meet our manager - kayleigh
welcome to brockswood nursery school
My name is Kayleigh and I am the manager at Jack in the box at Brockswood. I hold an NVQ level 3 in children’s care, learning and development. I began my childcare career in 2004 working as an early years practitioner to becoming a manager. I have experience working in a range of settings, as well as creating a nursery from its foundations to an established setting.
I have developed my knowledge and skills over these years and I enjoy being a part of each child’s individual development and ensuring each child receives the support which is needed. I am very passionate in working closely with my team and all families to ensure all children are provided with lots of learning and play opportunities to develop their skills giving all of them the confidence and the best possible start in life. I enjoy watching the children come into nursery seeking challenges, having fun and most importantly being happy and carefree. Myself and my passionate team would love to welcome your family to Jack in the box.
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Breakfast Club - 8.00am-8.45am
£7.00
AM Session - 8.45am-11.45pm
£21.00
Lunch Club - 11.45pm-12.30pm
£6.50
PM Session - 12.30pm-3.30pm
£21.00
Tea Club - 3.30pm-4.00pm
£6.00
FEES & FUNDING
Email: Jackintheboxatbrockswood@hotmail.com
Address: Shenley Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 7QH
Download registration form
Contact Kayleigh on: 01442249328 / 07852914934
NURSERY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
At Jack in the Box we follow a structure of learning, development and care for children from birth to five years old. This is called the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and it enables your child to learn through a range of activities.
The EYFS ensures:
- Children learn through play
- Providers work closely with parents
- You are kept up to date on your child’s progress
- The welfare, learning and all-round development of children with different backgrounds and levels of ability, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.
time table key
Self Registration
As children enter the nursery for the start of their session, their name card will be displayed. Please support your child at the start of each session to find their name.
Small Group Time
This is a time for children to work daily in small groups with the same practitioner to work on key skills and next steps.
Stories, Songs & Rhymes
Stories, songs & Rhymes are an integral part of every session. This supports their COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT as well as nurturing their love of books.
C.I.P / A.I.A and Free Flow Play
Children are supported during Child Initiated Play (C.I.P). This is where the children choose to free flow play within the nursery. This includes both indoor and outdoor play. During this time Adult Initiated Activities (A.I.A) are available for children derived from their next steps.
Lunch Time
This is a sociable occasion where children eat with practitioners and peers. Children then have the opportunity to look at books with their peers. We promote healthy eating. Please remember no products with nuts and ensure that your child's food is cut in a safe way for your child to eat.Please look at our lunch box idea leaflet HERE
Rolling Snack
Every day children are provided with fruit, water, milk and other snacks throughout their session. Fresh water is available all day.
Open Classroom
All activities your child has available to them are linked to the potential learning following the Early Years Foundation Stage (E.Y.F.S) and their individual interests. Parents and carers are welcome to share their child's learning journal with their child's key person at any time or during our terms open classrooms.
dates for your diary
All activities your child has available to them are linked to potential learning following the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) if you have any questions about the curriculum, please ask your child’s key person. Parents will have a chance to look through their child’s Journal and your child’s key person will be giving you a 10-minute time slot. Please sign up to a time slot between 9.05am-10.30am on your key workers allocated day. Please ask a member of staff to sign you up. Kayleigh/Paige Monday 10th July. Nicola/ Donna Tuesday 11th July. Els/ Mandy Wednesday 12th July Kelly/Kerry Thursday 13th July
Open classroom
We will be holding three different rhyme time sessions for the children on Wednesday 10th May at 9.05am, Wednesday 17th May 9.05am and Wednesday 24th May 9.05am. There will be weekly rhyme time packs available, please speak to a member of staff if you would like packs to be sent home with your child to keep and support your singing at home.
Rhyme time sessions
Photos will be taken this term on Friday 5th May if your child does not attend these days and you would like your child’s photo taken then please add their name to a time on the list placed on the window closer to the time. Pm children’s photos will be taken when they come in and sibling shoots can be arranged throughout the day.
Photos by the two photographers
We continue to receive weekly outstanding tennis sessions on a Wednesday AM. These lessons are funded by the company Get Set for tennis and local council grants. To continue lessons, we ask for a £7 donation to cover travel costs which is £1 per child per week. Please if you can make the donation and complete the separate letter to ensure our lessons continue at Brockswood.
Get Set For Tennis
Operation Encompass:
Jack in the box is part of Operation Encompass. This is a police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Abuse. Operation Encompass means that the police or your child’s health visitor will share information about Domestic Abuse incidents with our nursery PRIOR to the start of the next nursery day when they have been called to a domestic incident.
Once our DSP has attended at an Operation Encompass briefing/telephone call, they will cascade the principles of Operation Encompass to the DDSP. Parents/ cares are made aware that we are an Operation Encompass nursery within our parental information sharing boards where posters are displayed, as well as on our website. The Operation Encompass information is stored in paper form with all other confidential safeguarding and child protection information away from the child’s normal file. The settings DSP and DDSP have undertaken training on Operation Encompass, the prevalence of Domestic Abuse and the impact of this abuse on children and have discussed how we can support our children following the Operation Encompass notification. Staff are aware that they must do nothing that puts the child/ren or the non-abusing adult at risk.
The DSP and DDSP used the Operation Encompass Toolkit to ensure that all appropriate actions has been taken by the nursery.
