DID YOU KNOW THAT WE OFFER UP TO 30 HOURS FUNDED CHILDCARE FOR WORKING PARENTS OF 3 & 4 YEAR OLDS?

Children are entitled to receive 15 hours of nursery care each week free of charge until they start school, starting from the term after they turn 3 years old. This is referred to as Early Education Funding. You may also qualify for additional funding, taking the total funded hours to 30 hours per week. However, this is subject to eligibility.  

We are able to offer parents flexibility around how and when funded hours can be utilised. Additional paid hours can also be arranged, subject to availability. For further information about funded hours and to check your eligibility, please visit: Get free childcare if you are working 

Sessions

Our nursery sessions run as follows:

Full Days: (Monday to Friday) 8.45am until 3.30pm with 45 minutes for lunch, which is charged separately. Each session runs for 3 hours, excluding lunch.

Morning Session: (Monday to Friday) 8.45am until 11.45am (3 hours).

Afternoon Session: (Monday to Friday) 12:30pm to 3:30pm (3 hours).

Parents will be required to provide their ‘Eligibility Code’ and to re-confirm their eligibility as directed in accordance with DfE requirements.

Parents can also pay for ‘extra’ sessions in addition to funded places (dependent on availability). 3 hour sessions are charged at £12.00 and a £4.00 charge is also payable if your child is staying in Nursery for the lunchtime session. If you opt for your child to have a ‘school dinner’ provided, a fee of £2.90 will also be payable.  Please note that in the event of absence, all sessions are still chargeable.

Wraparound Care

Breakfast Club is available from 7.30am until 8.45am (Monday to Friday) at an extra charge of £5.00.  A sibling discount of £4.50 is also available.

Afterschool (Sunset) Club is available from 3.30pm until 5.45pm (Monday to Thursday) at an extra charge of £9.00. 

For further information regarding our nursery provision or to arrange a tour, please contact our School Bursar, Mrs Lucy Bibby on 01282 771000 or via email at bursar@sabden.lancs.sch.uk.

Early Years Curriculum

In our nursery class, we follow the Early Years Curriculum. The curriculum is organised into seven areas of learning:

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Communication and Language
• Physical Development
• Literacy
• Maths
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

Each area of learning is broken down into goals and steps children are expected to be able to do by the time they reach the end of the year. These are called Early Learning Goals (ELG’s).

Staff plan topics they think children will be interested in and teach all the areas of learning along this theme. For example, if we teach a ‘Dinosaur Roar’ topic, most of the learning taking place will be around the idea of dinosaurs. However, if children show particular interests in other themes, we can accommodate their learning to fit around their own chosen interests also.

Some of the activities children take part in will be with an adult, either in a small group or individually. The adult has a main focus which she will teach and assess. It might be that a child is learning to copy letters or move over PE equipment with ease or hold a pencil correctly. These assessments then inform us of what the child can be taught and challenged to learn next. Each time a child learns something new, we build upon that learning so that the child can move forward and make progress.

During the year, we track each pupil’s progress, ensuring that all children make progress and are ready for Reception.

Catherine Jackson 
EYFS & Reception Teacher

 

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