Our Nursery

Nursery Room

The children have access to a high-quality play space, staff have created richly resourced play areas where children are encouraged to explore using all of their senses. Staff provide open-ended materials which have been carefully organised to support investigation, observation and enquiry. These well-planned experiences facilitate teamwork and collaboration among children. Staff ensure that literacy and numeracy opportunities feature in all play spaces.

Some of the areas available but not limited to are:

Story corner, writing area, listening centre, emotions area, home corner, dolls house, small world, dressing up, music area, clay, playdough, art area, woodwork, investigation station, sand area, water area, block area, jigsaws/games area, physical area with climbing frame and seesaw, snack area, sensory hallway and garden.

Staffing

Our nursery team consists of 6 staff members:

Nursery Manager - Hayley Kelly

Early Years Practitioners - Claire Pirrie, Lauren Kyle, Lisa Stevenson, Susan Baillie and Claire McKenna.

All staff are qualified for their role or working towards the appropriate qualification.

Due to us being a charitable nursery, we have a management committee on board who make decisions, set direction and ensure the work of the nursery is carried out. The committee are responsible for the overall management of the nursery, ensuring compliance with our constitution, policies* and relevant legislation.

Our management committee consists of 3 trustees:

Chairperson - Jennifer Findlay

Treasurer - Janette Booth

Secretary - Stephanie Archer

*Policies and procedures are available to view within the nursery.

Our committee meet every term to discuss the ongoing of the nursery and set the next steps.

They also hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) once per year, this is a chance for everyone who is interested in the setting, to come along and listen to the settings reports, including other information about the operation of the setting, review the audited accounts and to have their say.

It also provides an opportunity to discuss and make decisions about future policies and work in the setting.