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This charity was removed from the register on 25 Jul 2017
Public benefits
Implementing fully the DENI Curriculum in line with the Department of education. Developing children's ability to take the initiative and make decisions about what they are going to do and how. Developing children's self-discipline and their ability to identify personal goals and complete self-chosen tasks. Developing children's ability to work
and socialise with other children and adults as a result of team planning, effort and quality interaction from staff. Developing children’s ability for self-expression so that they can use language, pictures, movement and writing to share their experiences with others. Developing children’s ability to solve problems in a wide range of situation using a variety of active learning materials. Developing children’s creativity, spirit of enquiry and openness to learning, to knowledge and other people’s point of view. Ensuring the health and well-being of each child through a healthy eating programme and physical play activities. We plan for children’s active learning experiences, ensuring that individual needs are met, the plans have breadth and balance, identifying areas of intended learning, children’s progress, response to children’s needs and actual and factual evaluation. To ensure children’s development and learning are motivated, supported and praised at all times. Any private benefit is incidental to the purposes of the organisation and there is no harm flowing from the purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Ballinascreen Early Years is a Pre-school Education Centre, situated in Draperstown Co L/ Derry area of high unemployment in the village of Draperstown, Magherafelt Council Area,) Northern Ireland.( Population: 2002, Census Data 2,466 with new housing in the last three years, has risen to approximately 3000-00)With members of the Management
Committee from all sections of the community working together in a cross-community basis, We encourage and support the educare of children of all abilitiesage 3-5 years and parents workshops/courses. The staff are all highly trained up to, and degree standard meeting the needs of all children who attend the setting. Appropriate procedures help the children to settle readily into the routines associated with the DENI Curriculum. In addition to the informal meetings at the beginning of each day, the parents are individually invited each term to discuss the progress of their child, we then share with the parents, the active learning programme which children will experience in the next term. As parents are the first educators of their children, their involvement is vital, as part of the team who provide pre-school education for their children. The programme of activities are planned carefully each week which encourage the child's spirit of enquiry and openness to learning through active learning situations. We evaluate plans and the end of each day and note key experiences taking place throughout the sessions. These key experiences are used to document the active learning taking place and further planning to meet the children's needs. There is a close match between the provision of play experiences and the child's stage of development. The sustained support provided by the staff results in quality interaction between the staff and children, there are constantly encouraged to think, explore and to make choices. The active learning programme promotes effectively the children's personal, social and emotional development.
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- The advancement of education
Who the charity helps
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
How the charity works
- Playgroup/after schools
Charitable purposes
The Group is established to promote play based learning environments for all children under statutory school age, (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) of the Draperstown and its surrounding environs in County Londonderry (hereinafter called the ‘area of benefit’) without distinction of age, gender, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and in particular: (a) to advance the education of the beneficiaries by the provision of safe and satisfying group play, with the right of parents/carers to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of the group; and to promote the preservation of health of the beneficiaries; and (b) to support the values and principles of Early Years.