Hours & Offers
At Play2Learn we are committed in helping children from 18 months to 5 years in developing their skills. We have a team of enthusiastic. and dedicated staff anf an excellent reputation built up over the years for working in partnership with parents, children and their families.
Opening times:
- The nursery is open term time only
- We are closed for all bank holidays
- We are open 5 days a week between 8am-4pm
- We offer the following types of care between the following times:
- Full Day Care, ½ day care, wrap around and pre school hours
- We provide care and education for young children between the ages of 18 months- 5 years
“Managers and staff keep parents well informed about their child’s progress and involve them in the planning of their children’s learning”
– Ofsted 2019
Why we are different to school nurseries!
- Higher staffing ratios – so your child receives more support
- Lots of exclusive activities included in our curriculum
- Forest schools
- Trips to the park
- Children help prepare their food everyday – which encourages good eating habits
- A sleep area – if your child needs a rest while they are with us we have a sleeping area and quiet area
- Environment – we offer a caring homely environment where all children can play together as they would at home, they are able to learn from each other and how to care for the younger children whilst supported by a qualified and dedicated practitioner
- Snacks – offered in the morning and afternoon, combines a choice of fruit or vegetables and a carbohydrate such as bread sticks, crackers or toast. This helps your child to concentrate and learn valuable social skills as they all sit down to eat at a small table together with 2 staff members (there is no extra charge for this)
- Parental support – we offer daily feedback through our eylog system but also provide face-to-face feedback as well as daily diaries. We invite parents in for workshops on early literacy, healthy eating, healthy teeth, road safety and many events such as Mother’s day, Father’s day, Eid, Diwali etc. You can truly be part of your child’s education!
Fees:
We offer flexible hours and prices to meet the needs of all families and their budgets.
Please call 0208 759 5017 for an individual quote.
Some things we can offer: *
- Flexible hours between 8am and 4pm
- Discounts for local businesses, teachers and carers
- Price match or better with local playgroups and nurseries (Terms apply)
- Homemade lunches available
- Sickness and absence flexibility
- Book hours from 2 days and up to 5 days a week
- Sibling discounts
*terms and conditions apply
Funding we accept:
- 2 year old funding for working parents
- 3&4 year old funding
- 30 hours
- Vouchers
No top ups are required, you may use only your funded hours in whichever way suits you best.
Funding information
30 Hours Entitlement
We are able to offer the 30 hours of funding flexibly throughout the week – between Monday and Friday term-time only
(We will open in the holidays if there’s enough demand)
Parents can check whether they could be eligible through a range of government childcare offers, including 30 hours, via Childcare Choices at https://childcarechoices.gov.uk or the Childcare Calculator at https://www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator. Those who could be eligible for 30 hours and/or Tax Free childcare will be directed to the digital childcare service to apply.
Example hours:
8am – 1pm
12.30pm – 4pm
8am – 4pm
8:45am -3:45pm
We will try and fit in the hours you require wherever possible.
Your child can have all their meals with us, which are prepared fresh daily, or you can provide healthy packed meals for your child at no extra charge
Lunch Menus
Menus work on rotation on a 4 weekly basis
Snack
We ask parents to provide a piece of fruit for their child for each day they attend at play2learn which they can eat at snack time. Once a month the nursery will provide a snack for all children to discover new tastes and textures.
Activities
There is a small annual charge to cover the cost of the activities we provide throughout the year, which are listed below.
Some of the activities:
- Graduation
- Father’s day
- Mother’s day
- Forest schools
- Workshops
- Healthy week
- Road safety
- Trips to the park, shops, library
- World Book Day
- Festival celebrations
- Listening and attention workshop
- PALS (Playing and Learning to Socialise)
Visiting the local park is lots of fun and helps develop our physical skills!
Forest schools allows us to learn about nature in real life!
We can find lots of different insects and plants and learn about what they do!
Sports day in a great way to play lots of games and compete with our friends in the sun!
Baking is so much fun and teacher us vital skills!
Making cards are a great way to celebrate
We learn all about road safety so that we can keep safe when we walk to nursery
We celebrate World Book Day by visiting the library and reading lots of books!
The librarian tells us all about how important books are!
Government funding to help with childcare costs:
Early Years Entitlement (EEE) and Early Learning Entitlement (ELE)
EEE: For all 3 year olds
Available the term after your child turns 3yrs old. 15 hours of free childcare per week, there is limited availability so please book early. If your child already attends nursery school this is not available.
ELE: Available to some 2 year olds
Did you know that your 2 year old child could get up to 15 hours of free childcare each week?
Do you earn less than £16,190 per year and receive Working Tax Credit?
Do you receive certain benefits?
If YES. you may qualify for free childcare.
Please contact the Early Years and Childcare Service to find out more.
Phone: 02085836421 or 02085832635
Website: www.hounslow.gov.uk/free2
Email: [email protected]