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Pumpkin Patch Day Nursery
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Pumpkin Patch Day Nursery
- Nursery
- Rushmoor GU14 6RY
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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 | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children are free to choose from a wide range activities, indoors and outdoors.
Activities: Staff plan motivating activities that spark children's curiosity.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They remember that a millipede has more legs than a woodlouse. This helps to support children's understanding of the natural world.
Communication: Parents speak extremely highly of the manager and staff. They comment on the amazing care their children receive.
Community Building: This partnership with parents is a real strength of this nursery.
Programs and Resources: The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) is instrumental in ensuring children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make equally as good progress from their starting points, as their peers.
Staff Training: The nursery's SENCo models language interventions targeted at children with speech delay. Staff then feel equipped to continue these focused teaching activities.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children and their families are warmly greeted by staff as they arrive at this homely nursery.
Safeguarding Training: The manager ensures that staff receive regular safeguarding training to help them understand how to keep children safe from harm.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff are caring and attentive to children's needs. They are committed to ensuring that all children are happy, secure and develop positive relationships.
Transition to Primary School: Older children are particular experts in managing their self-care.
Child Safety Management: The manager ensures that staff receive regular safeguarding training to help them understand how to keep children safe from harm.
Children's Safety and Security: Staff carry out risk assessments to ensure that children play in a safe and secure environment.
Happiness and Settling: Children and their families are warmly greeted by staff as they arrive at this homely nursery. This helps to set the tone for children's busy day ahead.
Nutritional Menu: Staff help children to understand the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. For instance, children access the garden daily for fresh air and exercise. Staff talk about healthy eating choices and provide a delicious range of home-cooked, nutritious food.
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About Us
Pumpkin Patch Day Nursery is a Nursery, Nursery located in Hampshire, South East.
This nursery accepts children from 0.2-5 years old.
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In the neighbourhood, Pumpkin Patch strives to be the top supplier of high-quality daycare.
We work to accomplish our goals by employing resources of the highest calibre and a highly skilled and motivated workforce.
Children are respected as unique beings and are inspired to learn through play and exploration in a dynamic environment with the help of their caregivers.
The first Pumpkin Patch Day Nurseries location opened its doors in 2001. Since then, two additional locations have opened, each of which offers a nurturing environment where each child can flourish.
Gill Church, a 10-year infant school teacher who wanted to use her training and expertise to open a nursery in the neighbourhood, founded Pumpkin Patch.
All of our settings are listed with OFSTED, who conducts routine inspections without prior notice.
In addition to qualifications, hiring managers look for staff members who have a real passion for working with young children and a grasp of how children develop.
The main carer method used by Pumpkin Patch enables parents to form close bonds with a particular caretaker for their child.
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We work to accomplish our goals by employing resources of the highest calibre and a highly skilled and motivated workforce.
Children are respected as unique beings and are inspired to learn through play and exploration in a dynamic environment with the help of their caregivers.
The first Pumpkin Patch Day Nurseries location opened its doors in 2001. Since then, two additional locations have opened, each of which offers a nurturing environment where each child can flourish.
Gill Church, a 10-year infant school teacher who wanted to use her training and expertise to open a nursery in the neighbourhood, founded Pumpkin Patch.
All of our settings are listed with OFSTED, who conducts routine inspections without prior notice.
In addition to qualifications, hiring managers look for staff members who have a real passion for working with young children and a grasp of how children develop.
The main carer method used by Pumpkin Patch enables parents to form close bonds with a particular caretaker for their child.
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Holidays & terms
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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