Facilities at Whitchurch Pre-School Nursery (Shropshire) Ltd.
Kitchen
An experienced cook works daily to provide a main meal and dessert at dinnertime, meals vary between meat, fish and vegetable dishes and are rotated on a 4 weekly basis. Teatime meals are usually lighter meals, such as sandwiches, soup & bread, spaghetti on toast.
Any special dietary requirements must be stated on your enrolment details to ensure that all staff are aware of any allergies, etc.
We can adapt the consistency of meals according to the age and stage of your child. You are welcome to provide your own meals if you prefer.
Our Play Rooms
Each Child under 2 years old will receive a daily diary, which the staff fill in every session to record vital details (soiled nappies/mealtimes). We will also include details of your child's activities throughout the session and their disposition with any further relevant comments to give parent/carers as much information about their child's day as possible. We also ensure all staff spends time with parent/carers to personally discuss the session with them.
During a visit to nursery prior to starting, you have the chance to sit with our staff in the particular room and discuss your child's routine and become familiar with the setting and our staff.
After the first initial visit, we ask you to organise a second visit with us, this time to possibly leave your child for about 30 minutes to an 1 hour. This will help them to adapt to the environment, with new friends and will also encourage their independence.
Babyroom - Zebra Room
We care for babies from 3 months old to approximately 12 months old, or until they are developmentally ready to move into our toddler room. We provide a secure, happy environment to ensure that their first year of life is a pleasant and enjoyable one. The baby room daily routine is flexible to your child's individual needs, yourself and your child guide us.
Although this is the case we follow a framework called the "Early Years Foundation Stage" (EYFS), which starts from the baby room until the children leave to go to school. The framework gives guidance to our staff about observing the children and providing many opportunities and experience for them whilst in our care.
We encourage your child's development through activities/games/toys and carry out developmental charts to monitor their progression. Each child has a keyperson to observe the above. You are free to look at our weekly activity plans to experience the daily opportunities provided.
Our aim is not only to settle your child into nursery but we also want to make sure that you feel completely at ease when leaving your child in our care.
Toddler room - Hippo Room
This room caters for children between approx. 12 months to 2 years old. At this stage we provide a slightly more structured routine, which works flexibly alongside the EYFS. Monthly topics are implemented and all activities are displayed on a weekly plan within the toddler room.
We also carry out developmental charts to monitor their progression, these charts are carried out throughout the nursery and you take them with you when your child leaves/goes to school.
In the afternoon, unless parents state otherwise we also have asleep time, we feel rest is very important especially at this stage and afterwards the children are vitalised and ready for more fun!
2-3 years - Monkey Room
At this age, we begin to prepare your child for the Foundation Stage (3-5years). We continue to organise our routine alongside the EYFS framework and the children continue to incorporate topics. Our rooms are organised into specific areas to enable all children to easily access all activities e.g. construction area, role-play, etc.
We ensure that the nursery day is always an enjoyable one, we feel that play is a brilliant way to learn. Within this age range the children may still have a sleep time in the afternoon, but the older children, depending on their routine may not need a rest.
The keyperson will continue to observe each child's development and the nursery hold 2 annual parent/carer evenings to give you chance to have more in depth discussions about your child's development. These evenings are also a great chance for parents/carers to socialise with staff and each other.
Foundation Stage - 3-5 years - Lion Room
To prepare your child for school, we follow the "Early Years Foundation Stage" guidelines in this room, which means that we will provide the appropriate activities, play and learning experiences to promote all areas of your child's development.
Our Foundation stage staff will use certain desirable learning outcomes as a guide to ensure your child gets the most out of all activities provided. The learning outcomes show the areas of development from which your child will be observed and educated. These are as follows:
- Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
- Creative development
- Physical development
- Communication, language and literacy.
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Knowledge and understanding of the world.
See our Early Years Foundation Stage policies kept in our reception area for more information.
Our after school and holiday club will also have much to offer the older children, we will provide them with enjoyable activities and play after a hard day at school!
On behalf of all the staff at Whitchurch Pre-school Nursery, we hope to make your child's day a happy one! All staff are happy to help if they can!
