Welcome to Little Pickles
Our Preschool and Nursery
Our Little Pickles Ebrington Preschool and Nursery is based at the Ebrington site of St. James' and Ebrington CofE Primary School and has two spacious indoor learning environments and the use of the fantastic outdoor amenities, which we are continuing to develop over time with the support of funds and income from the nursery.
Our nursery has its own dedicated indoor and outdoor learning spaces; including a fabulous outdoor learning forest area. In January 2023, we opened our preschool room for children who are in their preschool year. Our nursery room is the base for our two and three-year-old children. Both rooms are staffed with experienced and fully qualified practitioners.
The children come together for snack, lunch, and outdoor learning time each day to build relationships with their peers and Little Pickles staff members. They are encouraged to sit and eat snack and lunch together at the table with their peers. Milk, fresh fruit and vegetables are provided for snack time and hot lunches are available at an additional charge, which are prepared and delivered from our kitchen at the St. James' site or the children can bring a packed lunch with them.
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidelines to support and encourage the children to learn and grow the best way possible for each of them, promoting child led learning alongside some adult led activities which the children are invited to take part in. Staff plan activities that are interesting, challenging and fun, enabling the children to grow and learn whilst they play.
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday:
9:00 - 12:00 Morning session
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch session
1:00 - 3:00 Afternoon session
All sessions must be booked at least a day in advance.
Funding
If you wish to apply for a funded space, when completing your registration form you must include your eligibility code, the parents’ national insurance numbers and dates of birth. Parents must reapply for eligibility codes roughly every three months via HMRC to ensure that their code is within the eligibility period for the next main term being claimed for. Parents MUST apply before the following deadline dates and the code must have a start date on or before:
· 31st August for the Autumn term
· 31st December for the Spring term
· 31st March for the Summer term
Little Pickles will notify parents when new registration forms need to be completed and returned. Please use the following link to check your child’s eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-and-education-for-2-to-4-year-olds
Funded spaces are available every day between 9am and 3pm at Ebrington. Little Pickles will use your child’s funded entitlement first and any hours taken over and above the funded entitlement will be charged at £7.00 per hour.
We offer funded places for working parents of 2, 3 & 4 year olds, universal ‘free’ 15 hours per week for 3-4 year olds and Funded Early Education for Two Year Olds where applicable.
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