meet our manager - AGnesE
welcome to yewtree nursery school
My name is Agnese and I am the manager at Jack in the box at Yewtree.
I hold an NVQ level 5 in Childcare and Management and leadership. I Began my career in Childcare 15 years ago as a volunteer to gain experience to be able to undertake NVQ level 3 in Childcare. After that I became a qualified practitioner leading to Deputy Manager then Manager.
I feel so proud to have been part of the Yewtree setting from its foundations stage, being lucky enough to be part of the opening team. I worked alongside the Manager as Deputy to develop and role out a happy and successful setting which offers quality childcare for children
I am very passionate and take deep pride in working with children, their families, and all the team at Jack in the Box. I lead a team of 8 child care practitioners and together we provide a stimulating happy environment, full of learning and play opportunities for all of our children.
I very much value my working relationship with the parents, ensuring we are providing good care for their children whilst in our setting, but also rolling that over into home learning opportunities. Every day I ensure that at the door on welcoming the children I offer support, conversation and updates on their children’s learning, behaviour and development.
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Breakfast Club - 8.00am-9.00am
£7.00
AM Session - 9.00am-12.00pm
£21.00
Lunch Club - 12.00pm-1.00pm
£7.00
PM Session - 1.00pm-3.00pm
£14.00
Tea Club - 3.00pm-4.00pm
£7.00
FEES & FUNDING
Email: jitbyewtree@hotmail.com
Address: Cattsdell, Highfield, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 5SF
Download registration form
Contact Agnese on: 01442 252846 or 07960 381 422
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.
Key moments in your childs day
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
Living Eggs
As you are aware, we have been doing some fundraising for our garden, and we are so grateful for all of your
generosity. To continue this momentum, we will be hosting gardening week on week commencing 9th June
where parents/grandparents/family members will be invited to come and plant some seeds/bulbs with the
children and explore our outdoor environment. If you are able to donate anything such as: Bark
Planters, Bulbs, watering cans etc we would be extremely grateful. We look forward to watching the flowers/
plants growing over the coming weeks and our outdoor environment become even more appealing. Please look
out for the shoots to start growing and talk to your child/ren about, what you are observing.
Gardening Week
Photos will be taken this term on 24th June. 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
All children due to start reception in September 2025 should have now been allocated a school. Please complete and return the transition slip which will be
coming home this week to tell us which school you have been allocated, even if you are planning to appeal.
Depending on demand, we are also hoping to run a school transition meeting to help you prepare and understand school expectations. Please tick the box on the form to let us know whether you’d be interested in this.
School Leavers
Living eggs is a very exciting life cycle programme that enables children to see chicks hatching from their eggs. This is a two-week comprehensive programme
providing all you need to successfully hatch chicks in our Nursery. They will be placed in the classroom so every child every day will have access to the chicks.
We will also welcome all parents and siblings to be part of this where you can come and see our chicks whilst they are with us. This is a very reputable
company which keeps the chicks, health, and welfare at the heart of the programme. Jack in the Box will be funding part of this, but we would be grateful of a donation of £10 per child. (if your child receives EYPP you will not need to pay this).
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.
