Meadow Brook Playcare
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A day at Meadow Brook
At Meadow Brook, we nurture your child’s learning and development through a wide variety of play opportunities to spark their awe and wonder about the world around them and their place within. We do this by offering free flow play, individual planning, key person system, and enriched environments. ​ Each room is designed through the eyes of the child, the spaces are exceptionally well thought out. We create stimulating and motivating environments, reflecting the children’s interests and needs.
“Children are cared for in a welcoming environment by a friendly and caring staff team.” – Ofsted 2018.
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The Buttercup Room
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The Buttercup Room is a cosy and nurturing environment to spark awe and wonder at the start of their early years journey.
The Daisy Room
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The Daisy Room is designed with accessible resources to enable the children to act upon their natural curiosities.
The room has instant ‘free-flow’ access to their own outside space at all times and our children thrive in the beautiful garden, using it as another classroom.
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The Bluebell Room
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The Bluebell Room is a home from home environment where children are able to learn through natural exploration and play; using their senses to explore the world around them and learn about their natural environment.
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The Sunflower Room
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The Sunflower Room is designed with thoughts of an exciting, practical and stimulating learning environment, ensuring that all areas are visible and encouraging for the children to take the next step in their learning and preparation for school.
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Instant ‘free-flow’ into their own garden, including large physical play equipment, mud kitchen, an allotment and meadow area enables the children to develop across all areas, supporting independent choice and self-directed play and learning.
Sessions
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We accept all government funding, however funding can only be applied to the Core Day hours. Wraparound care comes at an additional cost.
8am – 9am – Early Bird, including breakfast
9am – 3.30pm – Core Day, including mid morning snack and milk
3:30pm – 5pm – Teatime, including light tea
5pm – 6pm - Twilight
All children will need to bring a packed lunch with them for lunch time. We are unable to heat or warm up any foods. We are a nut free setting.
A typical day at Meadow Brook
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Breakfast
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8am – 8:30am - Morning starts with a lovely, healthy breakfast with lots to choose from.
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Morning
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Throughout the morning your child will enjoy a range of activities designed to enable them to play, explore, discover and grow, learn and understand. Every activity is tailored to their individual interests and specific developmental age and stage. Children are encouraged to build their confidence and understanding through praise, recognition and support in their play.​
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Lunchtime
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Lunch is approximately 12noon. Children need to bring their own lunches to eat, we are unable to heat or warm any foods. We are a nut free setting, so please do not send any nut items, including peanut butter sandwiches. The variety of foods sent in from home ranges from sandwiches, crackers and rice cakes to cold pasta salads or picky items e.g. boiled egg, mini sausage and chicken bites. We recommend following The Eatwell Guide - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
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Sleep time (shhh…)
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We large baskets and individual sleep mats for use at any time to suit your child’s routine, all situated in a lovely cosy, quiet area. Sheets and bedding are provided and labelled for each child.
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Afternoon
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Our carefully planned and set up rooms, individual to each child’s interests provide a fun, caring, nurturing and stimulating environment for them to learn, grow, play and discover. The afternoon session is mirrored to the morning with activities replenished and changed dependent on children attending. We provide a light, healthy tea that is also on a rolling menu. This is served at approximately 4:30pm.
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Home time
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When you arrive to take your child home at any time of the day, our team will be available to share any information about their day, pass on any important messages and to chat with you about what they are learning and how they are developing.
