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We offer funded places for 9 month olds, 2 year olds and 3 & 4 year olds. We stretch the entitlement over 51 weeks
For more information about funding follow this link ‘Best Start In Life’
We are committed to creating a culture where children feel safe, valued, and part of the Countryside family.
We are open Monday – Friday, 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Closed on Bank Holidays and one week at Christmas. Full or half day sessions available (subject to availability).
7.30am – 1.00pm
7.30am – 6.00pm
Hi my name is Sophie and I am level 3 Qualified, with a qualification as a Behaviour Analysis Technician and a Psychology Bsc degree.
I have over 15 years’ experience in childcare and progressed in my career to be a manager working in various childcare roles such as nursery practitioner, behaviour analyst in a SEN school and a Quality Assurance Manager for a nursery group.
We give babies and young children the opportunity to use all their senses as they explore different activities and experiences including;
We ensure that the environment is rich in resources that invite experimentation as two-year olds are keen to ‘do it myself’. Children begin to form early friendships and develop social skills with support from the Key Person. Sharing, however, is a new concept and so we ensure that there are sufficient resources for everyone as well as equipment such as toddle boxes or a sand tray that we can use to encourage co-operation.
We give Toddlers the opportunity to use all their developing skills as they explore different activities and experiences including;
The activities that we plan and provide are designed to support the prime areas of learning;
and to introduce the specific areas of learning.
Activities also provide opportunities for children to engage with the characteristics of effective learning. These are the things that make children good at learning including actively learning through play and exploration and thinking critically and creatively about the things that they experience. These characteristics provide a good foundation to lifelong learning.
We will share information about the activities and experiences your child has at nursery with you regularly on ‘Famly’ and in informal conversations and in parents’ evenings. We will discuss how your child is progressing with you regularly.
You will be confident and have peace of mind knowing that your child is happy and actively engaged in our Toddler room.
We offer a curriculum which ensures that children are given meaningful, interesting, practical play experiences that are going to allow them to become confident competent learners, who enjoy learning because it is fun. We combine child-initiated activities with direct teaching and adult led activities. We give children the opportunity to learn in a cross curricula way through play as they explore different activities and experiences including;
The activities that we plan and provide are designed to support all areas of learning;
We want children to be successful and effective in their learning. When we plan activities for children we, therefore, consider the different ways in which children learn and the characteristics that make them good at learning including actively learning through play and exploration and thinking critically and creatively about the things that they experience. These characteristics of effective learning provide a good foundation for learning throughout their lives.
We differentiate our planning of activities so that we tailor it to meet your child’s individual needs and take account of their age and stage of development. This means that children who are gifted and those who have special needs, those who are the younger or older children in a group are all supported and enabled to make good progress in their learning. We make regular assessments of your child’s learning, development and progress.
We share information about the activities and experiences your child has at nursery together with information about the progress they are making in their learning and development both face to face and through our ‘Famly’ App.
In order to support children to make the transition to the next phase of their education with enthusiasm and confidence we take an holistic view of school readiness. We develop children’s confidence and self-esteem, their social skills and independence, their self-care skills such as toileting and using cutlery, their communication skills, curiosity and their ability to learn.
You will have peace of mind knowing that your child is enjoying nursery and being well supported to make good progress in their learning and development. You will feel confident that when the time comes your child will be ready for school.
We make full use of the local area which has green spaces and the river close by. We sometimes take a picnic with us as well as paints, pens and pencils with paper to draw our surroundings.
We regularly go for a walk to the park or the river and visit places of interest in the local area such as going to look at diggers and dumper trucks or visiting the fire station. We go to look at the trains at the railway station and sometimes we go for a ride on the train. We are often seen out and about with our 6-seater kiddibus.
We will share your child’s learning outdoors with you through photographs and observations on the Famly app and in discussions with you.
The Famly App keeps parents fully connected with their child’s nursery life, sharing updates, photos, and progress in real time. It supports collaboration between parents and staff to enhance learning, wellbeing, and communication.
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