Welcome to Nursery ry 2020 United by our values, we place children and young people first in everything we do .
Meet the staff Mrs Hulm lme Mrs Do Donnell lly Assis ssistant Prin rincip ipal Nur ursery ry Tea eacher for or EY EY/K /KS1 Mrs Cl Clarke Mrs Un Underhill Miss iss Hu Hulme Senior Earl Sen arly Yea ears s Sen Senior Earl arly Year ears Earl arly Year ears Practitio ioner Practitioner Practitioner
How can I help my child to make sure they are Nursery ready? • Please watch the short video on the next slide to help your child to be ready for Nursery.
How can I I help my chil ild to make sure th they are Nursery ry re ready? • Talk to your child when playing together. Have fun with nursery rhymes and songs especially those with actions. • Encourage your child to listen to different sounds, such as cars, sirens, aeroplanes, dogs barking, loud and quiet sounds. This will help your child’s listening skills. • Talk about things as they happen- What items you are putting into your shopping trolley, what you can see from the car/bus, window, the order they put their clothes on etc. • Listen carefully and give your child time to finish what they want to say. Take turns to speak and try to answer their questions.
How can I I help my chil ild to make sure th they are Nursery ry ready? • Increase your child’s vocabulary by giving them choices, e.g ‘would you like juice or milk?’ • Encourage them to play and interact with others. • Try to have some special time with your child each day to play with their toys and share picture books. • Limit television time. Try to watch television together, choose programmes that have been designed for your child’s age group, so you can talk about the programme together. • Allow them to put their on their own clothes and encourage them to try the fastenings. • Make the journey along the ‘Road to Nursery’ fun!
What is the ‘Foundation Stage’? • This is a very important stage as it helps your child get ready for school as well as preparing them for their future learning and successes. From when your child is born up until the age of 5, their early years experience should be happy, active, exciting, fun and secure; and support their development, care and learning needs. • The Foundation Stage covers the seven main areas of young children’s development and learning. They are grouped into two main categories prime areas and specific areas of learning. • The prime areas of learning are important because they lay the foundations for children’s success in all other areas of learning and life .
Prim ime Areas of f le learnin ing Personal, social and Emotional development Develop confidence and independence while learning to concentrate and to enjoy sharing as part of a group. Communication and language Listening and attention Understanding Speaking Physical development is all about movement, awareness of the body, gaining a sense of space and understanding health and what the body needs.
Specif ific Areas of f le learnin ing Literacy Developing skills in reading and writing and phonics. Literacy is very closely linked with Communication and Language. Mathematics Using ideas about number, quantity, measurement, shape and space.
Specif ific Areas of f le learnin ing Understanding the World Investigating and exploring in order to begin to understand the things, places and people around them. Expressive Arts and Design Finding ways to communicate by using colour, shape, sound, texture, movement and stories.
Reading at home • The more chances your child has to enjoy reading and writing at home the better. Little and often works well. • During the Foundation Stage your child will have the opportunity to bring a reading book and a library book home to share with you. • To help to keep our books clean and safe your child needs to bring their book to school every day in a Mill Hill Primary Academy book bag.
Nursery ry offer From September 2020 we are offering the following: 1. 30 hours free place (8.40am – 3.00pm Monday-Friday) for all children with ‘working parents’ eligible for a 30 hour code. (Note: Parents can choose to provide their child with a packed lunch or can choose to pay for a school lunch to be provided). 2. 15 hours free place (8.40am – 12.15pm) for all children . Parents can choose to provide their child with a packed lunch or can choose to pay for a school lunch to be provided. 3. 15 hours free place for all children with the option to pay for the additional 15 hours at Mill Hill Primary Academy, at a cost of £30.00 a week.
Nursery ry offer From September 2020: • If you choose to top up to 30 hours you must pay £30 via ParentMail before the start of each week. • If you wanted your child to stay for the afternoons on only a number of occasions the cost per day will be £15 .
Applying for 30 hours free childcare • Parents can apply for 30 hours free childcare at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.
30 hour eli ligibility The eligibility rules for 30 hours free childcare are: • You, and any partner, must each expect to earn (on average) at least the equivalent of either 16 hours at the National Minimum Wage, or £125 National Living Wage. • If you, or your partner, are on maternity, paternity or adoption leave, or you're unable to work because you are disabled or have caring responsibilities, you could still be eligible. • You can't get 30 hours free childcare if you, or your partner, expect to earn £100,000 or more.
Registration forms • Within your pack you will receive a range of forms that all need to be completed and returned to school. • Once your child starts school we will need to take a copy of your child’s birth certificate.
Home vis isits • At Mill Hill Primary Academy, we want to do the very best to support your child’s learning and development and build strong links between the staff, children and parents. • To help us to do this we usually complete a home visit, but due to the current circumstances we are unable to do this, so we are going to be making phone calls to find out a bit more about you and your child.
What tim ime wil ill school start? • School usually starts at 8.40am and finishes and 3.00pm, if your child will be coming fulltime. • If your child will be coming for 15 hours only, school starts at 8.40am and finishes at 12.15pm. • This will be dependent on the current restrictions we have at school. More information with regards to this will be sent out in due course.
Wrap around care Before school: After school: Breakfast club from 7.30am Care club between 3.00pm – 6.00pm Nursery parents eligible, when giving the school Nursery parents eligible, will access the 3-4 their full code entitlement, will access this at no provision at no additional charge, when giving the additional charge. school their full code entitlement. These parents Nursery parents not eligible for a 30 hour code will would need to pay for the 4-6 provision (£5 per need to pay a daily charge of £3. day). Nursery parents not eligible for a 30 hour code will need to pay a daily charge (£3 per day for after school 3-4pm and £8 per day for 3-6pm)
What should my child wear? • Please remember that many of the activities your child will be involved in can be messy. • To help your child’s growing independence, clothes that are easy to undo are helpful when they need to go to the toilet.
School l unif iform All children who attend Mill Hill Primary Academy School are expected to wear school uniform to promote a sense of ‘belonging’. Uniform with the school logo can be purchased from Supersport School Uniform Shop on the High Street in Tunstall. Due to current circumstances there are no expectations for you to buy uniform for your child for the start of term. Uniform details (when things return to normal): • Grey or black trousers/shorts/skirt/dress/pinafore dress Please ensure that your • Purple sweatshirt/cardigan, with the school logo child’s name is • White short sleeved shirt no polo shirts are to be worn on all items of clothing • School tie • Black shoes • Summer dress, purple gingham
Wellies • Your child will need a pair of named wellies to leave at school as they will need them to access the outdoor area on a regular basis.
Din innertime • Children can have a school dinner or bring a packed lunch from home. • The price of school dinners are still to be confirmed. • We like to encourage all children to have a school dinner as dinner time is an important part of your child’s social education where they develop and expand their social skills. • We cater for children who require specific diets on health or religious grounds.
Packed lu lunches • At Mill Hill Primary Academy we like to encourage healthy eating. • If your child is bringing sandwiches, please do not send your child with nuts, sweets or fizzy drinks. • All items are to be in a clearly named lunch box. • For safety reasons no glass bottles or cans to be put in child’s lunchbox.
Snack • Your child will have the option to have a healthy snack of either fresh fruit or crackers and a drink of milk or sugar free juice at break time for a small charge. They will also be encouraged to drink lots of water throughout the day. • Snack money is 70p a week .
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