Age of Admittance
The Nursery cares for children aged 2 – 5 years term time
Caters for 2 – 8 years during Holiday Clubs
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm
The Nursery is open for 48 week of the year.
The Nursery promotes the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 0 - 5years curriculum.
Cygnets 2-3 years (Foundation Stage 1)
The Cygnets Group follows a set of activities which is based on fun learning play activities, preparing them for the next stages of their development and growing into a swan.
Swans 3-5 years (Foundation Stage 2)
The Swans Group also take part in fun learning play activities at a more advanced level in order to promote their development to full potential and prepare them for school life. The children are put into groups according to age for some activities to allow the child to develop at their own rate. The groups come together at certain times during the session to promote turn-taking, sharing, music and news time.
Nursery Education - What are the Early Education Goals?
These are the Education Departments's nationwide guidelines for a structured Early Years Education for 3 - 5 year olds.
The learning is divided into 6 areas of:
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Personal, Social and Emotional development
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Communication, Language and Literacy
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Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
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Knowledge and Understanding of the World
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Physical Development
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Creative Deveopment
What We Do At Nursery
We put high value on:
Basic good manners
Healthy respect for people and property
Good grounding in basic skills
Colour recognition
Early numeracy
Letter recognition, Personal Social & Emotional Development
Social and physical developmen
Personal and emotional development
Creative Development
Knowledge & Understanding of the World
Promoting high self-esteem and self confidence

