RED APPLES
RED APPLES
2 to 3 years
You will notice that we encourage the children’s writing skills by them having access to pens and paper at all times and also by encouraging children to become confident in their own special mark making. We encourage the children to recognise their own names by asking them to find their own named apples (with your help of course).
Children can claim three and four year old funding (free entitlement) the term after their third birthday. In addition to this, your child may be eligible for pupil premium. Please see Fees and Funding for more details and eligibility criteria.
Partnership with Parents
We would like you, as parents and the primary educators of your children, to be involved in their time at nursery/pre-school; therefore, if you would like to come in and read a story to the children, or would like to come and talk about your work or hobbies, we would love to see you. Equally, if you have exciting news or have been on a special day out over the weekend, please tell us and we can incorporate this information in our planning and activities.
In addition, please check the parent information board (located on the window outside of the Red Apples room) for any up to date information about events we are focusing on and how you can become involved at home. This might include a ‘show and tell’ day when children bring in special items from home, finding items to support a 'letter of the week' activity or a request for some empty boxes and tubes to make an amazing rocket out of junk modelling!
We hope your child has a lovely time in Red Apples; we know they will make special friends and get involved in many exciting activities. We look forward to continuing our adventure together…
Play
Well-planned play; both indoors and outdoors, is a key way in which young children learn with enjoyment and challenge. In playing, they behave in different ways: sometimes their play will be in a group, or alone, they can be boisterous or quiet, sometimes they will describe and discuss what they are doing, and sometimes they will be questioning and reflective as they play.
We believe that children don’t just play… they talk, observe, question, plan, experiment, test, predict, repeat, reflect whilst interacting with adults and other children.
The Learning Environment
Our environment is designed to allow free access to resources that support the curriculum in all seven areas of learning and development. The environment is designed to encourage the children to have a sense of belonging and the freedom to learn through hands on, practical experiences. We plan activities around children’s own interests and stage of development. Resources are constantly changed and new challenges introduced. And of course, all this lovely playing and learning takes place both inside and out.
Further Information
Identifying Personal Belongings
You will need to provide your child with a spare change of clothes in a bag, each day. As you can appreciate, we care for up to twenty four children each session and it can be difficult to find your child’s belongings amongst all the others unless it has a name on it to identify it as theirs. That is why we ask that you please mark all your child’s belongings with a permanent marker to avoid confusion. If you would like any further advice on marking belongings, please feel free to discuss this with your child’s key worker. We do have order forms available to order name tags if required.
Toys from Home
We are a very well equipped nursery with a wide range of toys and resources for the children to play with and learn from. Therefore, we respectfully ask that children do not bring their own toys from home (with the exception of ‘comforters’ which can be left on your child’s peg if they need reassurance and that extra bit of security).
