9-24 mth children with 30 hrs funding can get 3 full days for free!

 Enabling Environments – ‘The Environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning’. (EYFS Principle).

At Greenacres we believe that building a child’s esteem and confidence is of the utmost importance. If children believe in themselves they will tackle each exciting challenge with confidence, thus learning for experience.

Our team of dedicated staff are committed to creating a secure and loving environment for your child to learn and develop. Each room has been appropriately equipped and the curriculum carefully planned to make learning fun and exciting for each age group.

Every child is unique and every child is special. Therefore the staff will welcome interaction from parents and look forward to regular opportunities to inform you of their progress. The profiles and learning plans of each child will help illustrate their growth, understanding and skills.

Greenacres provides care for all family needs with an understanding that busy lives often need flexibility. We are inspected by Ofsted and have an excellent relationship with the local Early Years Inclusion & Improvement Officer whom advises and guides us. We are assessed using the IQC (Improving Quality for Children) framework and are always looking ahead to see how we can make improvements.

Susan Green is the director and owner of Greenacres, with Michelle Strong as the area manager, Each site has a qualified and experienced branch manager, excellent qualified nursery officers and dedicated nursery assistants that further enhance the team.

 We endeavour to maintain a high ratio of qualified staff alongside training suitable team members to reach our high standards. We carefully place our staff according to experience, skills and personality to create the perfect teams for each room and then of course our next priority is to keep our staff.

We have a low staff turnover, which we relate primarily to our techniques of further training, regular appraisal system, appreciative incentive schemes and excellent working conditions.

A good keyworker system ensures that parents and children feel comfortable within the nursery and confidentiality is maintained. Many events, activities and opportunities are put into place to enable parents to get to know our staff which we believe aids parents in feeling confident about their child’s care..

 All children are very welcome at our facilities and will be given every opportunity to maximise their full potential and enjoy their day. We recognise each child’s individual needs without discrimination and enable everyone to celebrate their individuality positively.

Our nursery ensures each child is fully integrated into the environment and respects and gains from the diversity of the group. The setting and activities are regularly reviewed and adapted to ensure we continually meet the needs of every child’s rights to access a full programme appropriate to their interests and needs.

We believe that the health and safety of those in our care is of the utmost importance. We endeavour to ensure that Greenacres is a safe and healthy place for all children, staff, parents, carers and visitors.

The settings aim to make children, parents/carers, staff and other visitors aware of health and safety issues and to minimise the hazards and risks to enable the children to thrive in a healthy and safe environment. Child protection and the Safeguarding of children in our care is a responsibility that we take very seriously by following the guidelines of the Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Partnership.

 Resources and activities are carefully selected and recorded to allow children practical experience, opportunities to build on their natural curiosity and exercise the use of their imagination inclusive of language and mathematical skills.

Staff encourage children’s self confidence and develop their self esteem and independence, they will help children gently learn what is right and wrong and work closely with parents to build positive relationships. Records are kept to ensure each individual child’s educational needs are met and appropriate support and input are given to each developing skill.

Here at Greenacres we believe that it is important to provide nutritious balanced meals that are appropriate to each child’s individual dietary needs. The children are encouraged to make their own choices of healthy eating by being given information, advice and opportunity to choose through activities and mealtimes.

Staff work with parents to ensure that full information is shared to enable us to provide a diet that considers each child’s preferences, families cultural beliefs, allergies and chances to explore new tastes and textures. The provision of water is readily available for all ages throughout the day as staying hydrated is considered paramount to our children’s welfare. 

 Every child in Greenacres care has the right to a wonderful experience of fun, learning and development. It is important throughout that we are able to monitor your child’s progress individually and intervene early if any struggles are apparent. We work closely to support parents in conjunction with other professionals if needed. Our SENCo (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) alongside your keyworkers will ensure as a parent that you are informed, included and supported through any challenging times.

Our setting is a totally inclusive environment for every adult and child. We believe that each of us has needs personal to our individual being, so it sits naturally with us that any diverse, additional or complex needs will be accommodated as part our ethos. Barriers will be discarded and adaptations put in place to ensure that everyone who enters our building has the best possible experience regardless of individuality.

Differences are very positively celebrated and understood within a philosophy of respect for ourselves and each other.

 It is our responsibility to put the needs of children’s safety as paramount to our existence. Please do not be offended if questions are asked as your child’s protection is our priority. We work very hard to support every family unit and will never breach confidentiality or act unprofessionally.

There is much information available to explain our commitment to safeguarding and the procedures we follow. It is a good idea for all parents to be familiar with these policies and of course feel confident to discuss further how your child’s safety and wellbeing is put firmly in our hands when they are in our care.

We have a Designated Safeguarding Lead on site at the settings who is trained alongside your keyworker to support any parents who are experiencing difficult times and will make decisions on when a referral to the SPA team may be needed. Please take note of our Safeguarding Board to be assured of how seriously we take the safety and protection of your child.

Please see our Safeguarding policy below.

Our setting aims to provide a stimulating range of experiences and activities for children to make sense of the world through play.  We aim to provide situations in which children can develop self-discipline and self-esteem in an atmosphere of mutual respect and encouragement.

We recognise the importance of adults providing a role model for children. We acknowledge conflicts occur in childhood and adulthood and through viewing conflict as a learning opportunity children will gain a valuable lifelong skill that benefits themselves, their families and society. We believe in the use of positive discipline as a more effective way of setting limits for children. This will give children appropriate skills and strategies to deal with difficult situations.