opening times

The nursery is open from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
We are open year round, except for bank holidays and a 2 week shutdown at Christmas.

prices

Sessions	3 months to 2 years old	2 years to 5 years old
Half day session (8am - 1pm OR 1pm - 6pm)	£26.00	£25.00
Full Day (8am - 6pm)	£48.00	£46.00
Additional hours on top of a half day session (by special arrangement)	£6.50 per hour

Fees include:

• Nappies and wipes
• Healthy meals, snacks and drinks
• French lessons for children over 2 years old

A registration fee of L30, a completed Placement Request Form and a refundable (on leaving) deposit of L50 are required to secure your child's place.

Early Years Free Entitlement (EYFE) enables your child to claim 15 free hours of nursery each week, which starts the term after their 3rd birthday. This entitlement is available in term time only (38 weeks a year).

We offer complimentary settling in sessions with plenty of opportunities for your child to gain confidence in readiness for the start of their nursery experience. We consider this a very important time for us all to get to know one another.

Meals

The meals that we provide are:
Breakfast 8am - 8.30am, Mid-morning snack, Lunch at 11.45am and light tea at 3.15pm

The Café in the Crypt based in the community centre provide freshly prepared, healthy, nutritious home cooked lunches and teas, which are included in the nursery fees.

We are able to cater for any special dietary meals and provide a daily vegetarian alternative.

Our menus are rotated on a 6 weekly cycle and are posted on the notice board outside the nursery door.

We offer children drinks of water throughout the day and the option to have milk at snack time.

The baby unit are responsible for storing and preparing all formula and expressed milk. Mothers are welcome to breast feed in the nursery if they wish to.

Sample Weekly Menu

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
L u n c h	Meatballs with spaghetti and vegetables v. veggie balls with spaghetti	Salmon fishcakes and vegetables v. mozzarella potato cakes with vegetables	Sausage and mashed potato, vegetables and onion gravy v. Quorn sausages and mashed potato, vegetables and onion gravy	Shepherds pie with vegetables v. Quorn mince pie with vegetables	Tuna and pasta bake with carrots v. Broccoli & cheese pasta bake with carrot & green beans
T e a	Scotch Pancakes and grapes	Assorted sandwiches & carrot sticks	Baked beans on toast & fruit	Toasted teacakes & pineapple	Humous & vegetable sticks with toast