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Great Wood Farm Early Years Centre
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Great Wood Farm Early Years Centre
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- Boothby Pagnell NG33 4DH
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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 | Requires Improvement |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children spend lots of time outdoors in fresh air being physically active. They rest and sleep according to their individual routine.
Philosophy: Staff support children to enjoy nature and the countryside, be happy and healthy, be creative and solve problems and celebrate individuality.
Forest School Sessions: Children are developing a keen interest in the natural world. They enjoy taking part in daily forest school sessions and walks around the farm and woodlands.
Activities: Children comment that they enjoy playing with their friends, going for walks in the woods, taking part in messy play and creative activities and bottle feeding the lambs.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff regularly observe children to make sure that they are making progress in all areas of their learning and development.
Communication: Parents say that their children enjoy attending the nursery. They are very well informed about the time their child spends at the nursery and how their child is developing.
Programs and Resources: Staff promptly recognise the signs that some children may need additional help and support with their learning or development. They work closely with parents and other professionals to provide targeted support that helps individual children make progress.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff know children well; they use their knowledge of the children's interests and learning needs to plan activities that children are eager to engage in.
Safeguarding Training: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff provide opportunities for children of all ages to develop their creative skills. Babies explore the texture of mud with their hands and paint brushes. Toddlers help staff make play dough. Pre-school children use paint and brushes to create pictures of frogs. As children paint and draw, they practise the control that they will eventually need for early writing.
Transition to Primary School: Children of all ages demonstrate that they feel safe, secure and enjoy attending the nursery. They have close relationships with the staff who care for them. Upon arrival, children confidently leave their parents at their room door and wave goodbye.
Diversity Management: Staff promote children's communication and language well. They ask children questions to gain information about their prior knowledge and understanding.
Child Safety Management: During forest school sessions, staff encourage the children to remember the rules that are in place to help keep them safe. Pre-school children are aware that they must not enter the area where the campfire is unless invited to do so with an adult.
Happiness and Settling: Children of all ages demonstrate that they feel safe, secure and enjoy attending the nursery.
Nutritional Menu: Staff provide children with freshly cooked, healthy and nutritional meals that meet children's individual dietary requirements.
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Great Wood Farm Early Years Centre is a Nursery, Nursery located in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
This nursery accepts children from 0.2-11 years old.
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In order to deliver a unique and engaging learning experience, we work with kids to identify their interests and plan lessons accordingly. '
We will have a small focus group of kids in each room each week.
We at Great Wood Farm pride ourselves on being a nursery that thinks ahead and feel that this is the greatest approach to help our kids and make sure they are content.
As you are aware, Forest School has become a widespread movement that is being adopted by both early childhood settings and primary schools.
Great Wood Farm has decided to adhere to the Development Matters non-statutory framework in order to assist children's learning and facilitate evaluation.
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We will have a small focus group of kids in each room each week.
We at Great Wood Farm pride ourselves on being a nursery that thinks ahead and feel that this is the greatest approach to help our kids and make sure they are content.
As you are aware, Forest School has become a widespread movement that is being adopted by both early childhood settings and primary schools.
Great Wood Farm has decided to adhere to the Development Matters non-statutory framework in order to assist children's learning and facilitate evaluation.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 21st Oct 2024 - 28th Oct 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 20th 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 - 3rd Sep 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 4th Sep 2024 - 20th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 29th Oct 2024 - 19th 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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