How to find us: Our nursery is situated on the Reception side of the main school. Two large classroom have been joined together to create a spacious and bright, open plan space with designated toilets and garden area.
To enter and exit the nursery, please use the signposted gate and intercom system near the carpark and not the main school intercom.
What to bring:
- A packed lunch (unless you are ordering a hot lunch, for your child – please note, we are a nut free setting).
- A water bottle - water only please, unless you have discussed your child’s needs with the nursery team.
- A fruit/ vegetable contribution for our snack time café.
- Spare clothes - even if your child is completely toilet trained.
- Intimate care supplies, if needed.
- A face flannel.
It is essential that all items are clearly named.
Please ensure:
- Your child is suitably dressed (Coat/ jumper, sunhat, shoes suitable for outside play, clothes that can withstand messy play).
- That in warm weather, sun cream is applied at home. We will be unable to reapply sun cream until we have received a named bottle of sun cream and signed consent.
- You do not send in any toys from home – please discuss special comfort toys with your child’s key person, on their first day.
- You do not send your child to nursery if they are unwell. Please refer to the policies on the website or talk to our team if you are unsure about our guidelines for children that are ill or infectious.
Drop off and Collection:
- If you have an older sibling in the school, you may drop of at 8.50am.
- Arrival for all other children, attending a morning/ whole day, is 9am – unless they are booked in for the paid early start session.
- Please do not ring the nursery intercom before these times as our team are busy setting up the learning for the day.
- Please collect your child promptly at the end of their session – 12pm, 1pm, 3pm or 4pm.
- If you plan to collect more than 15 minutes early, please arrange this is in advance with the nursery team.
- Please help us to safeguard our children by ensuring you do not hold the green gates open for other families and that the main entrance door is shut firmly behind you.
Sleeping and Intimate Care:
Nursery life is busy so we’re more than happy to accommodate nap times for your child. Equally, if day time snoozing negatively impacts your little one’s routine – just communicate their needs with us.
We are well rehearsed to care for children at all stages of their toilet training journey. Please speak to your child’s key person about your child’s individual needs. We work together with families to support children on their road to independent toileting.
Eating:
If your child stays all day or you pay for the additional lunch period hour (12-1pm), you will need to send a packed lunch or order a hot lunch. Hot lunches are provided by Caterlink; they can be ordered on the day but must be paid for in advance through your Parent Pay account. If you state any allergies or intolerances on your registration form, Caterlink will require a full allergens declaration, signed by your doctor, before they can provide your child with meals.
The children also enjoy a healthy snack at our sharing table, during both the morning and the afternoon sessions. Milk will be provided by the school, through ‘Cool Milk’. As your child will not yet be 5, there is no need to sign up for this service, however, you must make it clear, on your registration form, if your child is unable to drink cows milk.
Book Bags and Borrowing:
We love to read at Little Oaks ! On starting, your child will be gifted a ‘Little Oaks Nursery’ book bag to use for the duration of their time with us. In donating the book bags back to us, when your child moves on, we can ensure this offer is available to all our families for longer. Our borrowing library is available to our families every day – please change your child’s book as regularly as you wish. We encourage all our families to share books, stories, rhyme and poems regularly. If there is a particular book type that your child is interested in, please let us know.
Please look after and return our books so that everyone can enjoy them.
Optional Uniform:
You can now purchase a ‘Little Oaks Nursery’ T-shirt, priced at £5.75, from Klassy Kids; just select Mile Oak primary School for options. Please ask the nursery team to see the available sizes. Here, you can also purchase a Mile Oak Primary School jumper, this can be especially useful if your child is transitioning to our reception classes in September.
To visit Klassy Kids, please click here.
Please do not send your child to nursery, wearing full uniform – this is neither comfortable or practical. Our uniform offer is completely optional, for children at Little Oaks.