Welcome to our home, it is important to us that you and your child are happy with us so here is a little bit of information to get us started. I am Nicola and I live here with my husband Daniel and our six children, Jack, Jacob, Anya, Alice, Arianne and Jude. We also have an amazing assistant Danielle, who works 4 days a week.  We open at 8am and close at 6pm but please feel free to contact us at any time if you have any concerns, questions or ideas.

 

 

We always aim to follow the children’s interests and needs and so have a flexible routine here but generally our day goes as follows:

 

Arriving and Breakfast time

When your child arrives there is a box in the hall for all their things, we would encourage them to put away their belongings. We don’t wear shoes in the house so feel free to bring some slippers along. If your child needs breakfast there is always a selection available. We normally eat all meals at the table, either in the kitchen or garden.

 

Free play

To allow the children to settle we provide many opportunities for children to choose from both inside and out independently. These activities all promote learning opportunities through play. We follow the Early Years Foundation Curriculum. The older children will be taken to school, sometimes we go with them to.

 

Snack time

We will have a song or a story before singing our special snack time song and helping ourselves to fruit, water and milk.

 

Activity or outing

We would then do a more structured activity, something like baking or crafting or all get ready and go out, we love to explore the area come rain or shine so please come ready for all weathers.

 

Lunch time

Lunch time is a real sociable time for us, sharing any stories, talking about how we are feeling, encouraging each other and getting to know each other. We provide a healthy balanced meal if needed or you can bring a packed lunch.

 

Sleep times

If your child needs a nap here this is not a problem, we will aim to follow your routine at home. Please let us know on the all about me form.

 

Afternoon

Our afternoon routine is similar to the morning, more children may arrive and some may leave. School children are collected and dinner is prepared, we like to get the children who are able to be get involved in preparing meals, going shopping, cleaning, chopping and mixing up whatever we are making.

 

Dinner time

If needed an evening meal is provided, we ask that if you are having a meal you must be booked in till at least 5pm to allow us time to eat.

 

Home time

After a busy day, you might be tired. We will still be busy writing up your observations which we will share on Kinderly, cleaning and setting up the rooms and activities for the next day based around your developmental needs and current interests and talking to parents about the day.

 

 

If you have any questions about our day please let us know. We absolutely love this job and really want every child to be happy and to reach their fullest potential.

 

Nicola, Dan and Danielle