Welcome to Sherborne House School's Nursery where children aged six months to four years have the best possible introduction to education through a nurturing, stimulating and playful environment, fostering independence and creativity in every child.
Our Rooms
Our Nursery is divided into three different rooms, allowing children to thrive in small groups and receive individual attention. Our three rooms are:
Our Curriculum
At Sherborne House Nursery, we follow the Early Years foundation stage (EYFS) Curriculum and ensure that each phase of a child’s learning is extended through wider experiences inside and outside the classroom.
The children learn in very small class sizes through a combination of planned and child-initiated, stimulating play activities. Following the seven prime areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, teaching topics are led by the children’s interests. The children in Owls class (aged 3 - 4 years) also benefit from weekly specialist French, music and P.E lessons which help to broaden their curriculum and experiences further.
The seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum include:
Prime Areas
Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Making relationships, Self-confidence and self-awareness, Managing feelings and behaviours
Physical Development: Moving and handling, Health and self-care
Communication and Language: Listening and Attention, Understanding, Speaking
Specific Areas
Literacy: Reading and Writing
Mathematics: Numbers, Shape, Space and Measure
Understanding the World: People and Communities, The World, Technology
Expressive Arts and Design: Exploring and using media and materials, Being imaginative
Read more about our Nursery curriculum in our Nursery booklet. This booklet will provide more detail about the specific curriculum for each room within the nursery. It will also show how the curriculum in each room is linked and built upon as a child progresses through the Nursery. You can download our Nursery booklet by clicking here.
Daily Routines
Our Nursery is open all year round Monday to Friday from 7:30am until 6pm.
Parents can choose from a full day (7:30am - 6pm), a morning half day (7:30am - 1pm) or an afternoon half day (1pm - 6pm). Our Nursery fees can be found on our fees page, here.
Below you can download the daily routines of the Hedgehog and Badger rooms as well as the timetable for the Owl room. We are able to be, however, completely flexible in routine to suit the individual needs of each child.
Hedgehog room daily routine - click here to download
Badger room daily routine - click here to download
Owl room daily timetable - click here to download
Insight into Nursery
Discover more about life in Nursery and what makes us so special. Scroll through some of our latest videos below. Click on the image to watch the video.
What Our Parents Think
Parent Resources
Starting Nursery for the first time can be a big step for both you and your child. At Sherborne House, we aim to work with parents to make the transition as easy as we can for all the family. In addition to the downloadable resources below, you can read more about transitions on our transitions page.
Parent and Toddler Events
Throughout the year, we hold special parent and toddler classes called 'Story Adventures'. Our Story Adventure events offer an invaluable opportunity for children and parents to gain further insight into life in Nursery. To discover more about our Story Adventure events, please click here.