Your child’s journey
Nursery at Sandylands
What is our ethos?
At Sandylands we believe in providing experiences that develops every little learner and prepares them for school life. A big part of our ethos is creating curiosity in the world through access to outdoor experiences, connecting them with nature.
We have two settings
- Little Seahorses – from 2 years
- School based nursery – from 2-3 years
We encourage parents to visit our settings to decide from 2 years which environment will meet their child’s individual needs.
Who leads the Nursery?
Mrs Conroy is our assistant head who has oversight of our EYFS settings. She was a leading early years teacher and is a specialist in young children.
Seahorses
Miss Day
Miss Day has led Nurseries throughout her career and is local to the area. Her expertise and enthusiasm shines through. She has also had 3 years’ experience at providing social and emotional support as part of our Thrive Team.
Mrs Penny Lupton
Mrs Lupton is our Deputy Headteacher and works with our talented team on curriculum development. She loves the outdoors and our Eco Garden is the latest exciting initiative that will enable children to ‘connect with nature’ and provide amazing experiences.
Nursery Teacher Miss Brown
We also have a fully qualified teacher working directly with the children. She is passionate about social and emotional development as well as providing a great academic start for all children.
Our Curriculum
Our curriculum is based around several core principles that will enable children to thrive. We call the ‘our golden threads’
Connecting children to Nature
- A Natural Environment
- Inspiring curiosity
- Solid start to
- Rhythm and Rhyme/ speech language
- Creativity. Art/Music
- Active learning l/ Physical development
- Vocabulary Development
- Social and Emotional Development
Useful information
- Clothes that are easy for the children when using the toilet
- Clothes that they can get wet or dirty as we love to play in water, mud, with paint etc
- Shoes (not crocs) they can easily take off and put on themselves (no laces) as we will be changing into wellies in wet weather.
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Please ensure you name all clothing. Please do not bring any toys from home as the children become very upset if they are lost. During settling in sessions some children do like to bring a dummy or a blanket from home to help with the transition.
Indoor shoes if you are coming to nursery in your wellies
A bag with a change of clothes that can be left at nursery
Nappies and wipes if applicable (Please send in nappies instead of pull ups unless your child is ready to use the toilet as we need to get children fully undressed with pull ups.
Named Water bottle (we will rinse and refill these daily and send home at the end of the week to be washed thoroughly)
Sun hat. Please apply suncream before coming to nursery.
Full day children can bring sun cream to be reapplied after lunch
The children who are staying full days can either bring a packed lunch or purchase a school dinner. The school dinners are made in our kitchen at the main school. The children eat their lunches in the nursery.
Drinking from an open cup
Drinking through a straw
Eating fruit with the peel on
Using a knife fork and spoon
Taking off and hanging up their own coat by the hood
Putting on their own coat
Taking off and putting on their own shoes
Keyworker
Once your child has settled into nursery they will be allocated a keyworker. All staff in nursery will be working with your child and you can speak to any member of staff at any time. The keyworker will build a special relationship with your child and be responsible for their daily care. Our Nursery teacher is responsible for overseeing your child’s care, learning and development.
Additional Nursery information
Nursery are able to offer both 15 and 30 hour funded places to all eligible 3 year olds and we have a limited number of places for funded 2 year olds.
During the sessions the children have access to both the indoor and outdoor environment.
Our morning sessions are 8.45am to 11.45am
Our afternoon sessions are 12.20pm to 3.20pm
Our full day sessions are 8.45am to 2.45pm or 9.00am to 3.00pm.
You are able to choose whichever sessions work best for you and your child (provided there are spaces in those sessions)
Lunch for the full day children is from 11.45 to 12,20pm. The children can either bring a packed lunch or they are able to purchase a school meal which is cooked in the school kitchen and brought over to the nursery. The nursery children stay in the nursery to have their lunches and are supervised by experienced welfare staff with nursery staff also available if needed.
| 8:45-9:05am | 9:05-9:15am | 9:15- 11.10am | 11:10am | 11:20am | 11:40am | |
| Morning |
Children arrive Free choice |
Keyworker group time |
Free flow continuous provision indoors and outdoors Adult Led activities/Phonics Snack |
Maths morning group |
Story Time |
Am children coats ready for home Full Day Physical time Wash hands |
| 12:20-12:30pm | 12:30-12:40pm | 12:40-2.25pm | 2:25pm | 2:35pm | 2.45-3.20pm | |
| Afternoon | Children arrive |
Afternoon Group Time Full Day Story Time
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Free flow continuous provision indoors and outdoors Adult Led activities/Phonics Snack |
Maths afternoon group | Story time |
Rhymes and songs Physical time Home time |
If you wish to apply for a place at the nursery or would like to book to come and look round please call the main school office on 01524 410286 or alternatively email d.rix@sandylands.lancs.sch.uk
For information regarding 30 hour funding please click on the link below
For information regarding funding for 2 year olds please click on the link below