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Acorn Day Nursery (Sharnbrook) | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2024)
Acorn Day Nursery (Sharnbrook)
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Acorn Day Nursery (Sharnbrook)
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- Sharnbrook MK44 1LQ
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Not Applicable |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children crowd around staff to listen to stories, sharing a passion for books that staff initiate. They learn to listen and begin to hear new and exciting words, helping to support their growing vocabularies.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children embrace the ethos of expanding their knowledge through nature. They climb, swing, hide and explore in the area designated for forest school activities.
Forest School Sessions: Children climb, swing, hide and explore in the area designated for forest school activities.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children confidently use appropriate tools under the very close supervision of vigilant staff, helping them learn how to begin to keep themselves safe while they take suitable risks.
Communication: Parents work in close partnership with staff. Staff encourage parents to add photographs, comments and observations from home on a secure app.
Community Building: Staff take children on regular trips to a local care home to read and play with the residents. Partnerships with parents are particularly strong.
Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported. Staff follow care plans and act on the advice of others who work with and know the children.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are confident in their roles to help protect children. The manager and provider follow robust selection and recruitment procedures to help ensure that all staff are suitable.
Safeguarding Training: Staff are able to identify, record and report any concerns they might have about children's welfare. They remain vigilant to what they see and hear.
Play and Learning Integration: Children return to favourite activities throughout the day.
Transition to Primary School: Staff support children to identify their own emotions and to consider how others might be feeling. Staff gently remind children to be kind and to share.
Diversity Management: Children feel valued in the nursery. They display photographs of their families from the branches of a tree and share news from home with their key person and friends.
Child Safety Management: Children confidently use appropriate tools under the very close supervision of vigilant staff, helping them learn how to begin to keep themselves safe while they take suitable risks.
Children's Safety and Security: Children feel valued in the nursery. They display photographs of their families from the branches of a tree and share news from home with their key person and friends.
Happiness and Settling: Children are immersed in the local community. Staff take them on regular trips to a local care home to read and play with the residents.
Nutritional Menu: Aromas from segments of citrus fruits in trays of rice help to add to their experiences while they watch the dried rice fall from their hands.
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Acorn Day Nursery (Sharnbrook) is a Nursery, Nursery located in Bedfordshire, East of England.
This nursery accepts children from 0.4-4.11 years old.
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The easiest way to summarise our mindset and all we do is to always put children first.
With a strong ethic of care, we place a high value on developing loving relationships and a responsive manner in our interactions with everyone. By doing this, we nurture children's social and emotional wellness and contribute to the creation of a more compassionate and interconnected society.
We hope to lead and inspire the field by creating an ethical, cutting-edge, and sustainable early years care and education model, especially in terms of outdoor play and learning and staff professional development.
We value each individual—staff, students, and parents—and strive to foster warm settings by treating everyone with respect.
Our focus is on providing individualised care and education, and we think that the children's joy, fun, and laughter are essential components of a successful programme.
Our main goal is to nurture children's growth and welfare as people. We do this by adopting a holistic approach, prioritising the needs of the kids, and hiring personnel that really like working with kids.
Our emphasis on the welfare of the children and staff includes providing freshly prepared, locally sourced meals wherever feasible.
Through Forest Schools and the specific features of each location, we actively promote outdoor learning and play in natural settings.
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With a strong ethic of care, we place a high value on developing loving relationships and a responsive manner in our interactions with everyone. By doing this, we nurture children's social and emotional wellness and contribute to the creation of a more compassionate and interconnected society.
We hope to lead and inspire the field by creating an ethical, cutting-edge, and sustainable early years care and education model, especially in terms of outdoor play and learning and staff professional development.
We value each individual—staff, students, and parents—and strive to foster warm settings by treating everyone with respect.
Our focus is on providing individualised care and education, and we think that the children's joy, fun, and laughter are essential components of a successful programme.
Our main goal is to nurture children's growth and welfare as people. We do this by adopting a holistic approach, prioritising the needs of the kids, and hiring personnel that really like working with kids.
Our emphasis on the welfare of the children and staff includes providing freshly prepared, locally sourced meals wherever feasible.
Through Forest Schools and the specific features of each location, we actively promote outdoor learning and play in natural settings.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 4th Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 19th Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 3rd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 5th Nov 2024 - 18th Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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