Aboyne Lodge St Albans

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Apple Daycare Ltd will open at Aboyne Lodge Primary School in the centre of St Albans in early 2025.

The building is purpose built early years indoor space with the added benefit of its own dedicated garden/play area.

Care is provided for Children from birth to five years [the term after the child's 5th birthday].

We will accept funding from 9 months+ and accept Working Families 2, 3 & 4 year old funding as well as the 15 hours Universal Funding. Parents will also be able to add additional hours to their Child's funded hours to meet their specific family needs.

Aboyne Lodge will be managed by Tammy, who is a fully qualified Early Years Teacher (L7) and she will be ably assisted by Alex who holds a Level 6 in Early Childhood Education. The remainder of the team will be made up of L3, L2 and apprentices training towards their L2 and L3.

Our in-house chef will prepare a variety of fresh home cooked meals each day and many baking activities with the children. Tammy has designed an outstanding learning opportunity for all the children.

Our teachers provide learning plans for the children individually which extends the learning for those excelling in the younger age groups and for those due to graduate to school at the end of their time at Apple and for those with Specific Educational Needs. We embrace diversity and recognise the benefit to our whole community to live, learn and play together.

The Nursery will open Monday-Friday from 07:30-18:30 all year around.

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There are areas of development that the government expect children to be supported in.

These prime areas include; Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development Communication and Language Development, Specific areas Include: Maths, Creative Learning, Expressive Art and Design, Understanding of the World and Literacy.

We as practitioners will incorporate all of these areas of learning into each child’s daily routine, giving each child the opportunity to develop in every area at their pace.

We encourage a mixed age group where younger children will learn from and feel valued by the older children and the older children learn empathy and responsibility whilst in the company of the younger ones.

We make sure that all activities are tailored to be age and stage appropriate.