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Waterside Day Nursery and Preschool

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A place to grow

We have a purpose built nursery with spacious rooms with direct access to outdoor area, including a soft play room for safe indoor physical activity. We offer extra-curricular activities including Melody Music and French Lessons. Our setting also boasts a large spacious outdoor space secure garden areas, which provide fresh-air learning opportunities for little ones, with climbing frames, sandpits and large growing planters. Our hard working team have secured us a Good rating in our latest Ofsted inspection.

Sarah Ross
Nursery Manager (Maternity Cover)
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Nutrition

Our excellent nutritionally balanced menu is changed regularly to encourage a varied diet and is approved by the Childrens Food Trust. Here is an example of a typical menu.

Breakfast

  • Low Sugar / Wholewheat Cereals with Milk
  • Porridge
  • Wholemeal Bread/Toast/Bagels/English Muffins
  • Seasonal Fresh Fruit
  • Whole Milk or Water

Lunch

  • Chicken Stir Fry with Noodles
  • Summer Pasta Bolognaise with Vegetables
  • Vegetarian Quorn Meatballs with Pasta and Summer Vegetables
  • Meatballs with Pasta
  • Chicken and Vegetable Curry with Rice
  • Sticky Mango Quorn and Rainbow Rice
  • Moroccan Tagine with Fruity Cous Cous
  • Sweet and Sour Quorn with Rice and Chinese Vegetables
  • Spinach, Mushroom & Onion Lasagne with Mixed Bean Salad
  • Pork and Pepper Casserole
  • Tuna Lasagne with Broccoli and Garlic Bread Slice
  • Vegetarian Lasagne with Broccoli and Garlic Bread Slice

Tea

  • Ploughman's Tea
  • Summer Vegetable Soup and Cheese Scones
  • Mackerel Pasta Salad
  • Falafel Pitta Pockets with Vegetable Sticks
  • Dips with Naan Bread and Vegetable Crudités
  • Fruit Platter
  • Apricot Cookies

Supporting and Learning


Growing Mathematicians

1-2-3-4-5! Mathematics is embedded in everything that we do and experience in our day-to-day lives and our Growing Mathematicians programme has been created to help your child understand the purpose and importance of mathematics. 

Growing Readers

Growing Readers brings together home and nursery life, providing parents with some of the theory behind developing children’s reading skills, and also providing handy Hints & Tips, recommended reading lists and suggested activities for parents and children to explore together.

Growing Writers

Our Growing Writer’s approach supports the complex magical journey from making a mark, to emergent writing, to confident writer, laying the foundational skills that enable each child to flourish with the confidence and capability to succeed at school.

A day at Waterside Day Nursery and Preschool

Below is an example of a typical day

  • Morning

    Drop Off

  • Morning

    Breakfast

  • Morning

    Free Play

  • Morning

    Growing Programmes

  • Morning

    Organised Activities

  • Morning

    Organised Activities

  • Midday

    Lunch

  • Afternoon

    Sleep Time

  • Afternoon

    Sleep Time

  • Afternoon

    Free Play

  • Afternoon

    Outdoor Play

  • Afternoon

    Growing Programmes

  • Afternoon

    Organised Activities

  • Afternoon

    Tea / Dinner Time

  • Afternoon

    Outdoor Play

  • Afternoon

    Free Play

  • Afternoon

    Free Play

  • Afternoon

    Pick Up

Fees & Availability

We offer a wide range of booking patterns to cover everything your child needs. To request pricing and availability, please request a call back by clicking the button below.

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Meet the Team

Sarah Ross

I have been the Manager since October 2016. I have worked at Waterside since 2009, starting as a nursery assistant, and I gained my NVQ level 3 qualifications in 2010.  I have a strong passion for working with children; I have worked with all the different age groups and love to see children learning and developing.

We offer unique Growing Programmes for the children including, Growing Readers, Growing Writers, Growing Mathematicians, Growing Artists and Growing Scientists.

We have a very strong team of nursery staff who will always go the extra mile to help with settling new children in to the nursery, building positive relationships with all families and providing exceptional quality care and learning for children ages 3 months to 5 years.


Kirsty Warner

I have been in childcare since 2006 and joined Waterside in 2014 as maternity cover room leader for the baby room; I soon became a permenant member of staff leading the 1-2’s group. After a year I moved into lead the pre-school group and becoming Third in Charge. In November 2016 I was successful in becoming maternity cover Deputy Manager.  Having spent a lot of time in each age group I have a sound knowledge, understanding and experience of all age groups developmental stages. 

I hold a foundation degree in Childcare and Education which I love putting into practice every day, delivering a variety of different activities and resources for individual children to learn and develop while having fun!


Great place to work - Best Workplaces 2016

Events at Waterside Day Nursery and Preschool

  • Bright Horizons Learning Fun Club!

    22 July 2017 to 03 September 2017

    Bright Horizons’ Learning Fun Clubs are so much more than a holiday club – they’re a learning adventure!

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Why Bright Horizons

The Bright Horizons passion and enthusiasm for providing high-quality care isn’t just common knowledge within our own business – we’ve also gained some impressive accolades from external sources for excellence as both a childcare provider, and as an employer. We are the only childcare company to have been listed for the last 11 years as one of the country’s top 50 “Great Places to Work” by the Great Place to Work Institute.

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