NURSERY
Miss Page
Welcome to Nursery
Effective Early Years development is all about learning through play and this is what we do best at Rowlands Gill Nursery!
We love to get creative, challenge and expand young minds, helping them grow across all areas of learning. We believe in working with your children; following and supporting their interests, providing an active, enabling and engaging environment.
Nursery Admissions 2018/19
All children are entitled to 15 hours of free provision provided over 38 weeks. some working parents can claim 30 hours of childcare with a validated code available through HMRC. Where a parent or carer chooses to take up fewer than 15/30 hours or chooses to split their entitlement with another provider the criteria will be applied regardless.We provide and allocate nursery places at Rowlands Gill Primary School using the local authority Nursery Education Admissions Policy.
We have 15 and 30 hour places available for the summer 18 term so please contact us if you would like more information.
Nursery Hours are: 8.45-11.45 Monday to Friday for AM sessions, 12.15-3.15 Monday to Friday for PM sessions. Children taking up a 15 hour place will be offered an AM or PM session. If these times are not suitable please contact school as we look at each place individually to suit the needs of the parents and children.
Children taking up a 30 hour place will do 8.45-3.15 Monday to Thursday and 8.45-12.45 on a Friday
We are a friendly team consisting of;
- Miss Page – Nursery Teacher
- Miss Corr – HLTA
- Mrs Preston – TA
- Mrs Tones – HLTA
- Miss King – HLTA
- Miss Brown – Apprentice TA
We use this blog to share all our fantastic news with you, adding photographs and information to keep you updated on what is happening. We would love to hear your thoughts and what your cherubs have been up to at home with friends and family.
Please check back to see your Nursery Super Stars in action!
Thanks
Miss Page
Downloads:
Please click on the link below to download a Nursery admission form.



Our Class Blog
Minibeasts, Microscopes and Magnifying glasses
Today we were invertebrate hunting again. The children collected invertebrates in petri dishes to find finer details to classify the invertebrate. I think they really enjoyed it because I heard comments like, " This is so cool" and " I love this" which is music to my...
Being safe online
Today we had a virtual online safety workshop with Gateshead computing hub. The children learned all about how to be safe online when using their devices.
Our bear hunt
This week we read the story of 'we are going on a bear hunt' then we made our own. We had not seen Paddington all week so Rainbow Bear went in search for him. We followed Rainbow Bear's instructions and you will never guess what we found them doing!! Next week we will...
Meet the Teacher – 5B
Please click on the link below to view the recent Meet the Teacher event for Class 5B: Meet the Teacher 5B 2021-22
Exchanging one ten for ten ones for subtraction
How to stay safe online
2S took part in a virtual online safety workshop this week focussing on how to stay safe online. They listened to a story and discussed how it was important to ask for permission before using someone else's device. Children also came up with great ideas about being...
Which materials could be used to make an umbrella?
This week in Science, we have been thinking about suitable materials that could be used to make an umbrella. Children thought the materials would need to be waterproof and strong to keep you dry from the rain. We looked at paper umbrellas and discussed what might...
Year 2 Sports Festival
On Wednesday, we attended a Sports Festival at Thorp Academy. Children took part in activities such as shadow boxing, long jump, gymnastics, running and circle games. They thoroughly enjoyed it, can you tell by their smiling faces?
Meet the teacher
Meet the Teacher 3M 2021-22
Science Nests
We had a very important job to do this week... keep ice frozen for as long as possible! We tested different insulators to see which was the best at maintaining the temperature. We found that shredded paper was the best insulator.