Welcome to our Early Years Foundation Stage
We believe that Early Years education should be exciting, stimulating, well organised and fun. At Moat Hall we strive to ensure that every child receives the very best possible start to their education that they deserve.
Our ethos is centred around developing and nurturing the whole child…their emotional, social and personal development as well as academic success.
We have a vibrant setting where the classrooms are exciting and engaging, enabling the children to become active and enthusiastic learners. We also have access to the IT suite, library, PE hall and outdoor grounds.
All of our activities are play based and planned in accordance with Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. Whilst the children’s interests are always at the forefront of our planning, other topics include ‘Pirate’s, ‘Nursery rhymes’ and ‘Down on the farm’. We also have regular ‘WOW’ days where we might dress up or have special visitors!
There are four areas to our EYFS unit:
Moat Hall Minis : children aged 2-3 years have their own room and outdoor space.
Pre-School: when children are 3 they transition into this room where they share the provision with Nursery
Nursery (Caterpillars): children learn all the skills required to prepare them for Reception.
Reception (Butterflies): children have their own indoor provision.
Children can join our setting at any point during the academic year (subject to availability). We recommend that you visit us to take a look around our provision and complete a booking form with your requirements.
We offer 15 and 30 hour funded places, Think 2 funded places and fee paying places. We also accept all childcare vouchers. Currently we have 16 places in our 2 year old room and 52 places for our 3-4 year olds.
Children may stay for full day sessions and have lunch at school in our indoor garden room. They can either bring a packed lunch or have a school dinner, freshly prepared for us by our 5* rated kitchen.