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25.10.2024

Nursery

Our Provision

Welcome to Alfred Lord Tennyson School and Nursery, we are a unique school currently operating across two sites until September 2025 when we merge.

Our Nursery, EYFS and Key Stage One provision is currently based at our Infant Site on Tennyson Road, catering for children aged 3-7. Our Key Stage Two children are currently based at our Junior Site on Alfred Street, catering for children aged 7-11. In September 2025 our Primary provision will all be on one site at Alfred Street, once our extensive building work has been completed.

We are a one form entry Primary school providing full time education for classes up to 30 children. As part of our provision, Alfred Lord Tennyson School offers funded places for 3 and 4-year-olds in our Nursery and mixed Reception provision. This includes the 15 hours weekly entitlement and 30 hours weekly entitlement, for working families who are eligible for free Nursery education for 38 weeks per year during term time. We also have very competitive rates should you require extra hours that are not funded.

Our Nursery provision is located at our Tennyson Road Site and can be accessed through the main entrance to the school. The aim of our Nursery provision is to provide a broad and balanced learning experience which embraces the seven areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

We will encourage your children to develop communication and oracy skills, and investigation and problem-solving skills, through interaction with adults and other children in our provision.

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We will develop your child’s imagination through play and by providing a range of themed experiences such as celebrating the seasons, exploring jobs, celebrating traditions from all around the world such as Chinese New Year, Diwali, Valentines Day and Easter. These first-hand experiences allow our children to respect different cultures, gain confidence and express themselves through art, music and dance. We also hope that we inspire our children and prepare them to become the next generation of pop stars, authors, doctors, dentists, plumbers, scientists and explorers.

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Your child’s imagination, oracy and a love of reading is also promoted in our Nursery through sharing stories every day in our dedicated reading spaces and library, singing nursery rhymes and songs and acting out stories.

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During their time with us, your children will be able to grow and develop in a fun and stimulating learning environment. We have lots of indoor and outdoor space for the children to explore. Our designated indoor provision has a curiosity area and small world role play area.

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Our wonderful outdoor provision consists of a private outdoor area for our Nursery children and shared spaces with our small group of reception children. Our outdoor provision enables them to explore, take risks and stay active. They can pedal bikes and ride on the ride ons on our purpose-built tracks, play and climb in our nature area, dig and cook in the mud kitchen, make music with the array of pots and pans, explore with the water equipment and grow plants in our grow beds.

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As our Nursery provision is part of our Primary School, our Nursery children will also sometimes join in with some of our whole school events such as assemblies, World Book Day and Diversity days.

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Meet the Team

Mrs O’Connor is the Headteacher of Alfred Lord Tennyson School and splits her time working across both sites supported by the Senior Leadership Team.

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Mrs McCaughey is a qualified teacher which is a huge asset for the Nursery as she will prepare the children for starting in Reception. She has a wide experience in Nursery provision and in KS1 and a real passion for early years.

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Mrs Lawrence and Miss Almond are the Nursery Assistants for our nursery children, supported by Mrs McCaughey who Leads the nursery/reception provision.

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Mrs Sturman also work within our Early Years team, supporting the children with their daily activities.       

 

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Sessions

Nursery Session Arrangements

Please accompany your child to the door where they will be greeted by a member of staff in the team. We ask that you are prompt and adhere to these times as it really impacts upon our adults and the children when children arrive late or picked up late and can impact on our staff ratios.

Nursery staff must know who is collecting your child at the end of each session. If there is a change to the normal collection arrangements, you must advise a member of the Nursery Team. If something unexpected happens whilst your child is at nursery, such as you are stuck in traffic, please telephone the school office at our Infant site on 01933 314161 as soon as possible.

Session Times

We are extremely flexible on days and sessions we provide. You can choose your days and sessions, and if we have space we will of course allocate the place to your child.

15 hours government funding = 5 sessions

30 hours government funding = 10 sessions

Morning Session 8:50am – 11:45am (1 session per morning)

Afternoon Session 12:15pm – 3:15pm (1 session per afternoon)

Lunch Cover 11:45am – 12:15pm (please note this is at an additional cost)

All Day session 8:50am – 3:15pm (2 sessions per day)

Settling in

We want your child’s journey at Alfred Lord Tennyson School to be a success from day one, so we aim to provide a successful settling in programme. We want to make sure that we answer all of your questions and queries and that we have all the necessary information about your child. As part of our settling in your child will have:

·         A ‘getting to know each other’ session where the parent and teacher meet in the Nursery provision to meet the staff and go through everything you need to know.

·         A ‘stay and play session’ for yourself and your child within the Nursery provision.

·         Two hour ‘Settling in sessions’ for your child to attend. The number of these sessions will depend upon how well your child settles.

If any of the above needs adapting for your child, we will do our best to make it work for them.

How to help your child prepare for Nursery

You can support at home by doing the following things:

·         Increase their independence in dressing themselves, putting on shoes and coats.

·         Toilet training

·         Talk to them about starting Nursery. Explain they will be having fun and meeting new friends.

·         Ensure that they know you will be back to collect them at the end of each session.

Nursery and Infant Site

Highfield Road,
Rushden,
Northants,
NN10 9QD
Telephone: 01933 314161

Junior Site

Alfred Street
Rushden
Northamptonshire
NN10 9YS
Tel: 01933 353762

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