Welcome to Woodlands Nursery Class

at Farley Hill Primary School

At Farley Hill, we know that the Early Years are the most important in a child’s development. We value working in partnership with families as a TEAM to provide the best possible learning and nurturing experience for your child. If you are interested in a place for your child and would like a tour of our wonderful Nursery facilities, please do not hesitate to contact us:

nursery@farleyhill.wokingham.sch.uk

0118 973 2148

Download an application form 

Nursery Team

Mrs Rebecca Reed:  Nursery Teacher & Early Years Lead

Mrs Leah Best:   Lead Early Years Practitioner

Miss Emily Paul:  Early Years Practitioner

Mrs Ellie Hoptroff :  Teaching Assistant

Session Times

(Term time only)

Morning Session:   8.30 – 11.30 am

Afternoon Session:  12.30   - 3.30 pm

Full Time Session (including picnic club at an additional cost of £5 per day): 8.30am-3.30pm

Key information including transition arrangements can be found in our website brochure below

Nursery Curriculum

We aim to develop and inspire confident and curious learners by offering a wide range of topics, balancing adult-led teaching with first-hand experiences and child-initiated learning.

Autumn 1 – Amazing Me!

Autumn 2 – Into the Woods

Spring 1 – People Who Help Me

Spring 2 – Down on the Farm

Summer 1 – Under the Sea

Summer 2 - Journeys

Absence from Nursery

If your child is unwell please email the school on office@farleyhill.wokingham.sch.uk

or call the school office as soon as possible on 0118 973 2148; you can leave a message and tell us why your child is absent.

If your child has sickness or diarrhoea please keep them away from school for 48hours after their last episode.

Forms to apply for leave of absence from school are located outside the school office.

We recognise that Woodlands Nursery is not statutory, however, as a school we believe it’s important to establish good patterns of attendance in order for your child to reap the benefits of the high-quality Early Years Education we are providing.

NB - we do need to know where your child is and when they will be returning for safeguarding reason

School Uniform

We want our children in Nursery to feel part of our whole school community but we also recognise the active learners our youngest children are  - therefore we have a very simple uniform.

• Jogging bottoms, shorts or leggings in black, navy or dark grey
• Farley Hill School Nursery sweatshirt / polo shirt
• Trainers – no laces but any colour
• A coat with a hood
• Wellies:  if you have a spare pair they come in very useful on wet, rainy days.
• A Farley Hill Nursery Draw String Bag – (to bring in spare clothes / books etc)

Please follow the link below to order our school uniform

https://myclothing.com/collections/farley-hill-primary-school-nursery-28078 

Please be aware that during your child’s time in Nursery they will be very active, playing both indoors and outdoors, in sand, water, mud etc.

PLEASE make sure all items of clothing – including coats and shoes are NAMED.

During the hot weather, please provide your child with a sun hat and apply sun cream before coming to Nursery

Food and Drink

Water

The children need to bring in a named water bottle, which stays in their classroom which they can access throughout the day. Filled with water only please.

Snacks

We provide a piece of fruit or a vegetable for every child daily. Please do not send in own snacks.

Milk

Every child is entitled to a free carton of milk until they turn 5.  Please register for your child to receive milk.

registration@coolmilk.com

www.coolmilk.com or call 0844 854 2913

Picnic Club

If your child is attending Nursery full time and you have chosen to pay for your child to attend our ‘picnic club’, please ensure that their packed lunch includes food your child enjoys eating.  They will need to be able to feed themselves although we will help with opening packets.  We are a nut free school and promote healthy eating so PLEASE do not include any sweets or nuts.  We recommend food that should be eaten cold; we do not have facilities to warm food up.  Ideas may include a sandwich, roll or wrap with a filling that your child enjoys, a piece of fruit or vegetables, yoghurts or cheese and maybe a sweet or savoury snack such as a cake, biscuit, crisps or crackers. Once your child starts with us, you will be given information by the school office regarding payment for this service.

The Early Years Pupil Premium

From April 2015, nurseries, schools, childminders and other childcare providers have been able to claim extra funding through the Early Years Pupil Premium to support children’s development, learning and care. We wanted to write to you to explain what the Early Years Pupil Premium is, explain who is eligible for this funding and, importantly, to ask you to fill out the enclosed forms so that we as a provider can claim the extra funding.

The Early Years Pupil Premium provides an extra 53 pence per hour for three and four year old children whose parents are in receipt of certain benefits or who were formerly in local authority care but who left care because they were adopted or were subject to a special guardianship or child arrangements order.  This means an extra £302 a year for each child taking up the full 570 hours funded entitlement to early education.  This additional money could make a significant difference to us.

We can use the extra funding in any way we choose to improve the quality of the early years education that we provide for your child. This could include, for example, additional training for our staff on early language, investing in partnership working with our colleagues in the area to further our expertise or supporting our staff in working on specialised areas such as speech and language.

It is well documented that high quality early education can influence how well a child does at both primary and secondary school so we do want to make the most of this additional funding. You may be aware if you have older children that a pupil premium has been available for school-age children and it has proved to have given a real boost to the children receiving the funding.  We want to do the same for our early years children entitled to this funding.

Eligibility criteria

If you are in receipt of – the Guarantee element of State Pension; or Income Support; or Income based Jobseekers Allowance; or Child Tax Credit (but not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and   annual taxable income does not exceed £16,190; or income-based employment and support allowance; or support under part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 you may qualify.

If you feel the following criteria applies to you please complete the form in the link below and return to the school office and we will process your application.

http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-information-and-services/free-school-meals-and-the-pupil-premium/

If you have any questions please contact the school office.