Facilities & Rooms
Green & Blue Rooms
When a child starts Comberton Playgroup they will be allocated a place in either the Blue or Green room and assigned a Key Worker within that room.
A key worker is a member of staff who has special responsibility for your child. The key worker will be responsible for helping your child to settle in and will plan learning opportunities based on your child’s individual interests and needs.
This will be assessed through observations and discussion with parent/carers. The Blue and Green room follow the Early Years Foundation Stage and have a mix of ages from 2 – 4 years.
The year before moving onto primary school, children aged 3 – 4 years attend the Preschool Room for some of their sessions each week. Children from the Blue and Green rooms join together for these sessions.
The Preschool Room follows the Early Years Foundation Stage, encouraging more independence and extending the children’s knowledge and decision making, encouraging positive behaviour and positive relationships.
For their Preschool Room sessions children should still be dropped off and collected from Blue or Green rooms.
Preschool Room
Messy Play / Lunchtime Room
The Messy Play / Lunchtime Room is located at the back of the building overlooking the back garden. This room is used for Messy Play sessions on Monday and Thursday mornings.
The room is also used for lunchtime sessions. The room contains our small kitchen area for preparing snacks and drinks, which children cannot access.
Back Garden & Front Playground
We have a small back garden area with grass and flower beds, that the children use for planting and gardening. This is also home to our guinea pigs, which the children love to visit!
Our front playground is enjoyed by all children every day. As well as the permanent outside play equipment, we have a range of scooters, tricycles, Cozy Coupe’s and other vehicles for the children to ride on or push around. There is a blackboard and a secret passage through the flower bed! We have a mud kitchen area and a sand pit.
In hot sunny weather, we move some of our inside books, toys and craft activities out here too, and put up gazebos to provide shade.
Our Team & Governance
Leadership & Practitioners
Playgroup Leader / Blue Room Leader: Rachel Lowing
Deputy Playgroup Leader / Preschool Room Leader: Julia Chandler
Early Years Practitioners: Cindy Noble, Karen James, Tina Carroll, Chrissie Moore, Lynda Fotland, Eileen Cahill, Ann Simpson, Rebecca Tarring, Demi Siew-Stevens, Gemma Wilson.
Management Committee & Trustees
The vicar and the Church Wardens of St. Mary’s Church, Comberton hold responsibility as officio trustees of the playgroup. They are assisted by trustees and ordinary members elected to the Playgroup Management Committee. The trustees and ordinary members are parent representatives and volunteers from the local community. They oversee the day to day management of the playgroup and ensure that the financial obligations are met.
Chairperson (trustee): Suzy Koo
Churchwarden: David Newton
The committee typically meets once per term, to review finances, facilities and maintenance, to agree policies, plan fundraising events, and to support Rachel in her management of playgroup. All day-to-day decisions are made by Rachel and her senior management team. The committee always welcomes new volunteers of any age or background to support us. If you are interesting in joining the Playgroup Committee, please contact us here!
Vacancies
Join our team!
We currently have a vacancy for a Preschool Room Leader / Deputy (Hours: Monday – Friday 08:45 – 12:15, with some afternoon sessions also available).
Candidates must hold at least a Level 3 qualification.