Welcome

A big welcome to our Early Years Department at Barlaston C.E (VC) First School. Our Early Years family is made of two classes; Little Dormouse Class (Nursery) and Hedgehog Class (Reception), each class can cater for up to 30 children.

Our Vision in Early Years is for every child to:

Explore –the highly stimulating, engaging environment rooted in mutual respect, to develop a sense of belonging and feel safe to take risks to move their learning and development to the next level.

Believe – once the children feel valued, this sense of belonging and safety will manifest into self-belief and determination so that the children believe in themselves as much as every member of staff believes in them.

Achieve – through exploration and self belief, children will become resilient, happy learners who can achieve amazing things set by both themselves and staff around them.

Within our Early Years family, we have a team of nurturing, passionate and dedicated staff made up of both qualified teachers and Early Years Teaching Assistants who are committed to making every day for our amazing children the best and most engaging that it can be.

These are:

Name	Role(s)
Mr A Peel	Head of Early Years Reception Class Teacher
Miss H Gill	Nursery Class Teacher
Miss A Leese	Early Years Teaching Assistant (Reception Class) After School Club support
Miss C Soanes	Early Years Teaching Assistant (Nursery Class) After School Club support Holiday Club support
Mrs H Kendrick	Early Years Teaching Assistant (Nursery Class)
Mrs A Wildsmith	Early Years Teaching Assistant
Mrs E Fox	Early Years Breakfast Club
Mrs L Southern	Lunchtime cover (Reception Class)

To see all of our school staff please click here.

Little Dormouse Nursery (Nursery Class)

Dormouse class learn together in their large self-contained building which hosts lots of features, all for the Dormouse class to enjoy. They have their own:

Toilets
Garden area
Playground
Mud kitchen
Kitchen

Moveable Interactive Whiteboard
Comfy corner/ sensory area.
Large covered area for the children to have free-flow both in and outside throughout the day whatever the weather.

To see our Termly Topic Posters for Little Dormouse class please click here.

Hedgehog Class (Reception Class)

Hedgehogs learn together in their self-contained classroom within the main school building, they also have lots of things for Hedgehog class to enjoy. Including their own:

Toilets
Cloakroom

Wet pour playground
Garden area
Mud kitchen
Pond
Interactive Whiteboard

Comfy corner/ sensory area
Large covered area for the children to have free-flow both in and outside throughout the day whatever the weather.

To see some pictures of our Early Years facilities please click here.

To see how we help we achieve our vision and more information about our curriculum including our long term curriculum plans please click here.

To see our Termly Topic Posters for Hedgehog class please click here.

If you would like to come and look around our nursery and school to meet our children and staff, or if you would like more information/ have any questions. Please do get in touch via apeel@barlaston.staffs.sch.uk or call the school on 01782 372543.

Warmest regards,

Mr. A Peel