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Snack and Drinks

We provide fruit/vegetable snacks and milk (1 carton per day) for the children, if you wish to send additional snacks or drinks please do so in a labelled box/bag.

All children should bring a labelled water bottle to school which will be kept in our classroom. The children can access this at all time and bottles will be refilled during the day.

Day to Day Essentials

As part of the Early Years curriculum, we encourage the children to use our outside area and the field as part of their learning in all weathers. Please ensure that the children have wellies, waterproof trousers/dungarees and coats in school every day.

If your child is in nappies, please provide a clearly labelled changing bag with the necessary items in. We will support and encourage the children when potty training. We do suggest that you provide enough spare pants and clothes for any little accidents.

Even for potty-trained children, it is always useful to provide a spare pair of underwear in the children's bag in case of any accidents and you may also wish to provide a spare pair of trousers/skirt to change into. We will speak to you at the end of the session discretely and return any washing to you in a carrier bag if needed.

Tapestry

Your child's learning journey is always accessible via Tapestry our online learning journey tool. When your child starts you will be sent a parent log in via email (please check your junk mailbox). Your child's learning journey documents learning and exploration that takes place at nursery. In order to get the whole picture of a child's journey we ask parents to share pictures, videos, and comments for outside of nursery.

How to upload to Tapestry

Choose the ‘Add Observation’ option (or the ‘plus’ icon on your iphone/ipad) and add the relevant information into the boxes on the screen. Photos and videos may be uploaded by choosing the ‘add media’ option. When you have saved your observation, you may go back to the home screen at any time by choosing the ‘Obs’ tab or clicking on the logo (on the cloud, top left corner).

Key Person Approach

We operate a 'key person' approach in Little Pickles. Whilst all staff work with the children and are there to make them feel safe and happy, we have small groups allocated to a member of staff. All of our staff will be very familiar to the children due to our small numbers, these groups aim to make sure that there is a specific person who takes charge of supporting the child’s physical and emotional well-being. These groups are also used during class activities and their key person will tend to be their lead adult for certain activities.

You will be notified who your child's key person is when they enroll and a reminder will be sent each term with our termly newsletter.

If you have any questions or queries, please catch one of the nursery staff at the end of the session. If you require more time to discuss a matter, please don't hesitate to email the Little Pickles email with a question or arrange a meeting outside of the core session hours. We look forward to working closely with you and getting to know your child and family better over the year.

Miss Georgina Holder and Mrs. Joanne Bowen-Jones

Nursery Managers

Our Curriculum

We have a ‘big question’ focused curriculum in the nursery. Our curriculum aims to develop our pupils by providing:

Be curious - A curriculum that encourages all children to ask questions, explore new ideas, develop their own interests and have the skills, knowledge and creativity to flourish.
Love learning - A curriculum that ensures children feel safe to discover their own passions and love of learning.
Grow together with respect - A curriculum where children are valued and able to embrace the 'ows, wows and nows' of life, respecting themselves, others and the world around them.

Please see our Long Term Plans which sets out the key questions over the year. Our big question map is an overview for the term's big question and how this links to the prime and specific areas of learning. Our NCSF nursery phonics long term plan sets out our focus from Phase 1 and the sound of the week.