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Finkley Down Farm Nursery and Pre-School
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Finkley Down Farm Nursery and Pre-School
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- Andover SP11 6NF
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| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children use resources that contain positive images of diversity, including photographs, recipes, music, pictures, books and authentic food from around the world.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children explore blacksmith tools from the past used to make animal harnesses and farm machinery. Staff utilise every opportunity to build children's resilience. They teach them to manage their safety and assess risks throughout the day.
Diverse Books and Toys: Children use resources that contain positive images of diversity, including photographs, recipes, music, pictures, books and authentic food from around the world.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children explore blacksmith tools from the past used to make animal harnesses and farm machinery. Staff utilise every opportunity to build children's resilience. They teach them to manage their safety and assess risks throughout the day.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Staff retrained for safer movement of children
Philosophy: Leaders have created an extremely unique, child-centred learning environment.
Activities: Children access additional enrichment activities, such as ballet, fitness, and cooking sessions, to build upon their previous experiences.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Managers have identified communication and language, and children's physical independence, as priority areas in which children need more focused support following the pandemic.
Philosophy: Leaders have created an extremely unique, child-centred learning environment.
Activities: Children access additional enrichment activities, such as ballet, fitness, and cooking sessions, to build upon their previous experiences.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Managers have identified communication and language, and children's physical independence, as priority areas in which children need more focused support following the pandemic.
Communication: Parents and carers know the content of the curriculum. They are frequently provided with details of specific activities that they can do to support and extend their child's learning at home.
Community Building: Parents share how 'excellent' and 'experienced' staff, particularly their children's key person, are at keeping them informed about their child's progress. This demonstrates effective parent partnership.
Communication: Parents and carers know the content of the curriculum. They are frequently provided with details of specific activities that they can do to support and extend their child's learning at home.
Community Building: Parents share how 'excellent' and 'experienced' staff, particularly their children's key person, are at keeping them informed about their child's progress. This demonstrates effective parent partnership.
Programs and Resources: Staff consistently support children's communication and language using Makaton. This not only supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, but it also promotes understanding for children who speak English as an additional language.
Programs and Resources: Staff consistently support children's communication and language using Makaton. This not only supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, but it also promotes understanding for children who speak English as an additional language.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents express how confident they are in the quality of care and education that their children receive.
Safeguarding Training: Staff demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding. They are able to recognise the signs and indicators that might suggest a child is at risk of harm.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents express how confident they are in the quality of care and education that their children receive.
Safeguarding Training: Staff demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding. They are able to recognise the signs and indicators that might suggest a child is at risk of harm.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff provide exciting and enticing learning experiences for children to explore and investigate. Children learn about the life cycles of ecosystems, climates, habitats, plants, animals and people.
Transition to Primary School: The highly ambitious curriculum is built around the prime areas of learning, then expertly enriched to extend, challenge and stretch children's knowledge and understanding of the world.
Diversity Management: All children make rapid progress. Strategies are used to ensure that every child is included.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff provide exciting and enticing learning experiences for children to explore and investigate. Children learn about the life cycles of ecosystems, climates, habitats, plants, animals and people.
Transition to Primary School: The highly ambitious curriculum is built around the prime areas of learning, then expertly enriched to extend, challenge and stretch children's knowledge and understanding of the world.
Diversity Management: All children make rapid progress. Strategies are used to ensure that every child is included.
Child Safety Management: Leaders and managers ensure the suitability of staff during the recruitment process, and there are systems in place to regularly keep these checks up to date. All staff use risk assessments effectively.
Children's Safety and Security: Leaders are confident in supporting children and families that may require additional services. They make swift and appropriate referrals when required.
Happiness and Settling: Children bound into the nursery, bubbling with anticipation and eager to start their adventure each day.
Child Safety Management: Leaders and managers ensure the suitability of staff during the recruitment process, and there are systems in place to regularly keep these checks up to date. All staff use risk assessments effectively.
Children's Safety and Security: Leaders are confident in supporting children and families that may require additional services. They make swift and appropriate referrals when required.
Happiness and Settling: Children bound into the nursery, bubbling with anticipation and eager to start their adventure each day.
Child Safety Management: Safety procedures reviewed and staff retrained
Nutritional Menu: They plant and dig for vegetables, which staff then teach them to cut safely, in preparation for activities or snacks. This helps them to understand the importance of good oral hygiene.
Nutritional Menu: They plant and dig for vegetables, which staff then teach them to cut safely, in preparation for activities or snacks. This helps them to understand the importance of good oral hygiene.
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Finkley Down Farm Nursery and Pre-School is a Nursery, Nursery located in Hampshire, South East.
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They are provided several chances for hands-on learning and constructive play.
To make sure that future needs are addressed, learning is tracked and evaluated.
They are in a well-organized, exciting setting that is easily accessible and well-resourced.
Through our collaboration with Finkley Down Farm, both formal and informal education can benefit from a rich, practical learning experience. Our kids will be active learners who are given the chance to engage physically with the world, engage in active play, and experience it through their senses in a way that is particular to the locale.
Why not schedule a visit to see what we can provide for your child today?
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To make sure that future needs are addressed, learning is tracked and evaluated.
They are in a well-organized, exciting setting that is easily accessible and well-resourced.
Through our collaboration with Finkley Down Farm, both formal and informal education can benefit from a rich, practical learning experience. Our kids will be active learners who are given the chance to engage physically with the world, engage in active play, and experience it through their senses in a way that is particular to the locale.
Why not schedule a visit to see what we can provide for your child today?
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd 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 - 2nd Sep 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd 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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