Emma’s Pre-School

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Emma’s Day Nursery Pre-School at The Annunciation Church Hall, offers learning in the safe and secure surroundings of our welcoming parish hall.

Children are given every opportunity to develop their own self-confidence, social awareness and learning skills.

The Pre-School is open school term times only – typically for 38 weeks each year. 

We are open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 2.45pm.

The hall is spacious and warm and is divided into separate learning zones, where children are free to explore and develop as independent learners. 

Outside, we have two garden areas, secure and with plenty of space for the children to run, explore, choose individual or group play equipment, develop gross motor skills, develop friends and express their own sense of being.

Children especially enjoy the woodland story telling circle!

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8:00 amChildren arrive into the pre-school. Free play session with a selection of resources and activities for the children to explore. Breakfast is served until 8:30 am if the children would like some. 
8:55amDaily welcome with Literacy focus to include the daily weather chart, a story with the current topic, the focus ‘letter’ of the week with show and tell linked with this. 
9:15amKey Worker Group Time – activities tailored to children and their individual interests in a small group with their Key Worker. 
9:35 amOutside play session. A range of activities selected by the staff and children are set up each day covering creative, mark making, sensory, small world, construction, discovery and mathematical themes. 
10:30 amMorning Snack 
11:00 amAction games in the garden. 
11:10 amP.E. session inside with small apparatus. 
11:30 amMathematics focus session to include numbers and shapes.
11:45 amBrunch – a light savoury meal followed by a fruit dessert. 
12:00 amProblem solving – children work independently and co-operatively in different sized groups to solve puzzles and problems. 
12:40 amMusic and movement with French – A fun filled movement session with a story and musical theme. 
1:00 pmECAT – Every child a talker – Fun activities to encourage speech and language in a circle time setting. 
1:15 pmHome time for morning only 
1:15-2:45 pmOutside play and Stories
2:45 pmHome Time for all 

We use fresh produce in our meals wherever possible. At all snack and meal times a drink is offered which may be milk or water. Throughout the session, drinking water is freely available for the children. As the amount of sleep and rest a child needs varies from child to child at this age, whatever their needs we will do our utmost to accommodate them.

Booking a place

If you’re considering booking a place let’s arrange a visit so you can see the nursery, meet the staff and discuss availability etc. To arrange a visit please email, phone or use the form.

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Fees
Please ask us for a copy of our full fees sheet.

Summary fees
£7.12 per hour (attending until 14.45)

£7.25 per hour (attending until 13.15)

Funded hours available as per our EEF Policy. Please ask for further details.

Supplementary charges:
Meals – Breakfast, Morning Snack, Lunch, Drinks.Meals are included for fully unfunded places. Funded / Part funded places – £5.00 per day
Curriculum +
Curriculum + – means the supplementary services we may provide beyond the standard Early Years curriculum. This includes additional external events, such as summer and Christmas parties; additional external enrichment teaching such as Baby Ballet;  additional resources such as digital journals, Emma’s Day Nursery branded bags, and various consumables such as wipes.
Curriculum + activities are included for Fully non funded places. For funded / part-funded places, there is a variable charge depending on the number of hours you take up. See the tables below for details.
Deposit Charges Holding deposit- Note this is non-refundable in the event a place at the Nursery is not taken up once an application has been accepted. £100.00 – See Terms and conditions for full details.
Miscellaneous Charges
Late fees£50.00
Bank returned payments£50.00
Late collection of Child£50.00


 

Dates
The Pre-School opens for 38 weeks of the year and is closed during all holiday periods. The Pre-School also shuts on all UK bank holidays unless confirmed otherwise.

Spring Term 2025 – 12 weeks
6th January – 4th April 2025 (including half term break 17th – 21st February 2025)

Summer Term 2025 – 12 weeks
22nd April 2025 – 18th July 2025
(including half term break 26th – 30th May 2025)

Autumn Term 2025 – 14 weeks
1st September 2025 – 12th December 2025
(including Half term break 27th October – 31st October 2025)
 
Spring Term 2026 – 11 weeks
5th January – 27th March 2026 (including half term break 16th – 20st February 2026)
 
Summer Term 2026 – 13 weeks
13th April 2026 – 17th July 2026
(including half term break 25th – 29th May 2026)

The Pre-School at the Annunciation Church Small Hall – BH8 9RW – on Google Maps.

There is easy parking in the church car park, directly off Charminster Road.  Please be mindful of other church users and avoid the reserved parking places.