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Welcome

Welcome to St Neot Nursery.

 

A very warm welcome to you.

Parents are our most important partners and we look forward to getting to know you and your child as you start on this exciting journey with us. 

 

We value our parent’s contributions and believe that home and nursery working together in partnership can provide the best possible learning experiences for your child.

 

Our Vision:

Together we achieve a vibrant, safe, yet challenging community which recognises the uniqueness of individual learners and promotes independent learning and the ability to explore our potential as active citizens of the future.

 

Our Mission is:

To bring the world to our children, which will in turn prepare them to go into the world. To provide exciting and stimulating experiences which will inspire an ethos of enquiry and creativity.

 

Learning Through Play in the Foundation Stage:

The learning through play theory is an educational approach that uses play to help children learn and develop their physical, social, emotional and intellectual skills through doing and talking, which research has shown to be the means by which young children learn to think.

It is also how they learn to socialise, as children engage in learning experiences with other children and adults. It is based on the idea that play is a natural way for children to explore and make sense of the world. Learning through play can help children develop holistically, and it can also ease the transition from preschool to school. 

 

How does learning through play work? 

Children learn through play by exploring, experimenting, and discovering, they develop social and cognitive skills, they mature emotionally, they gain self-confidence and they learn how to relate to others.

 

Different types of play-based learning: 

Free play: Children initiate and sustain activities

Guided play: Adults plan scenarios to help take play in new directions

Adult-led activities: Games with rules or structured activities

We plan and provide a range of play activities, which help children to make progress in each of the following areas of learning and development:

 

Prime areas:

Personal, Social and Emotional development involves helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behaviour in groups; and to have confidence in their own abilities.

Physical development involves providing opportunities for young children to be active and interactive; and to develop their coordination, control, and movement. Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

Communication and language involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations.

 

Specific areas:

Literacy involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest.

Mathematics involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures.

Understanding the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.

Expressive arts and design involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, roleplay, and design and technology.

 

Our session times –

9am - 12pm and 12pm - 3pm

Additional times may be purchased as follows:

Breakfast club 8am–9am £4

Early start 8.45am-9am £1.25

After school club (Riverside) 3pm – 5pm (£4 per hour)

 

Funding –

We offer free funded places for 2, 3 and 4-year olds.

  •         -           15 hours 2 year old funding
  •         -           15 hours 3-4 year old funding
  •         -           30 hours 3-4 year old funding
St Neot Nursery Prospectus 2025 - 2026