Nursery
Welcome to the Nursery at Victoria Road- A place full of excitement and laughter and where every day is an adventure!
Our Nursery Team:
Mrs Weatherston Miss Glanville Mrs Whear
EYFS Phase Lead/ Nursery Teacher Nursery Assistant Nursery Apprentice
3-4 Year Old Key Worker 2 Year Old Key Worker Level 3 training
We are a provision where every child is nurtured and supported to learn and develop in a high quality play led environment. The staff team have a wealth of experience and work closely together to develop young children through their early years.
We value and promote a natural environment where children's interests and fascinations are used to build a broad and balanced curriculum. Children's language development is carefully planned for through a story rich environment with language and vocabulary at the heart of practice. We build strong emotional and social skills which develop their wellbeing as they build confidence in their learning and in their relationships. Active learning is a key part of the provision and children's physical development is well-supported. These key areas are the grounding for the Specific Areas of the Early Years Curriculum and enable children to make outstanding progress and good outcomes.
We have a lovely area for learning and exploring. The children are able to access the classroom and outdoor area through child-initiated learning. We access the outdoor area throughout the year so please provide named wellies for your child. We love jumping in puddles, digging in the sand and riding bikes in all kinds of weather.
We plan a wide range of opportunities for the children to learn through fun, hands on experiences in both adult led and child initiated activities. We use Development Matters to guide the planning of our activities. We focus on the three prime areas which are made up of : Personal, Social and Emotional development; Communication and Language and Physical Development.
Children will be given opportunities to learn at their own level and we often follow the children's interests to help us plan fun and exciting activities.
We take children from 2 years old to 4 years old and accept Me2 funding, 15 and 30 hours funding and 3-4 year old places for children within our community.
Nursery Session times
| Morning session | 8.30-11.30 | 3 hours | £15.00 |
| Lunch Club | 11.30-12.00 | 30 minutes | £2.50 |
| Afternoon Session | 12.00-3.00 | 3 hours | £15.00 |
The Early Years team work in partnership with families and build strong and ongoing relationships, working together to ensure the very best outcomes for children. A strong multi-agency approach promotes child development, early identification of need and research led practice to support early intervention.
We share the day-to-day life and experiences of the nursery children through ClassDojo and like to catch families informally on a daily basis to ensure strong working partnerships to the benefit of understanding the whole child.
How parents and carers can support learning at home
Share stories with your child everyday, find out why this is so important by watching the short video below. We have a library of books by the entrance of nursery that everyone is welcome to use as much as possible.
Singing counting songs and rhymes with your children can support their early maths development. Please click the link below which will take you to some of the songs we will be using in nursery:
Here is a useful guide to support parents and carers with their children's behaviour at home. This guide explains how you can set consistent boundaries, build positive relationships, give rewards and praise to manage behaviour. We hope you find it useful:
NSPCC Positive Parenting Guide
Find out what we will be learning about in Nursery
Below you will find some information about our themed learning. We follow the children's interests and plan activities in response to their needs so these plans can change.
Here is an overview of our themed learning for 2024-2025: Nursery Topic Overview 2024-2025
'The Super Six'- Have a look at what key texts, songs, poems and rhymes we will be using this year:
Autumn Term 3 Topic Web (5 weeks)
Autumn Term 2 Topic Web (5 weeks)
Autumn Term 1 Topic Web (5 weeks)
