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Arlesdene Nursery School and Pre-School
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Arlesdene Nursery School and Pre-School
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- Broxbourne EN8 9DW
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Outstanding
| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Effectiveness of leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children are immersed in opportunities to act out and retell stories.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children are safe and play well alongside each other.
Philosophy: Leaders and staff have designed an aspirational curriculum.
Activities: Real-life experiences, such as putting on a family picnic to learn about the king鈥檚 coronation, bring learning to life.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff use every opportunity to make each teachable moment count.
Communication: Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the care and education their children receive.
Community Building: Families are invited into school regularly to share books and learn about each other鈥檚 home languages and interests.
Programs and Resources: Leaders have developed an exemplary provision specifically for children with complex SEND.
Staff Training: Staff have had training on how to ensure interactions benefit all children, particularly those who are non-verbal or children who speak English as an additional language.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are caring and very skilled.
Safeguarding Training: Leaders have ensured that all staff understand their responsibilities to keep children safe.
Play and Learning Integration: Children learn how to share and behave well through taking note of the positive role models around them.
Transition to Primary School: Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well and are exceptionally well prepared for their next stage of education.
Diversity Management: Staff ensure that children celebrate different faiths and customs in a way that makes sense to them.
Child Safety Management: Adults sensitively intervene, when necessary, to enable all children to be independent and safe.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are safe and play well alongside each other.
Teaching Personal Safety: Information is shared with parents and children about keeping safe, including online.
Happiness and Settling: Children love attending Arlesdene Nursery and Pre-school.
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About Us
Arlesdene Nursery School and Pre-School is a Nursery, Co-Ed Nursery located in Hertfordshire, East of England.
This nursery accepts children from 2-5 years old.
Currently, the nursery has 120 students enrolled.
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Vision and Aims
Our Vision
Explore, Learn and Flourish
Together we take our first steps to be the best we can
Aim
To work in partnership with parents to help children to achieve the best they can through:
Ensuring that everyone is made to feel safe, welcome, valued and respected
Providing high quality care and learning in supportive and stimulating environments
Supporting and embracing each individual鈥檚 unique qualities and needs
Sharing children鈥檚 progress and achievements with parents and carers and to support them to help their child to learn at home
Valuing and respecting parents and carers as their child鈥檚 first educator
Working in partnership with others to support the needs of our families
Reflecting on our practice and responding accordingly so that we meet the needs of the children and their families
Values and Beliefs
We believe that:
Everyone should be made to feel welcome, valued and respected
We all have the right to achieve our full potential.
Children learn most effectively through first-hand experiences, play and talk
Everyone learns best when they are happy, secure and have a high sense of wellbeing
Children achieve when we know them well and respond to their developmental needs and interests
Children and families need to feel safe and secure within our school
Children thrive when parents/carers, staff and children share their learning
We should support parents to be the best parents they can
It is important to use feedback in order to evaluate our work and to plan future provision
Seeking the views of all those involved in the school is important and helps us plan future developments
Equality should be promoted, diversity celebrated and discrimination addressed
Everyone has a valuable role in shaping the future of Arlesdene
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Our Vision
Explore, Learn and Flourish
Together we take our first steps to be the best we can
Aim
To work in partnership with parents to help children to achieve the best they can through:
Ensuring that everyone is made to feel safe, welcome, valued and respected
Providing high quality care and learning in supportive and stimulating environments
Supporting and embracing each individual鈥檚 unique qualities and needs
Sharing children鈥檚 progress and achievements with parents and carers and to support them to help their child to learn at home
Valuing and respecting parents and carers as their child鈥檚 first educator
Working in partnership with others to support the needs of our families
Reflecting on our practice and responding accordingly so that we meet the needs of the children and their families
Values and Beliefs
We believe that:
Everyone should be made to feel welcome, valued and respected
We all have the right to achieve our full potential.
Children learn most effectively through first-hand experiences, play and talk
Everyone learns best when they are happy, secure and have a high sense of wellbeing
Children achieve when we know them well and respond to their developmental needs and interests
Children and families need to feel safe and secure within our school
Children thrive when parents/carers, staff and children share their learning
We should support parents to be the best parents they can
It is important to use feedback in order to evaluate our work and to plan future provision
Seeking the views of all those involved in the school is important and helps us plan future developments
Equality should be promoted, diversity celebrated and discrimination addressed
Everyone has a valuable role in shaping the future of Arlesdene
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 24th Jul 2025 - 2nd Sep 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 23rd Jul 2025 |
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