Welcome to Little Elms and thank you for showing an interest in our setting
We know how important your child is and aim to deliver the highest quality of care and education to help them achieve their best.We provide a nuturing safe and stimulating environment to support an excellent start to your childs's learning adventure.
Our purpose built facilities in Cooks Road are set to offer a brand new wealth of opportunities in child care. We remain committed to care and provision of Early Years Education but with the added bonus of wrap around care for all children within the community. Little Elms is registered with Ofsted for the care of children between the ages of 2–11 years. With this in mind our facilities have been planned by staff and experts to ensure that all age groups have the space and resources available that are appropriate to their needs.
Our aims
The focus of our pre-school is to enhance the development and education of children. This is achieved through:
Offering appropriate play activities which will aid the development of physical, intellectual, language, emotional and social skills and to enable the children to grow in confidence and self-esteem
Offering opportunities to all children regardless of race, culture, religion or means.
Providing a happy, safe, secure and stimulating environment in which each child can develop his or her skills.
Encouraging parents to become involved in the activities of the group.
Our facilities
Little Elms has two separate rooms. Lady Bird room, used for the younger children and Bumble Bee room for the older children.
Lady Bird room is for children aged 2 years – 3 and a half years.
Bumble Bee room is for children 3 and a half years – 5 years.
Our Team
All our main Pre-School staff are expected to hold a Level 3 qualification in Children’s Care or to be prepared to work towards it. Our Play leaders are trained to level 3 – 4 Diploma in Pre-School Education/ NVQ Children’s Care Learning and Development. Play assistants are trained to level 3, Nicola has a Bachelor of Education Honours Degree and holds Qualified Teacher certificate and Charlie holds a level 5 Foundation degree in Children’s Care. All staff are DBS background checked and are qualified in Paediatric first aid, food hygiene and safeguarding children, which are regularly updated.
Sessions
We provide a number of different sessions throughout the day, we are flexible about how you wish to book them.
Breakfast Club (age 2-11) £5
7.45am – 8.45am
Morning Pre-School Session (Age 2-11) £3.75 per hour
8.45am – 11.45am
Lunch Club (age 2-5) £2.50
11.45am – 12.15pm
Nursery Pickup (age 3-4)
We can collect from Elmswell Primary School Nursery for the afternoon Pre-School session at 11.50am
Afternoon Pre-School (age2-5) £3.75 per hour
12.15 – 3.15
After School Care (2-11) £5.00 per hour
3.00pm – 6.00pm
After school care for children aged 2-11 up to year 6 (final year in Primary school)
More information about sessions, including prices can be found on the sessions page.
