At Maple we know how important it is to ensure your child has the very best start to their education. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is critical in developing play and learning skills that will support your child in their future learning journey.
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Our Nursery is led by an experienced qualified teacher and experienced EYFS support staff who love teaching young children and supporting them in the prime areas of learning of:
-Communication and Language
-Physical Development
-Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Our recently refurbished environment uses resources supplied by Early Excellence, a leading provider in driving high quality provision and practice in the early years. In addition to our fantastic indoor environment we have an all weather, covered outdoor play space. Nursery also have their own climbing frame and bike track!
Our staff use our enabling environment to deliver an ever changing, diverse and language rich curriculum. We believe we have a duty to respond carefully to the needs of all children and ensure children become independent, confident communicators who are ready for their next step in beginning school in Reception.
-Communication and Language
-Physical Development
-Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Our recently refurbished environment uses resources supplied by Early Excellence, a leading provider in driving high quality provision and practice in the early years. In addition to our fantastic indoor environment we have an all weather, covered outdoor play space. Nursery also have their own climbing frame and bike track!
Our staff use our enabling environment to deliver an ever changing, diverse and language rich curriculum. We believe we have a duty to respond carefully to the needs of all children and ensure children become independent, confident communicators who are ready for their next step in beginning school in Reception.
SEPTEMBER 2022
We have reflected on the changing needs of our local community regarding provision for the youngest children within our school and as a result have changed our Nursery offer for our September 2022 intake.
From September 2022, we will now be offering the following provision:
UNIVERSAL 15 HOURS (PART TIME) FUNDED PLACES
All children are entitled to three hours a day funded nursery education. At Maple Infants’ School, children attend either within our morning session or our afternoon session and children are expected to attend Monday – Friday.
The morning session runs from 8.30 – 11.30 am and the afternoon session between 12.30 – 3.30pm.
30 HOURS (FULL-TIME) FUNDED PLACES
This year we are delighted to be able to offer a limited number (12) of fully funded 30 hour places. These funded places are based on families meeting the eligibility criteria. Please check the website below for eligibility:
https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare
Our places for those accessing 30 hours are as follows:
Monday – Friday
8.30 – 11.30 am and then 12.30 – 3.30pm
Lunchtime: 11.30am – 12.30pm
The maximum number of hours that can be claimed for is 30 hours. At Maple Infants’ School, we offer 35 hours per week. The 7 hours each day includes 6 ‘funded’ hours and one additional hour for lunch.
Lunch time: You can choose to either come and collect your child for lunch at 11.30am, returning them for the afternoon session at 12.30pm, or they can stay at Maple during this hour in our Lunch Club.
The Lunch Club is only for children who attend Maple Nursery and will initially only be offered to children who have a 30 hour fully funded place. Our Lunch Club will be charged at £8.50 per session and will include a hot meal provided by our onsite catering team. For families who are in receipt of EYPPG funding, this will be reduced to £6 per session. The meal will be served in our nursery setting.
The Lunch Club may be offered to children accessing 15-hour provision later on in the year.
APPLYING FOR A FULL TIME FUNDED PLACE
Parents must use the online HMRC eligibility checking system to obtain and eligibility to be able to access a funded full time place at Maple Infants’ School Nursery.
The eligibility is only valid for 3 months, and you will need to reconfirm your eligibility every 3 months and pass on your new code to the school in order to maintain the funded place.
Once you have received your eligibility code, you will need to provide this to the School Office, along with your National Insurance Number, your date of birth and your child’s date of birth. To secure your place, we also ask for a refundable deposit of £100 (reduced to £50 for families in receipt of EYPPG funding).
Once your place has been confirmed and your child takes up a full time funded place, the deposit will be returned to you, either in one payment or it will be deducted from your lunch fees in the first half term.
We always seek to support our families in the best way that we can but please be aware that as your child’s place is based on your family meeting the eligibility criteria, should this eligibility change and your child is no longer eligible for this funded provision, then your child’s 30 hour place will continue with us and you will be invoiced for the additional 15 hours (this will be at the price of £25.50 per session - £8.50 per hour for the 3 hour session). Should, in this circumstance, you not wish to continue your child’s 30 hour place and would like your child to just access the 15 hours of provision, then we will try to accommodate your request, however this will be dependent on the availability of places.
FULL TIME PAID 30 HOURS
At the moment all of our places at Maple Infants’ School Nursery are funded and we do not currently offer any paid places, except for in the circumstances outlined above.
If you have any questions or would like to find out more, please contact our school office:
office@maple.rbksch.org
Telephone Number: 0208 399 3341
From September 2022, we will now be offering the following provision:
- 28 places for children accessing 15 hours (14 morning places and 14 afternoon places)
- 12 places for children accessing fully funded 30 hours provision
UNIVERSAL 15 HOURS (PART TIME) FUNDED PLACES
All children are entitled to three hours a day funded nursery education. At Maple Infants’ School, children attend either within our morning session or our afternoon session and children are expected to attend Monday – Friday.
The morning session runs from 8.30 – 11.30 am and the afternoon session between 12.30 – 3.30pm.
30 HOURS (FULL-TIME) FUNDED PLACES
This year we are delighted to be able to offer a limited number (12) of fully funded 30 hour places. These funded places are based on families meeting the eligibility criteria. Please check the website below for eligibility:
https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare
Our places for those accessing 30 hours are as follows:
Monday – Friday
8.30 – 11.30 am and then 12.30 – 3.30pm
Lunchtime: 11.30am – 12.30pm
The maximum number of hours that can be claimed for is 30 hours. At Maple Infants’ School, we offer 35 hours per week. The 7 hours each day includes 6 ‘funded’ hours and one additional hour for lunch.
Lunch time: You can choose to either come and collect your child for lunch at 11.30am, returning them for the afternoon session at 12.30pm, or they can stay at Maple during this hour in our Lunch Club.
The Lunch Club is only for children who attend Maple Nursery and will initially only be offered to children who have a 30 hour fully funded place. Our Lunch Club will be charged at £8.50 per session and will include a hot meal provided by our onsite catering team. For families who are in receipt of EYPPG funding, this will be reduced to £6 per session. The meal will be served in our nursery setting.
The Lunch Club may be offered to children accessing 15-hour provision later on in the year.
APPLYING FOR A FULL TIME FUNDED PLACE
Parents must use the online HMRC eligibility checking system to obtain and eligibility to be able to access a funded full time place at Maple Infants’ School Nursery.
The eligibility is only valid for 3 months, and you will need to reconfirm your eligibility every 3 months and pass on your new code to the school in order to maintain the funded place.
Once you have received your eligibility code, you will need to provide this to the School Office, along with your National Insurance Number, your date of birth and your child’s date of birth. To secure your place, we also ask for a refundable deposit of £100 (reduced to £50 for families in receipt of EYPPG funding).
Once your place has been confirmed and your child takes up a full time funded place, the deposit will be returned to you, either in one payment or it will be deducted from your lunch fees in the first half term.
We always seek to support our families in the best way that we can but please be aware that as your child’s place is based on your family meeting the eligibility criteria, should this eligibility change and your child is no longer eligible for this funded provision, then your child’s 30 hour place will continue with us and you will be invoiced for the additional 15 hours (this will be at the price of £25.50 per session - £8.50 per hour for the 3 hour session). Should, in this circumstance, you not wish to continue your child’s 30 hour place and would like your child to just access the 15 hours of provision, then we will try to accommodate your request, however this will be dependent on the availability of places.
FULL TIME PAID 30 HOURS
At the moment all of our places at Maple Infants’ School Nursery are funded and we do not currently offer any paid places, except for in the circumstances outlined above.
If you have any questions or would like to find out more, please contact our school office:
office@maple.rbksch.org
Telephone Number: 0208 399 3341
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Our Nursery pupils are valued members of our school community who join in with whole school celebrations and events. We carefully plan opportunities to support the children in visiting local areas of interest within their community, encouraging them to ask questions and be inquisitive of the world around them.
We know our Nursery children are happy, confident and engaged in their learning, where they can get the most out of every day and every learning interaction. Our staff lead learning, extending and questioning carefully to ensure the children are always leading and developing their own learning and ideas as well as developing their language skills.
We know our Nursery children are happy, confident and engaged in their learning, where they can get the most out of every day and every learning interaction. Our staff lead learning, extending and questioning carefully to ensure the children are always leading and developing their own learning and ideas as well as developing their language skills.
Most importantly our Nursery is FUN! We look forward to seeing you soon!
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A message from the Head Teacher
Together we learn and grow
The uniqueness of attending a nursery on a school site is that the children can truly see and experience first hand what it is to be part of a school community and what it means to attend ‘big’ school. Our journey with the children here begins with our nurturing environment, ensuring that our children feel safe and secure is an essential priority for our setting, as we know that this will enable them to confidently experience the world around them.
Communication also forms such an important part of our learning environment here at Maple. Our relationship and communication with all of our families is so important to us as our experience tells us that you know your child the best. We also strive to immerse our children into a vocabulary rich environment right from the start, where they can successfully build on their learning experiences and develop secure relationships and interactions with staff and their peers alike.
Our highly skilled team inspire our young learners to develop a love of learning from an early age by capturing their interest within our setting and using their expertise to guide the children’s learning and development through the early years framework.
Our children amaze us each and every day and it is a delight to see the progress they make, both academically as well as their social development. As an infant school, we know exactly how to prepare your child for the next exciting step in their learning journey as they transition into Reception, either with us or via another setting. We also work with you to support you with this journey and the children at Maple leave us with a love of learning, excited and ready for the new adventures ahead of them.
Mrs Barwell
Head Teacher
