Preschool or nursery?
by Abby Searle
23 February 6.30pm
During this evening we will share with you the early years curriculum and how it is implemented at the nursery, the subtle role our staff play in preparing children for school and also offer you the opportunity to discuss school readiness; how it works in practice, with parents of children who have left nursery and entered a reception class and also with a local pre-prep head teacher. We hope you can join us, but in the meantime , please do not hesitate to come and meet with Clare to discuss any questions you may have.
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Norland Joins the Flock
by Abby Searle
Norland has joined in with the art project Join the Flock www.jointheflock.co.uk by creating their very own, customised flock of sheep with Norland hats on!
Students and staff will be creating their own herd of Norland sheep to help towards the target of 5000.
Students are also planning on taking this project with them to their placements to see if the children can help as well.
Norland have decided to make this into a charitable activity with all proceeds going to NICO.
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Norland Now
by Abby Searle
The latest issues of Norland Now, the Norland bi-annual newsletter, will be sent out to all Norlander in the first week of February so keep an eye out for it.
This issue, as well as former issues, is available for download here.
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New Baby Group
by Abby Searle
Every Monday 9.30am - 11am at Norland Nursery
From Monday 9th January
Come and join our baby group for expectant and new parents.
This is an opportnity for you to get together with other new parents, share experiences and make new friends. We will provide a friendly welcome, tea, coffee and cakes - all for free!
There is no need to book just turn up from 9.30am on Monday 9th January.
For more information about the baby group please give us a call on 01225 90 40 20.
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Investors in People
by Abby Searle
Norland is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a further three years reaccreditation of our Investors In People status following a review that has been taking place over the last few weeks.
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Bath Open Top Bus Tour
by Abby Searle
On Friday some of the children of the nursery will be going on an open top bus tour of Bath.
The outing is being organised as part of a project about the communities in which each of the children live. During this project the children have been using maps of Bath and the local area to share in their journeys to and from nursery and to identifying what they see as significant land marks.
A small group of children who have shown a deep interest in this project will be going on the open top bus tour with staff from the Discovery Room with the aim of taking photos of the journey and places they see to make a visual map of their community when they return to nursery.
Examples of the children’s work so far can be seen on the learning wall in the Discovery Room, we welcome parents to come in to have a look.
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Children In Need
by Abby Searle
Students at Norland College and the children at Norland Nursery have been doing their bit to raise money for Children in Need this week.
The nursery have been wearing their spots and hosting a cake sale all week so that all of the children get a chance to be involved and today they will also be playing all different types of Pudsey games.
The students at Norland College are wearing their pyjamas today, quite a difference from their usual formal uniforms, to show their support and have also been busy baking for the cake sale today.
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If you go down to the woods…
by Rebekah Frankcom
You will soon see children from Norland Nursery enjoying Forest School activities on a private piece of local woodland! Norland Nursery already uses Forest School principles in its outdoor space but this will further extend the outdoor experience we can regularly offer to our children. In preparation for the opening our nursery staff will participate in Forest School training to ensure that the children are provided with a full forest school experience.
We are aiming to start taking children from the nursery to the Norland Forest School in January 2012, but we also have lots of other ideas and plans – watch this space for more information!
There are so many exciting things planned for this woodland space including installing a tipi, like the one below.
Nursery World Awards Finalists!
by Rebekah Frankcom
Norland Nursery were delighted to be shortlisted as finalists at the Nursery World Awards held last Friday evening. We were joined in the category of Enabling Environments by 6 other strong contenders at this national awards ceremony. Our warmest congratulations go to the winner of this category Coton Green Pre-school Nursery, Tamworth and to Little Learners Nursery School Skegness who were Highly Commended. While we were sad not to have won, we were extremely proud to have been nominated as finalists.
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Early Years Students Visit
by Abby Searle
Over fifty students and staff from the BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Children’s Care, Learning and Development course from Bridgwater College recently visited Norland Nursery. The students spent the morning observing the children in the nursery and talking to the staff about their approach to Early Years care and education.
Clare Crowther, Head of Nursery, has recently completed her BA (Hons) in Early Years Care and Education at Bridgwater College, achieving a First Class Honours. She said, “It was a pleasure to host this visit for the students. Having trained at Bridgwater College myself, it was both exciting and affirming to share in the learning I have completed and transferred to practice. The visit went really well with both Bridgwater and Norland early years students able to engage and discuss the benefits of their training.”
Laura Mitchell, Senior Early Years Practitioner added, “The sharing of knowledge is a really valuable tool for professional learning communities. The students were really enthusiastic to share and explore the benefits of a free flow nursery. They clearly identified the uniqueness of the services and provision we offer - we look forward to welcoming them at the nursery in the future.”
The students continued their residential study tour with a trip to Bath City Farm, a stay in Bath Youth Hostel, and a day of sightseeing all the historical sights of Bath.
Student Lauren Baker, aged 18 and from Minehead said, “I thought the nursery was the best part of the trip; the environment was very innovative with lots of different activities for the children and opportunities for ‘free’ play – it even had an indoor beach, which the children loved! It was also interesting that children of all ages were encouraged to play together, which is quite unusual and different from the nurseries I have visited before.”
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