Our Ethos
Here at Little Lizards we strive to provide high quality teaching and care, in a warm and inspiring environment. Every child is unique, with their own personalities, interests, abilities, and rates of learning, and they are all capable of making progress in their learning with the help of supportive and nurturing staff.
We firmly believe that when it comes to children’s learning, it is our interactions with the children that have the biggest impact on their learning, and we strive to make these as meaningful as possible.
We recognise the importance of play and how children are able to learn things faster, and in more depth, when they learn them hands-on, through the fun and exploration of play. It is crucial for helping them learn how to interact with others and make sense of the world around them, and gives them the opportunity to find meaning in an experience, connect it to something they already know, and build on that to learn something new, Through play, children develop language skills, imagination and creativity, social and cognitive skills, so we aim to give our children all the opportunities, time and support they need to do this. We use a mostly child-led approach, with adult scaffolding throughout, interjected with some short adult-led activities/inputs to impart new knowledge.
Nursery Session times
Breakfast Club 8:00am – 8:30am
Nursery Morning Session 8:30am– 11:30am
Nursery Lunch Session 11:30am – 12:30pm
Nursery Afternoon Session 12:30pm – 3:15pm
Our Daily Timetable
Breakfast Club
8.00 – 8.30 - During this time children aged 2 to 11 may attend.
Nursery Sessions
8:40 – 8:50 Welcome group time and a story
8:50 – 10:00 Busy Learning Time and Adult Led Adventure - A selection of adult-led and adult-guided play-based activities to promote development, indoors and out.
10:00 – 10:30 Snack - As a group, with a selection of healthy foods, milk or water.
Maths session and a story
10:30 – 11:20 Outdoor Play, whatever the weather!
11:30 – 11:40 Phonological awareness session with a story
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch time - Children have a choice of a cooked meal provided by the school for an additional charge of £2.65, or a packed lunch brought from home (see below for more details)
12:30 – 12:40 Adult Led Activity and a story
12:40 – 12:50 Toothbrushing
12:50 – 3:00 Busy Learning Time - A selection of child-led and adult-guided play-based activities to promote development, indoors and out.
3:05 – 3:15 Story and Singing
3:15pm Home time - Parents/carers are asked to wait outside the wooden gate of Little Lizards when picking up; a member of staff will bring your child out to you. If you need to pick up early, or someone other than their parent will be picking them up, please let a member of staff know when you drop off.
After School Club
3.15 – 5.00 - A member of staff from Little Lizards will bring the children into Little Lizards for after school club. During after school club a variety of activities will be on offer as will a quiet area, should any children wish to do homework. A snack will be provided during this time. Our day ends at 5.00pm however if a later pickup of 6.00pm is required, this may be possible if enough parents want it to make it viable.Holiday Club
During the school holidays Little Lizards offers a Holiday Club for 2-11 year olds that runs from 8.00am – 5.00pm. A letter is sent out to book your child in for holiday club. Your child will require a packed lunch as the school kitchen is closed during the holidays. If your child is funded you can bank funded hours to use during the holidays if needed.
Little Lizards is open 50 weeks of the year (only closing at Christmas), and also closes on School inset days for training and at 3:00pm on the last day of term.
