Nursery

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Welcome to Ellingham Nursery

Children love to play, learn and thrive in our indoor and outside environments and our caring, experienced team ensure that they flourish.

The happiness of our children is key to our ethos. We want our children to have  a happy and positive start to their school life and build a foundation for a love of learning. Our curriculum caters for the needs of individual children and we believe every child should reach their full, unique potential. We ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe.  We work with families to achieve the best for their children and have a team to support families if they need help in any way. 


We enable each child to develop socially, physically, intellectually and emotionally. We encourage children to develop independence within a secure and friendly atmosphere and support children in building relationships through the development of social skills such as cooperation and sharing.  We are attuned to identify early whether a child will need a bit of extra support and access other professionals to help school and families with this.

What our parents say:

"The teachers are always so happy and welcoming"  

          

 "Thank you my child is really happy coming to nursery and particularly loves the mud kitchen"       

 

"My child is very happy at school hey do so many different activities" 


 "My child settled well and is always happy at the end of the day"               


What our children say:

"School is amazing!"

"I love the bikes"

"I like story time"

"I like playing with my friends"

Sessions

We currently offer places for morning sessions, 8.35-11.35am Monday to Friday (term time only).  There is an option to pay for a school lunch club until 12.15.

Nursery is open to 2, 3 and 4 year olds.

We will expand our offer to include afternoons or full days if there are sufficient numbers of children requiring a place.  We will build a waiting list to achieve this.  

Please complete our enquiry form above to provide us with information on the sessions you are looking for and we will get back to you.

Funding

Places are available for 2-year-olds, who are entitled to 15 hours free (benefit related) or 15 hours free (for working parents). Paid places are also available.

Places are available for 3- and 4-year-olds who are entitled to 15 hours free or 30 hours for eligible working parents.

A paid lunch club is available to extend the morning session to 12.15.

Information about funding, eligibility criteria and how to apply is available here at Childcare choices

Learning through play

We have a carefully planned range of activities and experiences available both inside and outside to deliver the Early Years curriculum which is split into 7 areas of learning and development :

Further information about the curriculum is available here

Children learn through :

Working together with parents

We believe that working with parents is vital in ensuring the children are happy at Nursery and reach their full potential.

In addition to two parents evenings during the year parents or carers are always welcome to talk to Nursery staff at the start and end of sessions or make an appointment to speak to them at an alternative time.

When your child joins Nursery you will be given access to an online app called Tapestry

Whilst your child is in Nursery  we collect observations to help us assess their development and to inform our planning. 

We use an online app called Tapestry to record photos and written comments about your child's learning. Parents can access the journal by downloading it onto their phone, tablet or computer. It enables us to share photos, videos and comments with  parents on a weekly basis and enable parents to to contribute to your child’s journal making the assessment process a shared record.

 Further information about Tapestry can be found here. When your child joins the school you will be given a login.