Nursery
'At Romilly Nursery, we aim to provide a happy, safe and secure environment that enables our children to reach their potential whilst learning to work and play together.'
Our Vision for Romilly School
We will deliver outstanding:
ACCESS, ATTITUDES and ACHIEVEMENT
For all children in our care.
Useful information
Our Staff
- Mrs Rees-Davies - Class Teacher
- Mrs King - Class Teacher
- Miss Daly - Learning Support Assistant
- Mrs S Williams - Learning Support Assistant
- Miss E Humphries - Learning Support Assistant
- Mrs M Bland- Learning Support Assistant
Contact information
- Address: Romilly Primary School, Romilly Road, Barry, CF62 6LF
- Phone number: 01446 736934
- Email address: office@romillyprimaryschool.co.uk
Nursery times
Morning session:
- Children should arrive at 8.45am
- Registration is at 8.55am
- Children should be collected at 11.20am.
Afternoon session:
- Children should arrive at 12.45pm
- Registration is at 12.50pm
- Children should be collected at 3.20pm.
When collecting a child from school, please say the name of the child you are collecting. We ask that an adult who is known to us collects your child. If, for any reason, someone unknown to us is collecting your child, we would ask you to notify us either in person, by phone or in writing.
We ask all parents to provide us with a 'password' in order to ensure that the arrangements are as secure as possible. We never allow children to leave nursery with a stranger.
If you are unavoidably delayed, please telephone the school to let us know, but we urge you to make every effort to be on time as it can be distressing for your child to see all the other children being collected, and they are still waiting. Regular and punctual attendance will help your child to settle into nursery and set good habits for the future.
Please let us know by phone or email if your child is absent from nursery for whatever reason.
Welcome to Romilly Nursery
Croeso i Ysgol Feithrin Romilly
At Romilly Nursery, as throughout the school, we respect all members of our community, with children viewing diversity in ability, background and culture as a positive, enriching experience. We aim to provide a happy, safe and secure environment that enables our children to reach their full potential whilst learning to work and play together.
The children experience the curriculum through structured play activities, which are planned by the Early Years staff using both the inside and outside classrooms. Parents are viewed as first teachers, and we would like your involvement and commitment to continue in their learning.
Sometimes, children will be taught individually and at other times they will be taught in small or larger groups. We aim to keep you fully up to date with your child's progress while they are with us in the nursery. Pupil progress will be shared with you during parent consultation meetings in the Autumn and Spring term and in an end-of-year report. If you wish to talk about your child's progress at any point in the year, you are invited to make an appointment with your child's class teacher, outside of teaching times.
Children in the nursery are encouraged to take part in a variety of activities following on from their interests and discoveries. We strongly believe that children learn by doing and therefore give children opportunities to gain first-hand experiences through play and lots of practical activities. These activities take place in both the indoor and outdoor classrooms.
We place great emphasis on developing the children's skills and understanding and encourage them to develop a positive attitude to their learning. We want the children to grow in confidence and independence. The children will be given opportunities to experience, explore and investigate new things to develop as individuals.
We place great importance on using the outdoor environment, so please ensure children always bring a coat to school. The children will explore and investigate the outdoors through activities and play. Outdoors, the children feel free to explore, investigate and make sense of the world around them. Children are welcome to use welly boots from our welly boot library. They can feel the change in the weather, discover the natural world and develop their physical strength in unrestricted space.
By providing your child with an appropriate holistic, flexible curriculum, we aim to:-
- Cater for individual needs
- Enhance positive attitudes towards learning
- Address developing needs
- Enable them to become lifelong learners
- Help them to develop socially, emotionally, physically, intellectually, culturally, spiritually and morally.
Across the year, the children will be engrossed in a range of themes and topics. We will be planning activities with the children across the six areas of learning and experiences in both the indoor and outdoor environment.
- Health and Well-being
- Language, Literacy and Communication
- Mathematical and Numeracy
- Science and Technology
- Humanities
- Expressive Arts
This will help them on their journey to become:
- Ambitious, capable learners
- Healthy, confident individuals
- Enterprising, creative contributors
- Ethically, informed citizens.
The Nursery Day- Example
|
Activity |
Morning |
Afternoon |
|
Doors open |
8.45 - 8.55 |
12.45 - 12.50 |
|
Register and daily routines |
8.55 - 9.10 |
12.50 - 1.05 |
|
Pupils access focused activities, continuous & enhanced provision |
9.10 - 10.50 |
1.05 - 2.45 |
|
Group teaching time and milk |
10.50 - 11.10 |
2.45 - 3.05 |
|
Story time |
11.10 - 11.25 |
3.05 - 3.20 |
|
Home time |
11.20 |
3.20 |
Starting Nursery
If you are thinking of making an application for a place at Romilly Nursery, you may wish to visit our nursery first.
You can check your school catchment area here on the Vale of Glamorgan Council website using your home postcode: https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/living/schools/Schools.aspx
If you would be interested in visiting the Nursery at Romilly Primary School, please complete this form with all the information, and you will be contacted when the next open evening takes place:
Or scan this QR code to complete the form:
We recognise that starting a nursery can be a daunting experience for children and parents alike. With this in mind, we will offer a ‘Meet the Teacher’ session where both you and your child will be able to visit the nursery and meet the staff.
Following this visit, your child will be allocated either a morning or afternoon place within the nursery and will be assigned their nursery teacher. Please note we do not always run afternoon nursery sessions.
If your child has any additional learning needs or medical conditions, please contact the school so we can discuss the best ways to support your child prior to them starting.
Toileting
We want to ensure all children have the best possible learning experience in nursery.
While we fully understand that every child develops at their own pace, and that some children may have additional learning needs, but it is our expectation that children attending nursery are able to use the toilet with a reasonable level of independence. Please work with your child to ensure they are toilet trained and wearing pants before starting nursery.
We appreciate that children will have the occasional accident, so it is important that they have had the opportunity to practise changing themselves if that happens, and it is worth sending them with a bag of spare clothes etc.
It is a good idea to make sure that your child is wearing clothes which allow them to go to the toilet independently. Jumpsuits, trousers with belts, buttons or metal fastenings are not advisable as children can find these difficult to manage independently. We would suggest joggers or trousers with elasticated waistbands.
Toilet Training Advice & Support - ERIC website
For toilet training advice, you may find the 'ERIC' toilet training website useful as it has some excellent advice and resources to help you with toilet training prior to starting nursery.
Medical information
Please keep us updated with any allergies, intolerances or medications which your child may have.
If you child needs to take medication at school, please complete a consent form below:
https://www.romillyprimaryschool.co.uk/page/?title=Medication+Consent+Form&pid=89
Illness
If your child is unwell, please keep him/her at home for the sake of your child and the health and well-being of other children. If your child is unwell during the session, we will contact you. Please make sure we have your correct details at all times.
Home School Links
We strongly believe that a positive partnership between parents and school will benefit your child. We therefore encourage links between homes and nursery in the following ways:
- By sending home regular newsletters with information about what is happening in the nursery
- By inviting you into the nursery for concerts and special events
- By running workshops
There are many ways you can help support a child's learning in nursery by:
- Helping your child to become independent:
- Teaching them how to use the toilet and wash their hands on their own − Recognise their belongings
- Put on their coat and do the zip
- Put on socks, shoes and Wellington boots
- Singing nursery/number rhymes and songs
- Practise taking turns and sharing
- Reading a story with your child – pointing out describing words, opposites
- Exploring and investigating their environment (e.g. visiting the beach or park)
- Helping your child with home tasks in the Nursery newsletter
- Touch counting at home - showing your child hoe to count items as they touch them
You can help us by
- Bringing your child to school and collecting them on time.
- Letting us know if someone different will be collecting your child from the nursery.
- Letting us know if your personal circumstances change.
- Dressing your child in practical clothes e.g. elasticates waist trousers or shorts.
- Teaching your child how to put their coat on independently.
- Labelling all of your child's belongings
- Teaching your child how to use scissors safely
- Do not allow your child to bring toys or other belongings to the nursery unless requested by the teacher.
- Remembering that children should be able to use the toilet independently and change themselves if they have a toileting accident.
- Teaching your child how to use scissors for cutting out
- On Fridays, please remind your child to bring their book bag so they can choose a book to borrow.
Open Door Policy
We both have something in common: the welfare of your child.
If there is anything worrying you or your child, please do not hesitate to share your concerns with us. We are always here for you and are always happy to talk to you.
We hope your child will be happy and gain a lot of worthwhile and valuable experiences from our nursery. We look forward to working with you and your child as they start their learning journey.