GUISBOROUGH MONTESSORI NURSERY
Parents Information
Registration
If you would like a visit to our Nursery, please get in touch via the button below.
Payment can be completed monthly, in advance. We offer online payment options and tax free systems. Snacks for the children are under voluntary contribution of £1 per week.
Children can bring a packed lunch with them, however, we do offer a home cooked, healthy two course lunch for an additional £2 per day.
We offer a three week menu that rotates twice. You can view this here.
You can view our latest Ofsted report here
Here you will find links to the key policies at our Nursery
FAQ's
From time to time, children become ill and may need to be collected from nursery at short notice. We respectfully request that parents assist us in safeguarding the health & safety of the other children and our team members by not bringing their child to nursery if they are displaying any signs or symptoms of illness.
To report an absence please ring 01287 280244, text 07377254385 or contact us through Facebook from 7am.
Our Nursery is open from 7am – 6pm. To arrange to book for sessions please contact the nursery on 01287 280244.
Sessions need to be booked for a month prior to the sessions and we like this in by the 12th of each month.
A daily routine gives children a sense of security. This is why we ensure each day is properly structured while leaving enough time for spontaneous activities.
Free flow garden accessed daily.
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 07:00 | Nursey opens, as children arrive a breakfast is offered along with quiet activities |
| 09:00 – 11:30 | Morning activities – Circle time, toothbrushing along with free choice and adult led activities such as cookery. |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Group activities, Circle time and tooth brushing opportunity |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 16:30 | Activities including adult initiated and child led |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Afternoon snack |
| 18:00 | Closing time |
Our Curriculum
Communication & Language
This area of learning is about stimulating your child’s love of books, reading and writing. If you begin early to introduce children to books they can enter into the magic and imaginative worlds that they offer. Many stories are allegories about real life so by reading them with your child you are taking an essential step in helping him make sense of people, their personalities and emotions that they will encounter at all times in his life. It is easier for your child to work out feelings and how to deal with them if he has discussed them through the literature he has read as a child. It is also important for parents to introduce children to the tools of language, such as the alphabet, dictionaries, and grammar. These are basics that they can become familiar with to improve vocabulary, understanding, and sentence construction. Play word games like ‘I spy’ (emphasising initial sounds), enjoy alliteration (when words begin with the same letters), and rhyming words (when words end with the same sound). Try not to expect reading too early though, it’s about enjoying words and stories and rhymes in the early years.
Personal, Social, Emotional Development
This area of learning concerns exploring and investigating the natural and man-made world. Give them safe access to the outdoors, taking them on walks to parks and places of interest such as museums and galleries. They are never too young to enjoy seeing sculpture and paintings and it is essential that they learn from the earliest time to value creative arts and expression. They should be taken to free museums to learn about the past and to a range of galleries to explain contemporary as well as ancient cultures. Also, take them to visit city farms and zoos so that they can learn about domestic and wild animals. Help them to understand where they come from, and the conditions in which they flourish. By taking an interest in live animals, they can make associations with the animals and environments that they read about in books and stories. Real experiences broaden their comprehension, as well as their ability to develop caring and sympathetic attitudes to living creatures. Improve their knowledge of technology by teaching them to use a wide range of electronic equipment as well as develop an interest in how they work by allowing them to take old circuits or old clocks apart so that they can inspect their innards. Taking things apart and putting them together again, or not, stimulates interest and curiosity. It is not destructive to take things apart, it is technical and scientific exploration and should be valued as such.
Physical Development
At Guisborough Montessori, we recognise the need for opportunities to practice both gross and fine motor skills every day. Through our excellent partnership with the college, we have regular access to the sports hall, and use this for developing gross motor skills such as running, jumping, climbing and balancing. Our excellent garden space provides opportunities for digging and lifting, and our dedicated staff use other opportunities such as musical movement classes to give them time to bend and stretch whilst developing a love of music too. Our excellent facilities give them the opportunity to practice using scissors, playing with dough, helping them to strengthen key muscles in their hands which are vital for later writing skills, our mark making opportunity gives lots of exciting materials for them to make beautiful creations. Our mealtimes are designed to give them to the opportunity to have a sociable mealtime together, practicing key skills such as conversation, using cutlery appropriately and serving themselves their meal.