| Croydon Opportunity Pre-School
Group is a registered charity that runs two pre-school
groups in the Borough of Croydon. The groups are
open to children with special needs and their
brothers and sisters. Our service plays a vital
role in the care of children with developmental,
physical or medical special needs between 3
months and 5 years of age. Although we receive a grant
from the Croydon Local Authority, this only
covers part of our running costs so a small
attendance fee is charged, and we depend fully on
donations and fund-raising to operate the service.
The groups provide a warm
and secure environment with a high staff to child
ratio. Each centre is fully integrated with
children from a wide range of ages, abilities and
cultural backgrounds.
We are supported by a
comprehensive range of services including Speech
and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists,
Occupational Therapists, along with other
specialists, who, when appropriate, work with
individual children and liase fully with staff
and parents / carers.
These facilities would not
be readily available to the children in
mainstream playgroup / pre-school settings.
We offer a broad and
balanced early years curriculum providing a range
of learning opportunities for all children,
whether special needs or mainstream. Through
careful observation and monitoring our keyworkers
can support and extend each child’s learning
in an effective way.
There is a parent / carer
room at each group where parents and carers can
stay to have a cup of coffee and socialise with
other parents if they wish to. This support is
another major part of the groups, enabling
sharing of mutual problems, anxieties and also
practical information and advice.
Parents and carers usually
stay at least for the first few sessions to
ensure their child settles in happily, which they
usually do!
(To
read more about some of the children and families
that use COPG, please click on the 'Parents
Stories' link below)
The group can be
contacted at the addresses or phone numbers
below;
Gilbert
Scott Junior School
Farnborough
Avenue
South
Croydon
Surrey
CR2
8HD |
South
Norwood CETS Centre
Sandown
Road
South
Norwood
London
SE25
4XE |
| Tel:
020 8651 4760 |
Tel:
020 8654 3975 |
| Contact:
Chris Watts |
Contact:
Jane Gifford |
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