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Welcome to Alloway Nursery Class

Nursery Aims

• In Alloway nursery class we aim to provide a

service of the highest quality for you and your child by:

– Providing a safe, welcoming environment in which your child will feel happy, secure and valued. – Providing a stimulating learning environment meeting the developmental needs and interests of your child. – Offering a range of learning experiences and activities to foster the emotional, social, physical, creative and intellectual development of your child. – Nurturing, challenging and supporting your child in all aspects of his/her development.

Child Friendly Aims

I feel safe.

I can take part in interesting activities that will help me learn.

The playroom has lots of interesting areas for me to play in. The nursery staff look after me and help me.

Nursery session

Morning session 8.40-11.50am Afternoon session 12.30pm-3.40pm

Routines

• Doors open at 8.40am /12.30pm
• Doors will stay open for 15 minutes at drop off time
• Morning pick up time is 11.50am – please pick up

promptly at 11.50am

• Afternoon pick up time is 3.40pm – please pick up

promptly at 3.40pm

• If parents with school children wish to collect their

nursery child, they may do so between 3.05-3.15pm after they have picked up their school child.

• Parents of school children are welcome to use the

school library facilities at the end of the day - good homework opportunity!

Nursery groups

Morning

10 10 10 10 10

Afternoon

10 10 10 10

Present nursery staff

Mrs McCarrell – Nursery teacher Mrs Beattie – Senior Nursery nurse Mrs Gibson – Nursery nurse Mrs Ahmed - Nursery nurse Mrs Tyson – Nursery nurse (part time) Mrs Lorimer – Nursery nurse (part time) Mrs Duff – Nursery nurse (part time)

Nursery routine

• Sign in by adult and child at group table
• Weekly snack money £1.50
• Child posts snack card
• Free play
• Together time
• Free play/activities
• Group time
• Home time - children collected from group table and

signed out

Nursery areas

• Playroom – changes to theme
• Quiet room – thematic
• Outdoor space – physical play, discovery den,

literacy and numeracy

• School facilities – gym hall, drama room, mental

maths room, ICT suite, public library

• Outdoor learning in School Eco-Garden/Rozelle

Nursery activities

• Free play
• Role play
• Outdoor play
• Writing

corner

• Arts and

crafts

• Maths corner
• Science
• Library
• P.E.
• Music
• Computers
• Group time
• Snack
• Technologies
• iPad
• Malleable table
• Sensory play
• Story corner

Each child is an individual

• Strong relationship with key worker
• Personal profile
• Tracking progress by staff
• Open door policy for good communication with

parents

• Informal opportunities to discuss progress
• Formal parents meetings twice a year
• Termly written care plan meetings with staff
• Written annual report for pre-schoolers

Parental links

• Coffee and Chat
• Stay and Play sessions
• Parental surveys and questionnaires
• Monthly newsletters
• Parental workshops
• Nursery concerts
• Parent helpers

Parent helpers

• Children benefit from the help parents can

give nursery

• Parents help in a variety of ways
• Parent helper rota in nursery
• Parent helper rota for tooth brushing
• Parent helpers for outdoor learning
• We ask our parents to be confidential about

what they see and hear in nursery

Communication

• Information can be found in the nursery

corridor – whiteboard, noticeboards, tree of achievement and policy folder, Nursery Blog

• Termly curriculum flyers
• Monthly newsletters
• Letters will be sitting on the sign in table –

please take

Nursery Blog

Curriculum for Excellence

• Early Level
• Curricular areas – Literacy, Numeracy, Health

and Wellbeing, Science, Expressive Arts, Technologies, Social Subjects and Religious and Moral Education

• Breadth and depth of experience of Early level
• utcomes

More information

www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone

Outdoor Learning

• Children benefit from learning outdoors
• Outdoor learning opportunities every day in nursery
• Termly outdoor nursery planned using the school

grounds

• Termly outdoor nursery planned visits to local parks –

Belleisle and Rozelle

• Wear appropriate clothing – warm clothes,

waterproofs, wellies, hats, suncream etc.

• We will cancel on the day if we feel the weather is

inclement and dangerous.

What do I bring to Nursery?

• There is no nursery uniform,

children wear their own play clothes.

• Gym shoes should be hung in a small gym

bag/backpack and kept in nursery.

• Parents can leave a change of clothes in a bag
• n their nursery peg.
• Please always supply outdoor clothes that are

weather appropriate as we are out every day.

• NAMES ON EVERYTHING PLEASE!

Nursery Golden Rules

• We share
• We walk
• We are kind
• We listen
• We use our quiet voices
• We tidy up
• We look after our toys

Recycling Centre

We are looking forward to welcoming your child and family into Alloway Nursery!