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Victoria Park Children's Centre | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Victoria Park Children's Centre
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Victoria Park Children's Centre
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- Newbury RG14 1EH
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: A highly rich and stimulating environment is provided and children have excellent opportunities to make choices in their play.
Activities: Children enjoy a variety of activities including a cress growing activity and tricycle riding.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff are skilled at interacting purposefully with children to promote different areas of learning and pitch small group times, such as story time, to just the right level.
Communication: An ongoing dialogue occurs verbally which means parents are fully informed of their child's play session.
Community Building: A strong emphasis is placed on developing successful partnerships with parents, many of whom the staff know extremely well.
Staff Training: All staff have attended safeguarding training and are confident in their roles and responsibilities with regards to reporting any concerns.
Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs are supported generally well by a member of staff who gives them one to one attention; they happily enjoy and achieve playing alongside the other children.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: The staff team work extremely well together, reflecting and evaluating the practice that takes place at the holiday club.
Safeguarding Training: All staff have attended safeguarding training and are confident in their roles and responsibilities with regards to reporting any concerns.
Play and Learning Integration: Children are fully engaged in purposeful, active play activities of their own choosing.
Transition to Primary School: Children demonstrate a good understanding of what standards of behavior are expected of them.
Child Safety Management: Good safeguarding procedures are in place to protect children. A robust recruitment and vetting procedure means that all staff at the holiday club hold a clear Criminal Records Bureau check.
Children's Safety and Security: All children show a strong sense of security and feel safe within the setting.
Teaching Personal Safety: Good explanations are given on how to keep safe by the staff.
Happiness and Settling: All children show a strong sense of security and feel safe within the setting.
Nutritional Menu: Children enjoy preparing a healthy snack mid-afternoon of banana, apple and kiwi, while talking to adults about eating healthily and composting.
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Children who are eligible for 15 hours per week of free early education can begin in the main Nursery School the term after they turn 3 years old.
If this applies to you, your kid will be able to attend nursery school for 5 sessions per week for free. The government also funds some 2-year-olds to attend nursery school.
We have places for 3 and 4 year old children qualifying for the Governments 30 hours funding scheme, and parents should supply their validation code and NI number to the office with their childs registration form to secure a place.
We normally have enough room for all the kids who want it, but we always suggest that you apply long before the start date you desire for your child to join us.
For an application packet, call the office, or download and fill out the form below.
Please note that we will need to see a copy of your childs birth certificate before confirming that we can provide a place for them.
Our admissions committee meets every term, just before the half-term holiday and children will be admitted for the next school term, according to our policy (see policies tab).
We like to ensure that every child has a good transition from home to Nursery so for this reason, we usually only admit the children at the start of each school term.
We set aside time to complete a home visit and arrange a quiet session at Nursery School when you can have a settling in visit with your child.
Below is a copy of our settling in method.
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If this applies to you, your kid will be able to attend nursery school for 5 sessions per week for free. The government also funds some 2-year-olds to attend nursery school.
We have places for 3 and 4 year old children qualifying for the Governments 30 hours funding scheme, and parents should supply their validation code and NI number to the office with their childs registration form to secure a place.
We normally have enough room for all the kids who want it, but we always suggest that you apply long before the start date you desire for your child to join us.
For an application packet, call the office, or download and fill out the form below.
Please note that we will need to see a copy of your childs birth certificate before confirming that we can provide a place for them.
Our admissions committee meets every term, just before the half-term holiday and children will be admitted for the next school term, according to our policy (see policies tab).
We like to ensure that every child has a good transition from home to Nursery so for this reason, we usually only admit the children at the start of each school term.
We set aside time to complete a home visit and arrange a quiet session at Nursery School when you can have a settling in visit with your child.
Below is a copy of our settling in method.
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 25th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 20th Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 22nd Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 4th Sep 2024 - 24th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 19th Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 23rd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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