Preschool Preparation

After the 4 Plus: Our Preschool programme

Our Pre School programme helps children get ahead, learning to read and the foundations of maths in the run up to them starting Reception. Many of our 4 Plus pupils simply carry on with lessons as they enjoy coming to Mentor Education so much, and parents do not wish to stop their accelerated learning. Slots are available on most Saturday or Sunday mornings at our Hampstead and Dulwich sites and during the week at our offices in Clapham. Typically parents buy packages of five lessons for £1,000. If you are unsure of what level your child is at, we can also help you with an Academic Assessment. Please book below and we will be in touch to arrange details.

Our Pre-school Programme

Our pre-school programme involves children learning for an hour a week with us in 1-2-1 with a dedicated specialist and fully qualified Early Years Teacher. Pupils spend half of that time on literacy and half on the foundations of mathematics. We also continue to work on behaviours to re-enforce readiness for school and attitudes to learning, including listening, concentration, talking to adults, and compliance.  Children who spend 30 weeks with us will typically have:

• An advanced level of reading, learning phonics to the level that they would learn in Reception, have a secure pencil grip and body position which is the foundation of good writing, and significantly advanced their general literacy.
• A mastery of the nature of numbers up to 10 – this is not about counting which is simply a form of rote learning but rather deeply understanding how numbers operate. They will also understand sorting, measurements, patterns, the properties of standard shapes, length, height, time, mass and capacity.
• In short, they will have mastered at least 50% of the standard Reception year curriculum.

This acceleration means that their time in Reception becomes around mastery rather than purely knowledge acquisition. They will feel good and skilled in the class and this will encourage them to speak up with their answers and be confident with literacy and numeracy. This confidence is so key because children who think they are good at reading or maths end up being good at these subjects.

Expert teachers will teach your children the same way they will be taught in school

Our teachers are all fully qualified teachers who have taught in some of the leading independent schools. We use the same materials that are used in leading independent schools so our approach seamlessly flows into their curriculums – they will be taught by us the same way that they later will be taught in school so they do not need to learn any new approaches.

Please call us to discuss your child’s needs on 0208 883 2519.