‘We love everything about Laureate – such a wonderful place for our children to learn and grow. Thank you to all the wonderful staff for creating such a safe and caring environment for our little ones.’
Feedback from a Laureate Parent
Hello and welcome to the Early Years at Laureate!
On behalf of all our team I want to welcome you to our school. I have worked at Laureate for over 10 years and have been the Special Needs Co-ordinator (SENDCo) for the school and nursery as well as a member of the school senior leadership team for 6 years. We are a team of experienced and qualified staff who are passionate about ensuring all children are happy, safe and settled at Laureate. We do this through a nurturing environment, high quality planning and provision and having positive and strong relationships with all our families.
We are excited to get to know you all and look forward to welcoming you all to Laureate in September.
Mrs. E Bursey
Early Years Leader
Our Reception Class Staff
Mrs E Bursey
Reception Class Teacher, Early Years Leader & SENDCo
Mrs C Young
Reception Class Teacher
Miss A Lynn
HLTA & Teaching Assistant
Miss S Denness
Teaching Assistant & Midday Supervisor Assistant
Early Years at Laureate
Children develop more rapidly during the first five years of their lives than at any other time. Well-planned play and rich experiences supported by quality and timely teaching interactions are key ways in which young children learn with enjoyment and challenge and this is our approach at Laureate. We foster independence and important life-long skills such as a ‘can do’ attitude, motivation, involvement and concentration, having ideas, finding and choosing ways to do things and pride in achieving.
Our indoor and outdoor environments are thoughtfully designed. We are very lucky to have a large, safe and exciting garden as well as our playground that the children love and where they are encouraged to run, climb, ride bicycles, dig and grow food, play imaginatively and explore whatever the weather. We value and encourage parents and carers to take an active interest in their child’s education and offer lots of opportunities for them to do so through share sessions and projects. We use the Early Years Foundation Stage guidance, tailored to each child’s needs and led by their interests as a basis for learning and development in the following areas: Communication and Language; Physical Development; Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
For more information and ideas about how to support your child’s learning and development, please visit 4Children_ParentsGuide_2015_WEB.pdf (foundationyears.org.uk)
Our Daily Routine…
The school day starts at 8:50am and ends at 3:30pm, the gates and registration close at 9:00am.
When you arrive at school, please wait near the big green gates near the Early Years building with your grown up until a member of school staff opens the gate. Once the gate is opened, come round to your classroom gate which is located just off the main playground
Our Day:
- Daily phonics sessions to support reading and writing development.
- Daily structured story time sessions to explore key themes and vocabulary through carefully selected stories.
- Daily foundational knowledge sessions to support understanding and knowledge across the curriculum.
- Daily maths sessions to support key maths skills and vocabulary.
- Daily playing and learning opportunities to build on focused learning sessions.
- Weekly PE sessions to support gross motor development.
Snack time is between 10:00 and 11:00am. You will be given a piece of fruit or a vegetable along with a cup of milk, or water, you can have a drink of water whenever you need one. Snack is also available during the afternoon if you get hungry then.
Lunch is from 12.00pm until 12.50pm. You can choose to have a school dinner or a packed lunch.
One of your teachers or teaching assistants will walk you from our classroom to the dinner hall where you will be seated in the school dinner or packed lunch area.
An adult from your class will stay with you in the dinner hall for the first few days to make sure you’re OK. Our midday supervisors will look after you while you eat and when you have finished your lunch, a teaching assistant or midday supervisor will walk you back to your class. You will then be able to play outside until the end of lunchtime.
At 3:30pm, your grown up will be allowed onto the main playground and will wait for you at the same wooden gate they dropped you off at in the morning. We will make sure a person we recognise is there to collect you safely.
If your grown up is late we will keep you with us for a short time and then take you to the school office. Your adult should tell the school office if they know they are going to be late and/or if someone else is going to be collecting you, so we can reassure you.