Ladybirds - Nursery

The youngest children are in the Ladybird Class - Tibberton Early Years .

Staff in this class plan work following the Foundation Stage Curriculum which covers children being taught between the ages of two and five for our settings.

The Nursery and the Reception class have very close links.   

The children often work together and take trips together. The staff liaise and plan together. 

Ladybirds are taught by Fiona, Natalie, Keiana, Zoe, Alex and Hannah

Tibberton Early Years Staff (Nursery)

 

Fiona Gordon is an Early

Years Practitioner and our Nursery Manager

 

Natalie Wallace is an Early Years Practitioner 

and also Nursery SENCO and DSL.

 

Keiana Eden-Cox is an an Early Years

Practitioner and our Nursery Administrator

  
 
Hannah Dunn is an Early Years Practitioner 

 

Zoe Gifford is an Early Years 

Practitioner

Alexandra Bennett is an Early

Years Apprentice

  

 

 

  
Jade Dallow is an Early Years Practitioner

 

 

  

               

Activities

Here are just a few of the type of activities we get up to at nursery. 

Literacy

                  
 
We encourage all the children to develop a love of stories and books. There are lots of times for sharing stories in large and small groups and the children are welcome to choose to look at a book at anytime.  Through rhymes and games we help them to develop the foundation skills for phonics, listening to the sounds of words and starting to link them to the written word.  The children also engage in lots of activities to help them develop early writing skills - developing the fine motor skills needed for writing through play activities but also learning how to communicate and be imaginative through their mark making.

 

Bear Hunt Fun

We read the book ‘we’re going on a bear hunt’ before snack so the children were familiar with the story before we went on our very own bear hunt in forest school. The children went through long wavy grass, cold water, thick oozy mud, stumble tripped through the forest over branches and logs, braved a snow storm before arriving at a narrow gloomy cave. We found the bear and ran back through the way we came (like the story) to basecamp where we were safe!
The children immersed themselves in the story, joining in with refrains and the sensory elements, and anticipating what came next. Afterwards the children befriended the bear and adults heard parts of the story being re-enacted by the children eg stomping through the mud, splashing in the water and going into the cave (willow den).

                                       
 
Maths

       

 
The development of early mathematical skills and understanding happens through all the children's play. This may be through outdoor and indoor play - looking at numbers in the environment, counting in play and at snack time, using language of comparison in play and beginning to learn about shapes, space and measure.

Music

                
 
 
Music making and singing are part of our daily activities. The children are also encouraged to listen to different types of music and respond through dance and movement. We have lots of instruments for the children to explore but also encourage them to make their own instruments and explore sounds.

Art and Craft

                        
 
The children enjoy a host of creative activities indoors and out. They have opportunities to explore many different art and craft materials on small and large scales.

Cookery

 
           
 
 
 
The children have lots of opportunities to try their hand at cooking - over the past year the children have baked cakes, cookies, jam tarts, bread rolls, mini quiches as well as making our own pasta, home-grown salads, houmous and pizzas.

More indoor play

         
 
 
 
We have a huge variety of indoor play equipment and resources to inspire the children's play and learning. They are able to access resources independently engaging in anything from den building, sensory play, role play to small world and construction play.

Outdoor Play

        
 
 
We have lots of space to play outside whatever the weather. Our enclosed garden has a water feature, stage for climbing and den building and under the canopy there is a large covered sandpit. There are many areas for creative role play and communication friendly spaces. The children also enjoy lots of space for water play and riding on the bikes and  our very popular didi cars.

Wildlife Garden

         
 
This is another outside area we share with the school. There are areas for play, including a climbing platform,a wildlife pond where the children enjoy pond-dipping, and raised beds for gardening. Maintaining the garden is shared by our staff, but we always welcome help from any parents who have any spare time for a bit of weeding or other general maintenance. We were lucky last year to receive some funding from Tesco's Groundwork programme through their Bags of Help scheme - this enabled us to complete some essential repairs such as repairing a vegetable bed which the children then used to grow carrots, peas and potatoes. We also repaired the shelter and bought a new shed to store our equipment.   ​
 

Forest School

           
 
 
 
We have a wonderful forest area and the children enjoy exploring the natural environment, where they are allowed to take calculated risks under the close supervision of the staff. We visit the Forest School in all weathers and often share the session with children from the Reception Class

PE

 
         
 
 
 
The children have the opportunity to use the large apparatus in the school hall every week. They discuss the rules and then enjoy the physical challenge of climbing, sliding, scrambling and jumping. We also use the hall or school field on other occasions when we need a large indoor space for performance, music, dance, parachute games etc. The children take part in the school sports day each summer. 

Special Events and Visits

 
          
 
 
                                   
 
 
 
Throughout the year we organise activities and events such as a Nativity Service, Chinese New Year and Diwali celebrations shared with the school reception class and other special events such as a Grandparents Afternoon Tea, Mothers's Pamper Morning and Father's Forest School. We also go on visits within the community and further afield - such a lambing and harvest visits to local farms, and shared visits with the reception class. 

Fees & Funding Information

It is our intention to make our setting accessible to children and families from all sections of the local community through open, fair and clearly communicated procedures.

We are open for 38 weeks per year. The holidays are fixed and fall within the local school holidays. We will notify you each September of these dates.  There are 3 terms: approximately September to December, January to April and May to July. Each year we hold five INSET days when the nursery is closed. You will be given advance notice of these closures. In extreme circumstances nurseries may be closed at short notice due to floods, staff shortages, failure of services, natural disasters, disease, snow or adverse weather conditions, etc.

Our Charges

Description

Unit

Unit Price

Line total

 

Free entitlement hours –

  • 2-year-old Funding – 15 hours per week
  • 3–4-year-old Funding - 15 hours per week

·         Extended funding (eligibility code required) – up to additional 15 hours on top, totalling 30 hours per week

 

Included in the Funded Offer (Core Entitlement):

•       Trained staff delivering the EYFS

•       Use of the premises and learning environment

•       Access to age-appropriate toys, furniture, and resources

•       Basic consumables required to meet learning and care needs.

 

 

Weekly

 

 

Free

 

 

Free

 

Non funded hours or additional hours above total funded hours.

 

The Nursery funding grants will be used to give children their entitled free hours.  The Nursery will not take the amount off your child’s invoice total but will allocate the free hours and then charge at the fee rate for the rest of the hours not covered under the free entitlement.

Where funding is not received, then fees apply. 

Hourly

£6.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late Collection charge

per 15 minutes after session times have ended

£5

Maximum charge £20

 

Meals – Lunches

Meals are provided by CaterCater – hot meals and packed lunches are offered, ordered in advance through ParentPay booking system or on the day

 

Per meal

£2.55

£12.75 max/wk

 

·         Snacks – nutritious snacks are provided by the setting.

  • Premium or Enrichment activities that go beyond the core EYFS funded offer (e.g. forest school sessions and specialist equipment; cultural celebration days; cooking and baking ingredients; gardening sessions and equipment; extending child-led learning opportunities)
  • Sensory play enhancements for 2 year olds that enhance the core funded provision, including, but not limited to; shaving foam, gloop, chia seeds, jelly, flour, conditioner, soap flakes, bubbles, craft sand, paint, mud kitchen supplies and much more!

Per session

(voluntary charge)

£1.50

Maximum £3/day; £15/week

 

Consumables (chargeable) –

·         Nursery uniform – available from Gooch Sports, Newent paid directly to Gooch (no benefit to our setting)

Tibberton Primary Community School & Early Years - Gooch Sports

 

 

 

 

 

Additional voluntary charges, e.g. Trips and visits from external providers

 

 

Ad Hoc

Price dependent on trip costs etc.

TBC

 

Nursery Funding

Please refer to our Fees and Funding Policy and the Gloucestershire Local Provider Agreement 2025/26 GCC EY Local Provider Agreement 2526

Tax-Free Childcare

Government support is available to help with childcare fees, through Tax-Free Childcare (up to £2,000 per year – available to every child). For ALL children whose parents both work and earn the equivalent of 16 hours at minimum wage, but less than £100,000 per year individually. It is managed through an online HMRC account. You then pay us directly from your online account. For more information go to: www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare or How to use Tax-Free Childcare | Childcare Choices

Universal Credit Childcare

If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.

How Universal Credit Childcare works | Childcare Choices

 

Policies

PQ Nursery Fees and Funding Policy

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