Prospectus
Thank you for your enquiry.
Our nursery was established in January 1982 in a GLC funded, purpose built facility in the grounds of St.George’s Hospital. It was the first nursery of its kind in the country designed specifically to cater for the childcare needs of parents who worked shifts or unsocial hours.
Children are accepted from 1 year of age into The Tiny Tots Room, and continue with us until they leave for Primary School at 5 years.
The Nursery is an independent non-profit making charitable limited company, which is managed by a voluntary management committee comprising of nominees from St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and directors. The management committee and nursery management team (consisting of the Administrator and Childcare Co-ordinator) meet on a bi-monthly basis.
The Nursery is inspected and registered annually by Ofsted, under the regulations of the Children Act 1989. Our registration number is 123091.
If you think, after reading the following information, that you are interested in a place, please fill out the appropriate application form and return it to us. A card will be sent to you acknowledging receipt – when you receive this you can phone to make an appointment to visit if you would like.
Environment
Aims
Settling In Period
Key Person System
Each Nursery Officer/Nursery Assistant (with the exception of the floaters) is allocated a group of children (the number contained in the group varies according to age group). Each key person is directly responsible for the children in their group, including the settling-in period, teeth cleaning, lunchtime supervision, toilet training etc.
Each parent will be introduced to the key person concerned and the progress/problems of their child can be informally discussed on a regular basis. A key person sheet is stored in the child’s drawer and completed each day, with details of your child’s day (ie how much lunch your child ate/how much sleep/any accidents and any other relevant information).
Activities & Play
All children are provided with age and developmental related activities and equipment incorporating The Early Years Foundation Stage. No formal teaching is given to the children as we believe that many of the important pre-school skills, ie social, emotional, intellectual, physical and language skills are learned through play, activities and themes provided, thus preparing them for school.
Each day all children have access to many of the following activities:
See Here
Water
Sand
Playdough
Clay
Cooking
Creative play – including dressing-up / home corner / hairdressing etc
Painting in many forms – including splash / butterfly / potato printing etc
Cutting and sticking
Junk modeling
Singing
Storytime
Music and movement
All toys, activities and themes provided by the Nursery cater for the children’s multi-cultural needs and understanding.
Playground
We are extremely lucky to have a lovely large garden for the Children to play out in. The garden has some artificial grass and some safety surface, keeping the children as safe as possible whilst they are participating in outside play.
We have many items of large play equipment, including climbing frames and bicycles, enabling the children to experience large manipulative play.
The children have daily use of the garden, weather permitting.
Outings
Food Preparation
The Nursery employs a full-time Cook and Kitchen Assistant, hence all the food preparations take place on the premises. Our Kitchen has a five star rating in food hygiene and cleanliness from Environmental Health.
The Nursery offers a wide variety of fresh foods and caters for medical dietary requirements and vegetarians.
Children arriving before 8.00am will be given breakfast consisting of cereal, toast and water or milk.
Birthdays
We would love to celebrate your child’s birthday and would be happy to have a party at tea-time on the day.
If you would like our Cook to bake you a cake, please let her know in advance. A nominal charge of £4 will be made for this.
Parent’s Representatives
The management committee/trustees of the nursery consists of many volunteers which includes some parents.
The committee meets approximately every three months. Please ask if you would like further information.
Opening Hours and public holidays
The Nursery is open;
7.00am – 6.00pm Monday – Friday.
You are permitted to use the Nursery for 9 hours per day unless prior consent has been given to extend these hours. If unforeseen circumstances occur or an emergency, please inform us immediately.
The Nursery is open every week day throughout the year excluding bank holidays.
The Nursery closes two days per year to allow for staff training for which fees are charged as normal, advanced notice of these dates will be given.
Structure of the nursery
The Nursery has four sections, caring for children in the following age ranges:
Tiny Tots Room: 12 children – aged 1 – 2 years approx
2 Nursery Officers, 2 Nursery Assistants
Tweenie Room: 12 children – aged 1 – 2 years approx
2 Nursery Officers, 2 Nursery Assistants
Toddler Room: 13 children – aged 2 – 3 years approx
2 Nursery Officers, 2 Nursery Assistants
Pre-School Room:21 children – aged 3 – 5 years approx
2 Nursery Officers, 2 Nursery Assistants
Total 58 places
The age ranges in each room are approximate as children of the appropriate age can only move up to the next room when places are available. In addition to these staff, we have two ‘floating’ Nursery Assistants.
Insurance
Next steps
Our standard procedure is to invite prospective parents to complete and submit an application form.
A card will be sent to you acknowledging receipt – when you receive this you can phone to make an appointment to visit if you would like.
A more detailed information package is provided to each parent when a place has been allocated to their child.
Values Award
Application Form
We will acknowledge receipt of your form and, once this has been confirmed, you are welcome to phone us to arrange a visit if you would like. A more detailed information package will be provided to each parent once a place has been allocated to their child.
