Day Nursery
During term time, our day nursery runs with the option of attending for a full day, morning session, or afternoon session. The morning and afternoon sessions can include lunch if required.
No child will be permitted entry before their session time begins as we have a legal requirement to maintain our ratios to ensure the safety of all children who attend Houghton Nursery Group.
The children are picked up from our main door by an approved and authorised person - please note it is our policy that we will not allow a child to leave with anyone other than those we have been informed will be picking them up. If someone unexpected arrives, we would contact the child's parent or carer to gain authorisation to allow the child to leave with the unexpected person.
The session times are:
8:45am - 3:15pm Full Day | 8:45am - 11:45am Morning | 11:45am - 12:45pm Lunch | 12:45pm - 3:15pm Afternoon |
Daily Routine
Below are the timetables for a typical morning and afternoon session here at Houghton Nursery Group.
Morning Session:
8:45am | Children arrive and settle into their time at nursery. |
9am - 9:15am | Morning register. |
9:15am - 10:15am | Mixture of independent play and adult led activities, both indoors and outdoors. |
10:15am - 10:30am | Snack time. |
10:30am - 11:30am | Mixture of independent play and adult led activities, both indoors and outdoors. |
11:30am - 11:45am | Story and song time. |
11:45am | - Home time for those only doing a morning session. |
Afternoon Session:
12:45pm | - Home time for those leaving us after lunch. |
1pm - 1:15pm | Afternoon register. |
1:15pm - 2:45pm | Mixture of independent play and adult led activities, both indoors and outdoors. |
2:45pm - 3pm | Snack time. |
3pm - 3:15pm | Story and song time. |
3:15pm | Home time. |
During our nursery week, we do P.E. as well as some fun activities, such as yoga, and two sessions a week we are joined by Caroline for a fun Moo Music session which involves lots of music, dancing, activities, and most importantly fun!