Wraparound Care: Nursery - Gateways School

NEXT STEPS Early Years Ages 3-5

Why the Gatehouse?

With use of the whole school facilities and mature staff who understand and appreciate the needs of two year olds through their own time and experience as parents, the children simply could not be better provided for or looked after. Our outstanding Early Years provision also won the 'Best Early Years in School' category at the 2024 Nursery World Awards.

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Wraparound Care

Opening Hours

The Gatehouse Nursery is open from 7.30am until 6.00pm Monday to Friday during term time.

Children have the option of attending the morning session (7.30am – 1pm), the afternoon session (1pm – 6pm) or staying for the full day (7.30am – 5pm).

Drinks and snacks are provided in the morning and the afternoon and lunch is included within the morning session, at around 11.30am.

Holiday Club

The Nursery and Pre-Reception Holiday Club is for all children attending the Gatehouse Nursery and Pre-Reception at Gateways. The club is housed in the Gatehouse Nursery during all holidays except for the summer holidays, where it is housed in Littlegates. The club is open from 8am – 5pm, please not the club is not open on bank holidays, the time between Christmas Day and New Years Day and the final week of the summer holidays.

The holiday club will be themed and involve crafts, stories, music and walks around the school grounds.

Packed lunch, snacks and drinks must be provided by parents during the holidays.

An email will be sent to parents at the relevant time allowing them to make bookings.

A Day in the life of ...

Edith in Nursery

08:30am

Mummy drops me off at the Gatehouse Nursery where I am greeted with a big smile and a warm welcome by my Key Practitioner, Mrs Roth. I hang up my coat and bag.

9:50am

Outdoor fun time! We have lots of outdoor toys to play with and I enjoy playing on the tricycles and see saws, digging in the sand tray, splashing in the water tray and playing football.

11:30am

I love lunch time! We put our aprons on and sit at the table with our friends. We always have a cooked lunch and eat together in the Gatehouse. To help us remember good manners we sing a little song.

12:00pm

After lunch, some of us have a sleep and others do calm activities. Colour sorting, matching and jigsaw puzzles keep us busy until everyone is awake.

2.00pm

We have plenty of space to explore outside and lots of toys. We often go for a toddle waddle around the school field. Today we have another opportunity to explore outdoors and I'm looking after the plants.

3.00pm

We are doing some indoor creative activities now and I’m focusing on painting. We are currently learning about shapes, colours and sizes. I like drawing on the whiteboard too.

5:30pm

After my teatime at 4.15pm, I do some calm activities and enjoy story time. My mummy collects me and Mrs Roth lets her know what I have been up to, what I have eaten and if I took a nap. There’s always time to chat about my interests and how much I have learnt.

What's happening in the Gatehouse Nursery?

LATEST NEWS

4th April 2025

Cherryvine – Spring 25

Below is a link to our Spring term issue of Cherryvine. In this issue, we focus on academic leadership and chat with our Deputy Heads, Mrs Prince and Mrs Carver.  We also...

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18th December 2024

Cherryvine – Autumn 24...

Below is a link to our Autumn term issue of Cherryvine. In this issue, we focus on languages, enrichment as well as a round up of this term’s trips and events. Enjoy...

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1st October 2024

Nursery World Award winners...

We are delighted to announce that Gateways have been awarded the ‘Best in School’ for our Early Years provision at the prestigious 2024 Nursery World Awards. Having been Nursery World Award finalists...

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