As a small setting we can provide a highly personal and individualised approach to children’s educations but this inevitably means we have a high demand for our places. To manage admissions fairly we operate a Waiting List. Email or call to reserve your space. Staying in Touch – 1. Personal learning journals 2. ‘Focus child’ weeks 3. Biannual developmental reviews 4. Appointments to talk to your key person 5. Informal chats with staff at drop off 6. Parents evenings Before your child starts at Smallville Nursery they will be allocated a Key Person to allow them to begin to build relationships and trust before their attendance. An introductory session will also be offered to help your child famailirise themselves with the setting. We are a registered as a Free Early Education (FEE) provider and offer free 2 year old funding, universal and extended funding for 3 and 4 year olds. Visit www.gov.uk/get-childcare for a full guide to your entitlements. We accept card payment, bank transfer, Tax-Free Childcare and other vouchers. For full charges and session times, please contact the nursery manager. We provide healthy snacks and encourage children to be independent with feeding and food preparations by… 1. Allowing them to pour drinks, spread butter and cut foods 2. Encouraging them to try new foods 3. Promoting good personal hygiene We suggest wearing the complimentary nursery uniform: a Smallville t-shirt with comfortable dark bottoms as your child will be involved in messy activities! We also recommend you provide an all-weather suit and wellies each day. We promote mindfulness and use our outdoors spaces in all weathers. We love to explore our surroundings, inspiring a love and respect for nature in Early Years. We visit our local community care homes and get involved in community projects to help make a difference to our village. Your child should not come to nursery if they are suffering from an illness or have taken ‘calpol’ on the day of attendance. Children should not return to nursery for 48 hours of last sickness. No refund will be given for absences due to illness. If your child has a non-infectious illness or an allergy, we will endeavour to accommodate any special requirements they may have. Do call us to discuss individual circumstances. Should the nursery be unable to open due planned maintenance parents will be refunded for a chargeable session or have it discounted from their next invoice. Should closure need to take place part way through a session, a refund will not be given. Should the nursery be unable to provide a service due to any other circumstance beyond its control full charges remain payable and arrangements to attend one of our other settings will be offered when possible. Should a child not be collected on time, a late collection fee of £1 per minute is chargeable. Fees are to be paid within 10 working days of the invoice date. Invoices are issued monthly around the 1st of the month. f you are experiencing financial hardship please speak, in confidence, to the manager so that alternative payment arrangements can be discussed. If, without negotiation, fees are not settled we are left with no alternative but to withdraw your child’s place in line with our Bad Debt Procedure. Children in receipt of FEE will only be able to access their funded hours.
Registrations and Admissions
Parent partnerships are key to our service.
Session Options
See our Schedules and Pricing page for details on Opening Hours and Session times
Funding and Fees.
FREE UNIFORMS
Growing healthy bodies & healthy minds
We regularly participate in local health and wellbeing initiatives.We love our village
General Terms & Conditions – for full T&Cs please see our policies page
Illness
Closures
Late Pick Up
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