Hedgehogs
Welcome to Wellington Nursery
Welcome to Wellington Nursery. We provide a caring, exciting and happy atmosphere for children from the age of 2 and ½ years old to attend and take their first steps into education.
I thought I would introduce myself and talk about our wonderful nursery. My name is Emily Sevenoaks and I am the nursery manager. I work very closely with my nursery assistant, Clare Bowcott who has been a well-loved member of the Wellington School community for quite some time. We also work very closely with our Head of EYFS, Miss Evans to help strengthen our links with Reception and help develop our understanding and planning of the early year’s environment.
In the Nursery, we take pride in carefully planning stimulating and structured activities built around the children’s interests however allowing for free flow and child-initiated play. With our experienced staff, all children are encouraged to explore, learn and discover. We implement a topic-based approach to learning but are flexible to changes where we support the development of the whole child.
Our Nursery setting offers one large classroom with an adjoining wet area for all our messy fun. We also have an adjoining sheltered outdoor area with access to a large playground, fields and a wooded forest school area.
Our staff support positive relationships with both children and parents. We are open from 8:45 – 3:15pm each day and you can choose which days and sessions best suit you and your child, with the option of half day, full day and breakfast and after-school provision. Breakfast club is open 7:45-8:30 and afterschool club runs from 3:00-5:30, 4:15 on Fridays.
Through careful observation and assessment, we can establish each child’s next steps. We use tapestry as a communicational guide to help support positive relationships with parents and support strong connections between each child’s home and school life.
At Wellington Nursery, every child’s happiness is of paramount importance. We want all the children in our care to feel happy, safe and for their experiences to guide and support them for their next adventures in education. Please feel free to contact the school reception or email myself or Miss Evans directly for any more information.
Contact details: kevans@fernacademytrust.co.uk : esevenoaks@fernacademytrust.co.uk or phone our school office on 01432 830264.
Spring Term Newsletter
hedgehogs autumn term newsletter 25.pdf
Summer Term Learning: Ladybugs
In Hedgehogs, we have been carefully looking after our very own ladybird eggs. We placed the eggs into our observatory bug land and we explored the life cycle of a ladybug. The children noticed that the eggs had turned to larva. The next stage was an exciting one as we watched the larva build their chrysalis. We had to wait a very long time (10 days) until we observed one of our ladybird’s hatch. The children were so excited to spot not only 1, but 7 of our chrysalis’s had hatched. As a class we decided to set our lovely ladybirds free in our very own bug hotel we created in forest school. The ladybirds were very friendly, we got to hold some and we hope they enjoy their new home! 
Spring Term: Animals Interactive
Hedgehogs had such an exciting visitors to celebrate the end of Spring term. We had the wonderful Animals Interactive come and visit us with some wonderfully unique and different animals. The children got to hold, stroke and feed some amazing animals including a Skunk, Giant Snake, Meerkat, Tortoise, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Mice, Rats, Bearded Dragon, Chameleon and an Owl. The children (and adults) were incredibly brave and used kind hands when handling all the animals. A huge thank you to the amazing team at Animals Interactive who taught us all something new about these wonderful animals and enhanced our understanding of the world.
What a fantastic experience!
Please Don’t Forget…
- Healthy/appropriate snacks and lunchboxes to be provided please
- A labelled bottle of water
If you would like your child to have hot dinners, please speak to Mrs Pennington in the office.
If you have any questions regarding nursery please speak to Miss Sevenoaks (Nursery Manager) or Clare (Nursery assistant).
Email: esevenoaks@fernacademytrust.co.uk
