In nursery, our children are taught following the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. Our curriculum encourages children to develop a lifelong love of learning. Our aim throughout Nursery is to provide every child with a happy, secure and stimulating environment in partnership with parents and carers. We believe every child is unique and our Early Years’ team have high expectations of what all our children can achieve. We support each individual to overcome any barriers to learning so that they can all reach their potential. Through play-based, active learning, we provide each child with a range of engaging opportunities to stimulate their creativity and support their development. We value the importance of the indoor and outdoor environment to develop children’s thinking, problem-solving and communication skills. Staff encourage all children to develop through effort, good teaching, learning and persistence. We are committed to giving our children the best start, teaching them skills which ensure their current well-being and future success – preparing them for life. Our children are able to take part in a range of different activities which help them develop their skills. This will include roleplay, story telling, messy play, painting, cooking, music, mark making and much more. Learning is play-based and children are encouraged to be actively involved.

We have one class in nursery taught by a skilled and experienced qualified teacher.

Shrimp class teacher is-Mark Emery

Also, helping us with our learning are:

Kathleen Neale

Tracey Bailey

Joanna Mielnik

If your child is still in nappies, we require parents to provide nappies, wipes and nappy bags. 

 

Times of the Nursery Day

Our nursery class accommodates children from the term after they turn 2 if they are entitled 2 year old funding. For those of you who do not receive 2-year-old funding, we take children from the term after their third birthday.

Please contact the school office for an application form.

The following sessions are available:

• 09:00-12:00
• 12:00-15:00
• 09:00-15:00

In our Nursery we encourage children to be as independent as possible. This includes being responsible for hanging their own property on their pegs and putting their lunch boxes and water bottles in the correct place.

Our day comprises of Discovery Time, when children can make their own choices about their play. This gives children ample opportunity to think for themselves and to focus on areas that really interest them. It also allows the children to interact with each other, to share and to take turns. The adults work with the children during these times, encouraging, making suggestions, and talking about their play.

There are specific adult led activities that the children are asked to join, usually in small groups. This allows the adults to teach the children directly. These run alongside Discovery Time.

We have whole group times, usually at the beginning and at the end of a session. This is where we all come together to learn, to sing songs, or to join in a physical activity, like a dance.

If the children are here for lunch, we eat in the hall with all the other children in the school. We also use the hall for PE sessions and visit the library to choose books which we can take home to share. The children have access to the main playground, where they can use the new bikes and the climbing frame.