Round and Round the Gardens Childcare
About Us
About Us!
Here at Round and Round the Gardens, emphasis is put on each child developing at his/her own pace, with lots of appropriate encouragement, guidance and support from well qualified and experienced practitioners. Children are encouraged to work on a one to one basis, in small groups or individually, both indoors and outdoors. Children work on projects, explore and learn to co-operate and share with each other, make choices, learn how to 'be' in certain situations, make discoveries for themselves, take care of the environment and have FUN!
You will embark on a journey that will be happy, fun-loving, a successful learning experience for you and your child!
Keep scrolling down for: Mission Statement, Our Classrooms, Our Clubs, Creativity, Outside Space, Nursery operation,
Fees and Funding information.
Mission Statement
‘Commitment to children, their care and life-long learning in Early Years’
Round and Round the Gardens Childcare believes that all children are individuals.
We strive to provide a welcoming, happy, calm and caring environment where children are able to play and learn at their own pace, whilst making discoveries and choices for themselves along the way and through their own interests.
In doing this it is our aim to provide a nurturing environment that facilitates children’s learning and development enabling them to grow in confidence, self esteem and develop their own personalities and spirituality within a framework of appropriate expectation and continuity.
The environment at Round and Round the Gardens will be open and welcoming; with a home from home feeling which includes everyone. It will be rich in opportunities and will reflect the world today, as well as being appropriately stimulating and safe, with a degree of risk taking involved, so as to encourage fun and experimentation with a wide range of materials inside and outdoors.
We understand that parents are children’s primary carers and acknowledge that only by working in partnership with parents throughout the setting, can we fully understand the need of each individal chilld.
We view communication with the children, their families and staff, throught the setting, as a vital tool and will aid the process of communication in any way necessary for the needs of the children in our care.
Staff are experienced and will be excellent role models for the children in our care. They will seek to develop their personal skills and knowledge so that they are always best placed to identify the needs of the individual child and their families.
As a provision our standards will always be high and practice always reflected upon.
Our ‘door will be open’ to all.
Our Classrooms
There are areas to explore within the provision that enable children to make discoveries and learn. The rooms are divided into areas, which cover each area of the curriculum: Personal Social & Emotional Development, Communication, & Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Knowledge & Understanding, Creative Development and Physical Development.
All of the curriculum areas inter-weave, and creativity is practised across all of these areas, both indoors and outdoors. The environment encourages exploration on all sorts of levels—from what has been, to what it ‘is’, to what can be. Children explore different cultures, religions, beliefs, learn about the world around them, use their imaginations and indulge themselves in creativity. From sand/water to painting and clay; large ‘messy’ projects and wonderful resources that promote investigation, language and literacy skills, phonic awareness and encourage physical development. The classroom is ‘child-sized’ and equipment accessible to all children; the rooms are light, airy and spacious.
Use of IT and ICT across the curriculum, together with music, dance, physical activities, construction, role-play, art area, puzzles, matching, sorting, problem solving, developing mathematical, literacy and expressive language skills are on-going throughout the session. There are of course adult supported activities for children to take part in too!
Our Clubs
We believe it is important to provide that added extra to our sessions, all
incorporated within our session cost.
Pyjama Drama
Lynsey of Pyjama Drama comes in to Round and Round the Gardens on a Wednesday morning.
The aim of the programme is not to create future stars of stage and screen. The programme uses drama to develop life skills - the skills children need to live happy, healthy, successful, and independent lives.
Pyjama Drama is fun, physical, and develops skills that help children.
Let’s Get Active
There has been considerable concern over the last few years about an
increase in children’s sedentary behaviour and a reduction in their physical
activity.. Babies and young children undergo rapid and wide-ranging physical and psychological developments in their early years which contribute to their future health and well-being. Physical development contributes to cognitive development – as children move and explore the world they learn about the properties of objects and their own capabilities. In the early years children are establishing patterns of activity which will affect their whole future. If activity and healthy eating are established early on good habits tend to remain. It is widely believed that physical development can also help with the development of personal and social skills such as self-confidence, interaction, taking turns, getting along with others and so on. All children will take part in this fantastic club with Sarah P.
Gardening!
We believe that the children love the outdoor environment and as such we allow the children to take part in caring for the outside space by involving them in planting, watering, pruning, weeding and also choosing what to plant. This is all carried out during our sessions. We would like all of the children in our care to experience a love of the outside and make the environment extra special.
We are very pleased to have our very own Sarah P who runs these sessions; taking a group of children from each class on a rotational basis to explore and enjoy the outdoors!
Wild Wednesday!
During these session Sarah P. teaches the children all about being outside in the wild and how amazing it is. These sessions are hands, and sometimes feet, on, with the children exploring activities such as Campfire cooking, Den building, making a mini raft and see if it floats, Potato peeling whittling sticks, watching a wild webcam, Yoga in the woods, eating lunch in the wild and much, much more. Sarah takes small groups and let's them feel the wild between their toes, looking up at the clouds, listening for wild sounds, whistling with long grass, threading a daisy chain, finding creepy crawlies, creating leaf and flower crowns.
Creativity with Sarah WS!
In January 2018 I began leading creative sessions with each of the classrooms. I plan my activities based on the children's interests and discuss with staff which areas of creativity they would like more support with. Ideas to explore include: story telling; puppets; messy play; mark making; dance; instruments; music and movement and much more!
We attend the Pyrford & Wisley Flower Show every year and our very talented children produce the most amazing creative group displays!! Our achievements are as follows:-
The Coldharbour Cup
"a group or school showing outstanding effort" 2014
Group Display - First Prize
"a great display on people all around the world. The children have worked really hard and it shows" 2014
The Children's Shield
"the most outstanding individual entry in the Junior section" 2015
Special Mention
"A great display and a fantastic tractor, well done" 2016
"lots of fun work by the children - a very jolly display"
The Roy Davey President's Cup
"the group whose entry offers the most interesting and attractive display of children's work" 2017
The Coldharbour Cup
"for the effort put into the "outstanding" display and the use of a variety of materials,; transporting us through imagination and creativity." 2018
The Roy Dave President's Cup
"for the most interesting and attractive display of children's work" 2019
Judge's Comment
"“lots of artistic talent here from preschoolers. A lovely display!” 2022
The Coldharbour Cup
for outstanding effort in the group or school category. We placed 1st in the Group Display "What a wonderful display of life, past, present & future. Well done" 2023
The Coldharbour Cup
for outstanding effort in the group or school catergory. We placed 2nd in the Group Display "Super fun acrobatics by the children. Colourful showing all circus elements." 2024
Look at our outside space!
We have 5 garden areas, which makes us unique! Our gardens are large and great for exploring! Playground with trim trail, Outside Classroom with sandpit, Secret Garden with summer house, Wild Garden with mud kitchen and our pet chickens; and a Paddock with bridges and paths.
Look at the photos and explore the outside space, while imagining your child doing this in reality!
Our ethos is outside play and learning - come and see what we can offer your child!
We are open from 8am to 6pm every day; Monday to Friday (except bank holidays and one week at Christmas).
We provide breakfast between 8am and 8.30am
Lunchtime begins at 11.30am and finishes by 12.30pm - lunchbox from home
Sleep-time and quiet-time is between 12.30pm and 2.00pm
Mid morning snack and afternoon snack are served - healthy eating with the occasional treat
A substantial, 'home' cooked tea is provided freshly cooked on site daily by our talented cook, from 4.45pm to 5.30pm.
The day ends at 6pm.
We offer sessional care as follows:
8am to 1pm
1pm to 6pm
Full day 8am to 6pm
(Breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunchbox from home, mid-afternoon snack and freshly cooked substantial tea; vegetarian (& fish) main course + dessert)
Our Fees
Our fee structure is a
Regular Monthly Fee
Invoice
(weekly fees multiplied by 51 weeks and equally spread over 12 months)
(Funding will be applied across the full 51 weeks)
reviewed annually - January
Bumblebees
Bumblebees
Full day (discounted) rate (reviewed annually in January)8am to 6pm £90.50
Sessional
8am to 1pm £58.00
1pm to 6pm £57.00
1 to 2 year olds
Ladybirds
Full day (discounted) rate (reviewed annually in January)
8am to 6pm £90.50
Sessional
8am to 1pm £58.00
1pm to 6pm £57.00
2 to 3 year olds
Dragonflies
Full day (discounted) rate
(reviewed annually in January)
8am to 6pm £88.00
Sessional
8am to 1pm £54.00
1pm to 6pm £53.50
3+ year olds
Funding
What do Round and Round the Gardens Childcare offer?
The government provides 15 hours per week of universal funding for
all 3 & 4 year olds, the term after they turn 3 years old, for 38 weeks per year. As Round and Round the Gardens Childcare are open throughout the year, we stretch the funding across 51 weeks, which equates to 11 hours per week (within 3 sessions).
We do also offer the additional funding ('30 hours') to eligible working parents of
3 & 4 year olds, which is also 11 hours per week, equating to a total of 22 hours per week (within 7 sessions).
Working Parents Entitlement for
1 year olds
are offered the term after the child turns 9 months old and will be for eligible families for a maximum of 11 hours per week, across 51 weeks per year (within 3 sessions).
Working Parents Entitlement for
2 year olds
are offered the term after the child turns 2 years old and will be for eligible families for a maximum of 11 hours per week, across 51 weeks per year (within 3 sessions).
There will always be a charge
for the funded sessions at Round and Round the Gardens Childcare, as the hours are allocated to each session e.g. 4 hours in the first, 3 hours in the second, 4 hours in the third. Our sessions are longer due to being full-daycare and open all year around. We are unable to allocate any more than 7 hours of funding in a full-day session.
FEET funding
is for eligible 2 year olds and we offer this as 10 hours per week only e.g. for 2 x 5 hour sessions am or pm (not a full day).
We do not
offer term-time only places.
Early Years Pupil Premium
Does your 3 or 4 year old have a funded childcare place at R&RG? If so, you can help us claim EYPP money to pay for extra equipment and training that will support your child's learning and development.
For further details please contact Andi Hart our Business Manager - admin@roundandroundthegardens.co.uk
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TAX-FREE CHILDCARE
1 YEAR OLD FUNDING
2 YEAR OLD FUNDING
3&4 YEAR OLD UNIVERSAL FUNDING
30 HOURS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR WORKING PARENTS OF 3 & 4 YEAR OLDS
TAX CREDITS FOR CHILDCARE
UNIVERSAL CREDIT FOR CHILDCARE
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