Early Years

Our Vision for Early Years

At Meadow View Academy, we acknowledge the importance of ‘quality’ in the Early Years Foundation Stage and believe in providing all children with a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment that builds on the needs and interests of all children.

We provide children with a wide range of opportunities to learn through play and ensure that both adult and child- led learning are fun, engaging and suitably challenging.

We value the importance of outdoor learning and ensure children have a wealth of opportunities to develop their thinking and problem-solving skills.

We are committed to providing the best possible start for our children and instil a real love of learning. Through fun, creative teaching, we aim to actively engage, inspire and enable our children to flourish and succeed.

Our Nursery Provision:

At Meadow View Academy, we offer both 15 and 30 hour nursery provision, and children can start the term after their third birthday.

We currently offer 39 30-hour places, and 16 15-hour places.

The session times for our Nursery provision can be found below:

	15 hour Nursery	30 Hour Nursery
Start of session time (Monday - Friday):	9:00am	9:00am
End of session time (Monday - Friday):	12:00pm	3:00pm

In our 15-hour Nursery, there are 2 full time adults – our 15-hour Nursery teacher and an early years qualified learning support assistant.

In our 30-hour Nursery, there are 3 full time adults - our 30-hour Nursery teacher, and two early years qualified learning support assistants.

Parents and carers need to provide:

suitable coat to wear daily
hat, gloves, scarf in winter and a sun hat in summer

If your child is not toilet trained you will also need to provide:

nappies or pull ups, nappy bags and wipes daily
a spare pair of clothes in a bag in case the child has an accident and needs changing

30 hour Funding Applications

Parents and carers automatically qualify for 15 hours of funded childcare; however, parents and carers can apply for an additional 15 hours of funding for 38 weeks of the school year.

The amount of free childcare you can get through Free Childcare for Working Parents depends on:

your child’s age and circumstances
whether you’re working (employed, self-employed, or a company director)
your income (and your partner’s income, if you have one)
your immigration status

Further information can be found via the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/free-childcare-if-working/check-youre-eligible

Please note that parents and carers who qualify for the additional 15 hours of funding will need to reapply every 3 months.

Chargeable Items in Nursery

Below you will find details regarding chargeable items in our Nursery and Reception classes.

Our Reception Classes

The Reception day starts at 8:50am and ends at 3:15pm.

We offer 60 places in Reception, and the pupils will be allocated a place in either Tigers, or Giraffes.

Our Reception classes follow an active curriculum, both indoors and outdoors, in which collaboration, challenge and curiosity are promoted.

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