St. Werburgh's Park Nursery School and Children's Centre

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please do not take photographs of children or film children on mobile phones when in Nursery School.

 We would prefer it if mobile phones were not used at all in the setting to help us all focus on the children in our care.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

Liz Jenkins

Headteacher

St Werburgh’s Park Nursery School is Outstanding – it’s official!

On 13^th and 14^th March we were visited by Ofsted for one of their regular inspections into the quality of our provision, and we are very proud to report that we have once again been judged to be Outstanding, the highest possible grade.

This inspection was specifically focused on the quality of provision in the Nursery School classrooms. You may have heard that the new head of the Ofsted inspectorate has ‘raised the bar’ with an even more rigorous inspection framework making it more difficult than ever to achieve an Outstanding judgement. Over the two days of the inspection, the inspectors looked thoroughly into all aspects of the way we support the children in their learning and development.

The full inspection report will be published on the Ofsted website soon, and we will also upload it onto this page. In the meantime, hard copies are available from reception.

Thanks must go to all the parents and carers who provided such positive feedback on their forms, which was one of the many things which so impressed the inspection team.

You may have noticed our beautiful new noticeboard outside reception. The notices and posters in here will be updated regularly so everything in it will be relevant. Please do take a minute to have a look and see what’s new. We always have a lot of groups, courses, events and one-off opportunities on offer, and yet we are often told that people are disappointed to have missed out on things, so the new noticeboard is the place to look to ensure that you don’t miss out!

At St Werburgh’s Park we strongly believe in the importance of children having a strong relationship with both parents whenever possible. We arelucky that we get both female and male carers engaging with their children and us in the setting, but we’re also aware that sometimes some men need that little extra bit of encouragement to feel that they are just as welcome as women. So, once every half term we will be hosting a group for male carers to bring along their children and enjoy an activity. These events go under the name of ‘Father Figures’ and are open to dads, stepdads, uncles, grandfathers, older brothers and male carers of all shapes and sizes. Women are welcome too, of course.

The first three sessions have all had a foody theme, with pizza making in December, gingerbread men in January and pancakes in February. The next one is actually after Easter on Wednesday 16th May, when we are planning a forest school outing, and then on Friday 6th July we are dreaming up something on a creative music and arts theme possibly in the garden. Look out for our Father Figures posters. It’s free and easy and you don’t need to book.

And, gentlemen, please also remember that you are always welcome in all our groups any time, so you don’t have to wait until May!

St. Werburgh’s Park Nursery School and Children’s Centre, in a consortium with four other Early Years settings in Bristol, has become one of only 16 centres nationally to have been given Early Years Teaching Centre Status.

Our partners in the consortium are Redcliffe Children’s Centre and Nursery School, Rosemary Early Years Centre and St. Pauls Nursery School and Children’s Centre.

The overarching aims of the national project are to:

- initiate, promote and support a collaborative network of ‘Teaching Hospitals’ run outstanding Children’s Centres and Nursery Schools

- train participating settings to train leaders, staff, parents and governors in surrounding settings to recognise and implement quality improvements

- transform the quality of early years training and development at all levels usinmg the skills and resources of the sector’s best setttings and, by doing so, strengthening and challenging early years teaching centres to develop further

- forge new cost-effective ways to accredit qualifications.

Click here to see a video about St Werburgh’s Park Nursery and Children’s Centre and why we have become a Teaching Centre.

Please click here to see the most recent article about us in the Evening Post.

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