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
Counting Equal Groups (Repeated Addition)
We have been using lots of practical resources to help us to make equal groups, then we have been using our knowledge of counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to count them.
Parent Ballot Result February 2020
The parent ballot closed on Friday 14th February 202 and resulted in the election of Mrs Alice Milton. Please see the formal notification below. Parent Ballot result
Counting in 2, 5 and 10s
We represented our word problem using money. We counted in the 2s 5s and 10s.
Journeys and Explorers- Making Rockets
Great British Bee Swap
Spring will soon be here, and with it will come a wide variety of insects, including Bumblebees. Each spring, Bumblebee queens from last years nests wake up and start to build nests of their own. Sometimes, however, these nests can be made in inconvenient...
Welcome Mrs Smales
As from Monday 24th February, Mrs Smales will be taking over the Early Years unit as class teacher. She has already worked closely with the children since November and has got to know them and our routines really well. She will be supported with Miss Corr and Miss...
Continents, countries and cities
In lower key stage 3, we have been learning all about continents, countries and cities. We studied 3 cities around the world and learned all about their physical geography, climate and famous landmarks. With our knowledge, each class chose one city and made a...
FoRGPS 14.02.20
A huge thank you for your support and donations for the Valentine’s Disco. We hope that you’ll agree that it was a very successful event and the children had a great time. We raised a staggering £406 which has been too added to our Laptop Fundraising pot. The first...
Surrealist art
In 3L this term, the children have been learning about the famous Spanish artist Joan Miro. They have studied his works and recreated a surrealist picture of their own, using the mediums of pastels and pencils. We have created a super art display to showcase their...
Hoola hoop Challenge
In Class 4A and 4/5B this week, Miss Latto set the children a challenge - could they build a hoola hoop castle? In small groups they worked to recreate the structure that Miss Latto showed them. The children demonstrated great team work and were all successful in...
Art in 1/2M
Children have been learning about the artist David Hockney. They have created their own landscapes using tinting and blending of paints.
After school clubs are now open for next half term. Feb-Apr20.
Please see the after school club section under "Parents" which has been updated with all of the clubs when we come back after half term. There are 2 new clubs- cheerleading and fun games and activities which are open to different age groups. You can book a place after...