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Our Nursery
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Welcome to our Nursery!
We have a fantastic teacher led Nursery as part of our Early Years Foundation Stage, assisted by an experienced Nursery Practitioner. Our nursery offers our children a smooth and gentle transition into Reception.
We provide a nurturing, rich and stimulating learning environment to promote children’s curiosity and autonomy. We deliver a creative curriculum where every child is inspired to explore, investigate and learn through fun hands-on experiences.
Our spacious outside learning garden and meadow offers discovery and learning on a larger scale. It highly supports the enrichment of communication and language and development of children’s understanding of their world through sensory experiences; with a nature kitchen, a large water and sand area, planting beds for growing, areas of insect friendly flora and mini beast habitats. We are an integral part of the school, making use of the school’s amazing Rain Garden, Forest School, school field, P.E. in the gym, care for our school chickens and participate in special assemblies, performances and theatre groups.
We welcome and encourage visits to our warm and friendly nursery. Call the office to arrange yours on 01273 605 700.
Early visits
Nursery Sessions for 3-4 years old:
Settling in
Home visits
Play morning
The first few days
The nursery is open Monday to Friday during term time and offers morning, afternoon and all day sessions. There is a maximum of 26 places per session.
Mornings: 08:45 – 11:45 Afternoons: 12:00 – 15:00 All Day: 08:45 – 15:00
Children attending the all day session, can either bring a packed lunch or parents/carers can pay for a hot school meal. Meals are cooked on site and the school offers meat, vegetarian and halal options. Special menus can be agreed for children who have food allergies or specific dietary needs.
Free Childcare Provision
All children are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare provision per week (for 38 weeks per year e.g. school term time) from the term after their third birthday.
Some children are entitled to 30 hours of free childcare provision per week. To see if you are eligible, please click here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-30-hours-free-tax-free-childcare. The school also accepts childcare vouchers, for those parents/carers receiving them through their employer.
Parents/carers will need to complete an Early Years Free Entitlement (EYFE) Parental Declaration Form and are responsible for informing the school, if any funded hours are claimed at another childcare provider.
Paid Childcare Provision
If a child is not eligible for 30 hours of free provision, but parents/carers wish for them to attend more than 15 hours, additional sessions can be paid for.
Morning session (08:45 – 11:45): £16.50 Afternoon session (12:00 – 15:00): £16.50
Additional sessions must be booked in advance and on a regular basis, as we are unable to accept ad-hoc bookings. Paid for sessions are invoiced in advance, on a half termly basis. Parents/carers will receive the invoice four weeks prior to the start of the half term and payment will be due by the end of the first week of that half term. Unfortunately, we are unable to refund any sessions that a child does not attend. Please note that parents/carers are required to provide one month’s notice of any change to sessions.
Fees and Funding
Further information and pupil registration forms can be obtained from the school office: 01273 605700 (08:00-16:00 Monday-Thursday and 08:00-15.30 on Friday term time) or admin@moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk
