General Information
Our Nursery at Coldingham is situated to the rear of the school in a separate,
purpose built unit. However the children frequently use the school hall and take
part in assemblies. The Nursery has it's own outdoor area which is used most
days, weather permitting.
The Nursery caters for 3 and 4 year olds and the maximum number of children
attending each session is 20.
The Nursery is staffed by a Senior Nursery Nurse and a Nursery Nurse for
four mornings. A Nursery Teacher is here all Friday.
The Nursery follows a carefully planned curriculum to ensure that the children
are learning through play and to develop the child to ensure they are ready for
the transition to school.
The Nursery telephone number is 018907 71822
Staffing
Nursery
Teacher
Mrs L
Renton
Senior Nursery Nurse Mrs E Gourlay
Senior Nursery Nurse Mrs H Dalgleish
(Maternity Cover for Mrs Gourlay)
Nursery
Nurse Miss
K Gray
Times
The nursery is from 8.50am to 11.20am. The final 15 minutes are for
collection of the children and an informal consultation time with parents.
Clothes
Play clothes should be worn as children often get glue, paint, water on
themselves in spite of the aprons provided. Please label all clothes, shoes etc.
Children do have accidents and to cater for this please provide a change of
clothes to be left on your child's peg. A gym bag should also be left with
shorts, t-shirt and a pair of soft indoor shoes for gym and indoor play. Some of
our children wear the school sweatshirt and these may be ordered from the school
office.
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Snacks
A mid morning snack is provided. A variety of foods are offered, both sweet
and savoury and milk or juice. Children are encouraged to try new foods. To
cover this a charge of £2 a week is made. This should be brought in on a Monday
and is non refundable. Snack money also covers baking
ingredients.
We should be made aware of any allergies.
Illness
We ask that children are kept at home if they are ill. In the case of tummy
upsets they should be kept at home for at least 48 hours after the last instance
of sickness or diarrhoea. Please phone nursery before 9am if your child is
going to be absent that day.
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Trips
We regularly take the children out on visits to stimulate and enhance themes
of work. Permission slips will be given out prior to these unless they are
local walks.
Visitors
We enjoy welcoming visitors to nursery throughout the term. These include
the dental nurse, school nurse, community policeman and other parents helping
out for the morning. We may also invite people to support a particular theme eg.
the ambulance service.
Recording Progress
To meet the needs of the children and to record their progress,
assessments will take place during nursery planned activities, through
discussions with the children and observations of their play. The information
gathered is shared with parents at a
meeting during the year. The information will then be passed on to the teacher at
the Primary School to which they move.
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