Our Nursery

The nursery has 39 places based on 2 sessions per day (morning and afternoon).  Places are available in the year before your child starts Reception class.  We offer flexibility of Care for 3-4 year olds using the free 15-hour funding, 30-hour Extended funding if eligible, and/or various tax-free schemes.  We offer full wraparound care, enabling your child to stay all day from 7.30am to 6.00pm if required.  A limited number of places may be offered to younger children who are over the age of 3, subject to availability, later in the school year. Whenever possible first preference of sessions will be offered, however preferences will be allocated subject to availability and are not guaranteed.

Heymann Primary School opened it’s nursery (Pre-School) in January 2014. The Nursery (pre-school) is in a purpose built classroom in our Infant building and has its own enclosed outdoor play area.

There are many advantages to using our school based nursery:

  • Led by a qualified teacher
  • Supported by well qualified Teaching Assistants
  • Housed in a purpose built room in our new Infant building
  • Outdoor play area with new equipment
  • Access to all the school equipment and facilities – interactive whiteboard, large school hall, sensory room, library.
  • Fully funded places of five 3-hour sessions (15 hours)
  • Access to our school Wraparound Care services providing childcare from 7:30am – 6:00pm
  • Continuous education from 3-11 years (subject to accepted application for a reception place)

Times

  • The morning session is from 8:30am until 11:30am.
  • The afternoon session is from 12:15pm until 3:15pm.
  • These times fit closely with the main school times -Infants (KS1)  8:40–3:10 and Juniors (KS2) 8:50–3:20

Applying for a place

We are inviting parents to put their child’s name on our ‘expression of interest’ list from the age of 2 years.  The following is an overview of our application process for a September placement:

  • Parents of children on our ‘expression of interest’ list will be sent an application form by April.
  • Completed forms should be returned to school by the closing date stated on the application form in May.
  • Parents will be informed if we are able to offer a place, parents then confirm their acceptance.
  • Placements in Nursery are not guaranteed until the full administration of the Admissions process is complete before the end of July.

Please click or copy the link below for further details of the Nursery Wraparound care

For all Nursery queries, bookings and cancellations please contact Alison Fielding, Wraparound Services Manager, Nursery Admissions & Administration, by email at alison.fielding@heymann.notts.sch.uk or telephone Alison on 0115 914 5035 (please select option 1). 

Nursery Medium Term Planning Autumn 1

NURSERY ADMISSIONS POLICY 2024 – 2025

Nursery Prospectus

Starting Nursery Sept 2025

Welcome to Heymann Nursery!

We are so looking forward to meeting you all in September.

The nursery staff love reading stories and you can find these on the ‘Storytime’ tab below. Please listen to the stories with your child to help them become more familiar with faces.

If you missed it on your email, please find the Nursery Handbook attached to this page.

If you have any questions or queries about your child starting Nursery, please get in touch with Alison, Nursery Admissions & Administration,  alison.fielding@heymann.notts.sch.uk

Take care and we can’t wait to see you all on Tuesday 2nd September 2023.

Have a wonderful summer

The Nursery Team 😊

We are trying to get the classroom organised for September with name labels/water bottle spots/sign in boards etc… It would be really helpful if you could send us a clear, recent picture of your child along with their name as you would like it displayed on their peg label.

Please email alison.fielding@heymann.notts.sch.uk

Thank you

NURSERY HANDBOOK

First Day Ideas

A first day in Nursery can be a daunting experience and even more so in the current climate we are living in. As we have been unable to have our usual ‘stay and play’ sessions and ‘getting to know you’ meetings… We thought it would be helpful to share tips and advice for making the transition from home to nursery as smooth as possible (although there may still be tears… Please do not panic)

Before September

  • Make sure you are having lots of conversations about starting Nursery and all the exciting things they are looking forward to.
  • Try to have a couple of trial runs to nursery- show the children the nursery gate and have a peek on to playground explain this is where they will line up on their first day.
  • Watch the tour of nursery on the website and videos of staff reading stories- do they know any of the teacher’s names?
  • Here is a game you could play with your child https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhtcvk7/articles/znc9vk7  although a little different from nursery we think it’s great for familiarising children with school routines before they start

Some Ideas to do on the first day

  • Email us a family photograph- we will print these before the first day and make a display to help the children feel connected to home They are also great conversation starters/confidence boosters for the first couple of days.
  • Hug buttons! You could draw a heart on your wrist and your little one’s, charge it up by holding hands and tell them that if they feel sad or miss you while at school to press the hug button and it will send you a hug – likewise, you can send your little one a big squeeze by touching the heart on your wrist.
  • You could let your child decide what they would like to wear on their first day. This can be exciting to plan and give them a sense of ownership/confidence (fancy dress is fine!).
    It might be a nice idea to wear something ‘matching’ with your child on the first day (for example the same coloured socks) creating another link to you/home.

You know your children best and might have your own ideas- these are just some suggestions.
We cannot wait to meet and get to know your wonderful children!

See you all soon!
The Nursery Team 😊

Story Time

🦕Mrs Stables reading ‘Harry and the Dinosaurs’ 🦕

⭐Miss Shaw reading ‘Kitchen Disco’⭐