.  We are so lucky to have such a great local community around us which offers loads of amazing opportunities to our children.  From visiting the residents at the local care home, to hopping on a bus to the library or nipping to the supermarket to buy food for our snack bar there are so many learning opportunities and chances to develop our social skills.

Ferndown Pre School bus trip
Ferndown nursery school

Great things start with a smile

Your Pre School should be more than just a place for your little ones to spend their day. It should be somewhere they love to go, a safe place that nurtures them, where people champion them to be their best selves and where their uniqueness is celebrated. 

Curriculum

Also known as what they learn!

We have an ambitious curriculum where we take a holistic approach with each child. With our knowledge, from both parents and your child’s keyperson, we look at what we can focus on to help your child flourish.  For us it is so much more than just academic acheivements that we focus on.  We want every child to have the best possible language skills, ability to be creative and a critical thinker, high emotional well being and the confidence to take risks and try new things. We believe this gives every child the skills and knowledge they need to be ready for school and for life.

Pre School Nursery in Ferndown

Healthy & Confident

  • Have a sense of self
  • Independant skills for self care
  • Able to form relationships
  • Be healthy and active
  • Develop an understanding of emotions
  • Self regulate emotions
  • Be confident
  • Be a unique individual
Pre School Curriculum Ferndown

Curious, Creative & Critical

  • Be creative
  • Use their imagination and be expressive
  • Be a technology whizz
  • Have an inquisitive mind
  • Be a problem solver
  • Have an awareness of the environment
  • Have an understanding of people and their community
Nursery School in Ferndown, Dorset

Life Long Learner

  • Have a love of books
  • Be able to communicate thoughts and ideas
  • Listen to others
  • Have perserverance
  • Enjoy writing for purpose
  • Understanding of Mathematical concepts
  • Be engaged and motivated

Parley Pre-School

1 day 1 hour ago

Today was international happiness day and our children definitely got the memo to have fun. If you could bottle happiness it would be the giggles

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4 days 40 minutes ago

When you start off by sharing the hammock with your friend and end up on the floor with full belly laughs. There's nothing better than

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1 week 3 hours ago

Who knew learning was this much fun! A weekly round up of our week where we champion our children to be the best versions of

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1 week 3 days ago

This week we have introduced a slack line to our outdoors provision. (We actually got it to use in the woods, but couldn’t wait to

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1 week 6 days ago

Happy International Women's Day! Working with incredible women is a true highlight of our working day, these women are inspiring and enthusiastic in everything they

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2 weeks 1 hour ago

What a great week we have had celebrating books for world book day. We have had Stories and hot chocolate in the woods A visit

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2 weeks 2 hours ago

We had a lovely visit today from some of the children at Parley First School who spent some time reading with our children to celebrate

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2 weeks 1 day ago

Can you spot our friend?

Camouflaged with the plant pots amongst the greenery.

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2 weeks 1 day ago

Today we are sharing all of the children's favourite stories, if your child is in today please send them in with their favourite story book

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2 weeks 3 days ago

It was lovely today to be able to welcome two local childminders and their children into pre school. We want to be able to share