Welcome to Nursery

Information for Parents

2020 -2021 intake

Nursery Class 9am -12pm Monday- Friday ( 15 hours)

Wraparound – 12pm-3pm Monday-Friday ( additional 15 hours)

Welcome to our NurseryThank you for choosing Seabridge Nursery for your child.

We love to learn in our Nursery and we provide a rich, stimulating, creative learning environment where your children will thrive and develop in these crucial early years of their life. We work closely with you to learn about your child to help them settle, to find out about their interests and needs and the best way they learn. Our Nursery room is large and spacious, giving every child the opportunity to choose a wide range of activities each day. We learn in a wide range of ways through play, direct teaching, key group work and individually . We learn both indoors and direct teaching, key group work and individually . We learn both indoors and outside during the day.

We work in small groups and firstly focus on personal, social and emotional skills to nurture, foster independence and develop personal growth.

We move on to specific skills including literacy , maths and the wider the curriculum throughout the year . We use the children’s interests when teaching the curriculum through themes and concepts. Our themes are always shown on our section of the school website, alongside further detail about the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

We also focus on your child’s next steps and ,over the year their readiness for next stage of education in Reception .

Transition to Nursery

Usually we have a clear transition programme when your child

comes to Nursery. This would include visit days, parents open

evening, visits to your child’s present setting and meeting their

Key worker etc. However this year, under these difficult and

unprecedented circumstances we will be unable to complete this.unprecedented circumstances we will be unable to complete this.

To help us to learn about your child, we will have a ‘get to know you’

phone call , where you will be able to tell us all about your child and

we can answer any questions you may have.

We have recently set up a Seabridge Nursery Facebook and

Instagram page for you to access . It has information about us; you

can meet the team and there is a virtual tour of our Nursery for you

to familiarise yourselves with our lovely environment.

Meet the Seabridge Staff

Mrs J Harrison Miss K Fisher Mrs A DaleHeadteacher Deputy headteacher SENDCODesignated Safeguarding

Lead

Meet the Early Years StaffMrs V Sayer Mrs S Jones

EY Leader, teacher Teacher in Nursery

In Nursery & Deputy Designated

Safeguarding Lead

Meet the Early Years Staff

■ Teaching Assistants in Nursery

Meet the team – our staffNursery - teacher led nursery 9am-12pm ( 15 hours)

Early Years Leader & Teacher : Mrs V Sayer

Teacher : Mrs S Jones

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Devine, Miss Platt & Mrs Hubbard

Wraparound Care 12pm-3pm ( 15 extended hours) -

Manager : Miss Smith

Deputy Manager : Miss Gilbert

Early Years Practitioners: Mrs Copestick,

Miss Robinson- Rafferty, Mrs Anwar

30 Hours Funded ChildcareAll children receive 15 hours universal free childcare from 9-12pm

every day. You may be eligible for the additional 15 hours ( totalling 30 hours)

■ To see if you are eligible for 30 hours funded childcare you will need to check on the Government Website :

http://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-and-http://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-and-education-2-to-4-year-olds

■ The additional 15 hours is 12pm-3pm and run by Seabridge Care Club - Wraparound Team in the Nursery Classroom.

■ As Seabridge Care Club – Wraparound operate independent to the school there is a separate application form for this entitlement.

What you will need every day:⚫Book Bag – purchase from the Uniform shop.

⚫Uniform – all named please including coats . No PE Kit required in Nursery

⚫‘Fitness Friday’ – wear on Fridays : Black hoodie & own sporty clothing

⚫Wellies – named and left in school

⚫Suitable coat for wet weather.

⚫NO ‘best’ clothes please, the children in nursery will get ‘messy’.

⚫Spare Clothes – full set in case of accidents , kept on peg.

⚫No need for water bottles in Nursery .

Settling In

⚫Sometimes it can take a few weeks to settle in. Children can become upset and other children are absolutely fine.

⚫If your child is very unsettled the staff will speak to ⚫If your child is very unsettled the staff will speak to you to organise an appropriate transition programme. This is to benefit your child and to enable the whole class to settle more quickly.

⚫ We hope that, within a few weeks, they will soon be confident to come in on their own and hang up their

coat & belongings .

We follow the EYFS CurriculumThe EYFS curriculum caters for children from birth to age 5.

There are three prime areas of learning:

■ Personal, social and emotional development.

Communication and language.■ Communication and language.

■ Physical development.

Four specific areas of learning:

■ Literacy: reading and writing

■ Mathematics: numbers, shape, space and measures.

■ Understanding the world: People and communities, the world ,technology.

■ Expressive arts and design: media and materials, being imaginative.

Groups⚫The children are grouped into Woodland animal groups

Squirrels Rabbits Owls Hedgehogs

They will work mostly within their groups each morning.

Each group has key workers ( teacher & teaching assistant) with whom your child will have more contact with than other adults .

Mrs Sayer ( & Teaching Assistant) – Squirrels & Rabbits

Mrs Jones ( & Teaching Assistant) Owls & Hedgehogs

Each child will have their own peg and tray . They come in the classroom each morning and register their name , we call this self registration.

Daily Routine⚫Registration/ welcome time on the carpet

⚫During the morning we will have ‘key group’ time where more focused teaching/ circle time will take place.

⚫Free choice play/ child initiated play/ adult led activities⚫Free choice play/ child initiated play/ adult led activities

⚫‘Free Flow’ Children have the choice to learn indoor and out

⚫Snacks available during the morning – fruit/ milk/water

⚫‘Letters & Sounds’ – phonics introduced.

⚫Story & Songs – home time/ lunch

⚫At midday, children get ready for lunch if they are staying , or get ready for home time and collection from the Nursery door.

⚫You will have to sign your child out each home time.

Please Inform Us If :⚫Your child has any medical issues e.g asthma,

eczema or any previous relevant medical history including operations/time in hospital. We can administer medication if required. Please speak to a member of staff.

⚫Toileting : If your child has toileting issues i.e is still in nappies or ⚫Toileting : If your child has toileting issues i.e is still in nappies or pull-ups / difficulties managing the toilet.

⚫Please be aware that unless your child has a medical issue they should be toilet trained when they enter Nursery.

⚫Your child has any allergies/ food intolerances.⚫Your child has any behavioural issues.⚫Problems settling in previous settings/ issues at other settings.⚫Any changes in emergency contact details i.e mobile phone

numbers.

Individual Needs- all in strictest confidence

⚫ PLEASE INFORM STAFF IF YOUR CHILD ALREADY RECEIVES SUPPORT OR HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT IN THE PAST FROM ANY AGENCIES LISTED BELOW:

⚫Social Services – Local Support teams, Family Support Workers, Families First, Homestart.

• Speech & Language Therapy Service,

• Behaviour support• Behaviour support

• Health service – health visitors. (School Nurse from Reception age) .

• Educational Psychology, Early Years SENDCO Or Early Years Forum

• Autism outreach.

• CAMHS- Children and Adult Mental Health Service

• Occupational Therapy/ Physiotherapy

⚫English as an Additional Language ( EAL) support.

⚫Special Educational Needs – If your child has any specific additional need -medical/educational/behavioural it may be necessary to introduce an Individual Support Plan (ISP) where we will work in partnership with you to address a specific issue. We work with outside agencies to gain the best possible support for your child.

Meet our Wraparound Team

Miss Smith – Wraparound Manager Miss Gilbert – Wraparound Deputy Manager Miss Smith – Wraparound Manager Miss Gilbert – Wraparound Deputy Manager

Mrs Copestick Miss Robinson-Rafferty Mrs Anwar Mrs Cooper Early Years Practitioner Early Years Practitioner Early Years Practitioner Early Years Practitioner

Wraparound Care – 12 til 3pm • Wraparound is a completely separate independently run setting to

Seabridge Nursery. We are a Private Voluntary Organisation – Run by a voluntary Committee. We work very closely with the Nursery staff to help deliver the Early Years Curriculum, ensuring your child has the best start, ready for school life.

• If you are eligible for the 30 hours funding and have obtained your 11 digit eligibility code or you would still require a place 12 til 3pm and digit eligibility code or you would still require a place 12 til 3pm and aren’t eligible (this would be charges at £12 per session), then you would need to apply for your child’s Wraparound place separate to Nursery universal 15 hours. Information packs for Wraparound have been sent to all parents whose child has been offered a place at Seabridge Nursery.

• Your children will remain in the Nursery school classroom for Wraparound and also our Early Years Care Club provision to support continuity of care.

Wraparound Care – 12 til 3pm

• Your Child will have a Wraparound Key Worker and Individually Learning Journey file. We will introduce keyworkers to your via our Wraparound communication book (each child will be provided with one to keep in their book bags), once your children have settled (usually within the first couple of weeks).

• Transition – Along with the Nursery Staff - we would normally meet you at schools open evening and then visit your child at their current settings. As this isn’t going to be available. You will receive a welcome call from a schools open evening and then visit your child at their current settings. As this isn’t going to be available. You will receive a welcome call from a member of our Wraparound team to talk about your child and answer any questions you may have.

• Wraparound afternoon Routine:

Daily Routine12.00apm – Lunch1.00pm – Outdoor Activity1.15pm – Adult Input / Introduction / Circle Time 1.45pm – Choice time / Play / Adult led / indoors and out2.05pm – Snack Time (Child choice with adult calling a Key Group at a time )2.45pm Story / songs / star of the day

Care Club : Before & After School Care with Seabridge Care Club

⚫Before School Care Club-

Opens 7.30am – 9am @ £4.00

After School Care – 3.00pm - 5.45pm @ £7.50After School Care – 3.00pm - 5.45pm @ £7.50

Your information pack from Wraparound

allows you to select care club hours on your

registration forms.

Thank you.