Nursery
The staff who work in Nursery are:
Class Teacher = Miss Robinson / Mr Hall (Maternity cover)
Early Years Practitioners = Mrs Hardaker
PPA Cover = Mrs Mitchell
Nursery Hours
Morning Session: 8.45 - 11.45am
Afternoon Session: 12.15 - 3.15pm
30 hours session: 9am - 3pm.
If you would like to purchase an additional 30 minutes to be the same opening hours as school (8.45am - 3.15pm), there is a charge of £3 per day.
If your child would like a school dinner, additional charges apply for these.
Invoices will be sent out via Parent Pay at the end of each month.
Nursery Admissions
If you would like a place in our Nursery, please come to the main school office to complete a Nursery application form. We also require a copy of your child's birth certificate.
Your child can attend Nursery from the term after they turn 3 years old.
Transition - September
Your child has been invited to attend a Stay & Play session in July 2026, prior to them starting Nursery in September 2026.
We have conducted home visits in July 2026.
In September 2026, we have a staggered intake. Please look at your individual letter of your child's start date.
Starting Nursery
When your child starts Nursery, our main focus is for them to feel safe, happy and secure in our Nursery setting. Your child will explore provision and learn how to engage with the resources in each area of provision. Staff will spend time getting to know your child and will engage in daily high-quality interactions with your child.
How you can help at home:
* support your child in being able to put on their own coat and shoes independently.
* support your child in how to use a cup to drink from at snack time.
* send your child to school with waterproofs and wellies as we will be exploring outdoor provision daily.
Our Nursery Timetable
Please see below an example of our Nursery Timetable.
We ensure that all children have access to high, quality teaching in both our morning and afternoon sessions. Children who attend for 30 hours have opportunities to deepen their learning.
Our Nursery Newsletter
Phonics
In Nursery, we expose children to daily high, quality Phonics teaching. We follow the approved systematic synthetic phonics scheme called 'Supersonic Phonics Friends'.
In Nursery, children are exposed to Firm Foundations in Phonics (Phase 1).
A main thread that runs consistently throughout our year in Phonics, is oral blending & segmenting and alliteration. We use the Supersonic Phonic Friends mat to help recognise our phonemes. Please see the resources below.
new firm foundations updated picture mat a4.pdf
the basics 2 picture new logs.pdf
