Willow Nursery

 

Interested in Our Nursery? 

Please email willow@hethersettwoodside.norfolk.sch.uk

We held an information evening in June 2023 for our new parents, please find the presentation slides below: 

Welcome to Willow Nursery September 2024

Where children Learn to Care, Share and Grow

At Hethersett Woodside Willow Nursery you are assured of a warm welcome for your child and family. Our environment is warm, welcoming and nurturing and enables children to take their first steps away from  home, whilst teaching them the skills necessary for starting school. Our children feel secure, confident and happy and demonstrate an eagerness to learn. 

Willow Nursery is a maintained school nursery, providing care and education for children aged 2-4 years. It is led by our Assistant Head Teacher who oversees all Early Years education across the school and holds a recognised Early Years specialist qualification: Early Years Professional Status (EYPS). She teaches within the nursery alongside a team of experienced practitioners and assistants to deliver outstanding provision. 

Our provision is organised into two classes: 

  • Hedgehog Class (children aged 2-4 years) 
  • Squirrel Class (children aged 3-4 years)

In our Hedgehog room, we offer up to 20 places with sessions currently running every morning Monday to Friday. 

In our Squirrel room, we offer 26 places in each of our morning and afternoon classes (Monday – Friday), with lunchtime and all day provision for up to 15 children per day. This can be linked with our breakfast and afterschool club to provide families with flexible childcare, throughout term time. 

Please see the prospectus for package details and fee structure. 

We are a provider of Government funded early years education entitlement and offer both the universal 15 hours and extended 30 hours entitlement to all eligible 3 and 4 year olds. 2 year old funding can also be claimed for eligible families. 

We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS), which continues in our school Reception classes. 

Parents and the wider family are important to our work and we offer regular opportunities throughout the year to join us for play sessions and information evenings. 

Our Nursery teacher is also the Early Years SENDCO for the school and liaises closely with Speech and Language therapists, health visitors and other professionals to provide tailored support where needed. For  further information please see the SEND section of our website. 

For further details of our provision, please view our prospectus. You can also take a tour via several 360◦ photographs, taken when we moved in!

Links to other useful information can be found here: 

Willow Nursery Charging Policy
Willow Nursery Admissions Policy

Hethersett Woodside Primary and Nursery School
Coachmaker Way, Hethersett, Norwich NR9 3GN

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Mainwaring

Deputy Headteacher: Mr Sam Carter

Email: office@hethersettwoodside.org.uk • Tel: 01603 810674