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Yorley Farm Upper Road, Little Cornard, Suffolk, CO10 0NZ Telephone: 01787 227144 Mobile: 07765 962472 Website: www.yorleybarnnursery.co.uk All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Nursery School

ALL I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in Nursery School. Wisdom was not at the top of the university mountain, but there in the sandpile at Nursery School. These are the things I learned:

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Fresh baked biscuits and cold milk are good for you.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.

Be aware of wonder.

And then remember the Peter-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule : LOVE (and basic sanitation!). Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had biscuits and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are - when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Adapted from Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, Villard Books: New York, 1990. Welcome to Yorley Barn Nursery School

We aim to provide your child with the best possible start to their early years education, helping them to fulfill their potential in a healthy, safe and stimulating environment where children know they are valued and respected and they can develop into independent, confident individuals. We believe that a child’s introduction to school must be a supremely happy one where fun and learning go hand in hand. Yorley Barn Nursery School is located within the Suffolk countryside on a working farm offering a unique setting with a wealth of learning experiences at hand.

The Nursery is situated in a converted barn – large windows allow natural light to flood the main play room and give fantastic views on to the surrounding farm.

Outside is a large well equipped all weather playground with a canopy allowing outside play throughout the year and a grass area with a raised vegetable bed enabling further learning opportunities within the natural world.

Our staff are all highly qualified professionals committed to fostering a loving and nurturing environment in which your child will flourish .

We offer nursery sessions for 2 – 5 year olds held during school term time, both morning and afternoon. We aim to offer flexibility to accomodate busy families with extended breakfast and lunch sessions as well as a holiday club.

Please feel free to come along and visit us or for further information and enquiries contact our principals - Mrs Lisa Nunn and Mrs Donna Row - at Yorley Barn. Our Aims and Objectives

Yorley Barn Nursery School aims to provide children with a secure, happy and stimulating environment which encourages the development of social, emotional, communication, physical, intellectual and creative skills.

Our goal is to prepare children for future learning by supporting them in building a firm foundation through productive play based activities.

Our children will be encouraged to:

- Continue to be interested, excited and motivated to learn. - Be confident to try new activities and to initiate ideas. - Maintain attention, concentrate, and sit quietly when appropriate. - Have a developing awareness of their own needs and be sensitive to the needs of others. - Form good relationships with both adults and their peers. - Work cooperatively as part of a group, taking turns and sharing fairly. - Develop their understanding of what is right, what is wrong and why. - Manage shoes and coats independently and their own personal hygiene. - Select and use activities and resources independently. - Enjoy listening to and using language and extend their vocabulary. - Explore and experiment with sounds, words and texts. - Write their own names and begin to form simple sentences. - Count reliably and recognise numerals. - Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems. - Develop hand/eye coordination and physical control. - Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control. - Be introduced to the wider world through outings and themed activities. - Use their imagination in art and design, music, dance, imaginative play and role play and stories. Our Curriculum

Our curriculum is based on the Department for Children, Schools and Families statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), together with advice from Suffolk County Council education department.

By means of developmentally appropriate play activities in the following areas:

- Personal, social and emotional development

- Communication, language and literacy

- Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy

- Physical development

- Knowledge and understanding of the world

- Creative development and a high level of adult input, we prepare children to progress confidently to the National Curriculum at the age of five years.

At Yorley Barn Nursery School we recognise that parents are the primary educators of their children and wish to work in close partnership with you to give your child the best possible start. We publish a regular newsletter and curriculum guidance to advise you of topics and activities to be covered each half term. Our Policies

All of our policies and procedures are designed to provide the best possible experience for the children and families at Yorley Barn Nursery School.

Our policies are reviewed on a regular basis and comments and suggestions from parents are always welcome, policy statements are available to view at the Nursery or please ask for a printed copy to take home.

Our policy statements cover a comprehensive range of topics:

- Additional Needs - Outdoor Play - Administering Medication - Parental Involvement - Admission and Fees - Recording Accidents - Children’s Sickness - Recording Home Incidents - Complaints - Recording Incidents - Confidentiality - Safeguarding Children - Diet and Refreshments - Settling in and Transitions - Emergency Evacuation - Staff Supervision - Equality and Diversity - Staffing and Employment - Equipment and Resources - Staff Development and - Health and Safety Training - Key Person - Staff Disciplinary - Missing Child - Student Placement - Nappy Changing - Supporting Positive - Non Collection of a Child Behaviour - Open Door - Visits and Outings About Ourselves

Donna Row (Specialist Teachers Assistant Certificate)

Proprietor of Music Box - pre-school music and movement workshops.

Eight years experience working with young children.

We met first in the queue with other mothers at our own children’s pre-school. Over more than ten years, both working in the education sector, our dream has been to run our own nursery school. We’ve been inspired to create a nursery school that brings together the best of our own teaching experiences, and those of our children.

At Yorley Barn we believe we’ve found a special location – a place where children can learn and grow surrounded by a stimulating and loving environment.

Any parent’s first priority is for their child to be safe and happy – with guidance learning follows naturally – but as mothers ourselves we fully appreciate the demands of busy family life. At Yorley Barn Nursery School we aspire to the highest of standards in early years education combined with the flexibility to allow parents to fulfil the commitments of a demanding life.

Lisa Nunn (BA Hons; Post Graduate Certificate in Education)

Qualified teacher status.

Ten years teaching experience including managing a pre-school.

Sessions and Fees We aim to offer flexibility to accomodate busy families with extended breakfast and lunch sessions as well as a holiday club.

Breakfast club allows an earlier start, children can arrive from 8.00am, the session will end at 9.15am. Children will be offered a light breakfast of cereal, fruit and yoghurt. The morning nursery school session will operate from 9.15am until 12.15pm, during which time a variety of healthy snacks will be offered.

Children can stay for lunch club between 12.15pm and 1.00pm, but will need to bring their own packed lunches which will be kept chilled in our refridgerator. The afternoon nursery school session will operate from 1.00pm until 4.00pm, during which time a variety of healthy snacks will be offered. Session Fee Breakfast Club £4.50 Morning Nursery £13.50 Lunch Club £3.00 Afternoon Nursery £13.50 Half Day (8.00am – 1pm) £21.00 Half Day (12.15pm – 4pm) £16.50 Full Day (8.00am – 4pm) £34.50 Fees will be invoiced on a half termly basis, payable in advance.

When your child is ready to move onto school please advise us at least a half term in advance.

Siblings attending Yorley Barn Nursery School will be given a 10% discount from fees if attending simultaneously.

Enrolment Form Upon completion of this form your child secures a place at Yorley Barn Nursery School. As such an enrolment fee of £25.00 is payable, discounted from your first terms fees. Please make cheques payable to: Yorley Barn Nursery School

Child’s full name Date of Birth Sex

Parents’ / Guardians’ names Religion

Address

Postcode Telephone

Names and ages of siblings

Mother’s place of work Telephone Mobile

Father’s place of work Telephone Mobile

Further emergency contact name Telephone

Doctor’s name and address Telephone

Are you aware of any additional needs that may affect your child’s learning? Please give details and continue overleaf if necessary.

Does your child have any special dietary needs?

Session times: Breakfast club 8.00 am – 9.15 am Morning 9.15 am – 12.15pm Lunch club 12.15pm – 1.00 pm Afternoon 1.00 pm – 4.00pm Please indicate the preferred sessions you wish your child to attend by circling the appropriate boxes below.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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I wish my child to attend Yorley Barn Nursery School and confirm that the information given above is correct. I will update the nursery principals of any information changes.

Signed (parent/guardian) Date

Please also see: Parental Consent to Administer Medication Form and All About Me