Hedgehogs
Welcome to Wellington Nursery
Welcome to Wellington Nursery. We provide a caring, exciting and happy atmosphere for children from the age of 2 and ½ years old to attend and take their first steps into education.
I thought I would introduce myself and talk about our wonderful nursery. My name is Emily Sevenoaks and I am the nursery manager. I work very closely with my nursery assistant, Clare Bowcott who has been a well-loved member of the Wellington School community for quite some time. We also work very closely with our Head of EYFS, Miss Evans to help strengthen our links with Reception and help develop our understanding and planning of the early year’s environment.
In the Nursery, we take pride in carefully planning stimulating and structured activities built around the children’s interests however allowing for free flow and child-initiated play. With our experienced staff, all children are encouraged to explore, learn and discover. We implement a topic-based approach to learning but are flexible to changes where we support the development of the whole child.
Our Nursery setting offers one large classroom with an adjoining wet area for all our messy fun. We also have an adjoining sheltered outdoor area with access to a large playground, fields and a wooded forest school area.
Our staff support positive relationships with both children and parents. We are open from 8:45 – 3:15pm each day and you can choose which days and sessions best suit you and your child, with the option of half day, full day and breakfast and after-school provision. Breakfast club is open 7:45-8:30 and afterschool club runs from 3:00-5:30, 4:15 on Fridays.
Through careful observation and assessment, we can establish each child’s next steps. We use tapestry as a communicational guide to help support positive relationships with parents and support strong connections between each child’s home and school life.
At Wellington Nursery, every child’s happiness is of paramount importance. We want all the children in our care to feel happy, safe and for their experiences to guide and support them for their next adventures in education. Please feel free to contact the school reception or email myself or Miss Evans directly for any more information.
Contact details: kevans@fernacademytrust.co.uk : esevenoaks@fernacademytrust.co.uk or phone our school office on 01432 830264.
Spring Term Newsletter
hedgehogs spring term newsletter 2.pdf
Spring Term: Bug Hotel
After half term we dived into the topic of ‘Growing and Changing’. We were continuing with the theme of animals, but looking more closely to certain life cycles and how animals grow and change. We were very excited by insects. 
The children constructed a beautiful bug hotel in our forest school area. We all worked together to collect sticks, mud, moss and leaves and began making the hotel very cosy. The children were so excited to find we already had a snail moving in! We continue to check it every week in our outdoor learning sessions. Bug hotels benefit lots of different types of minibeast and insects such as ladybirds, bees, spiders and woodlice. Minibeasts can then use our bug hotel as a safe space to shelter, lay their eggs, raise their young, and seek refuge from predators. They worked so well as a team and managed to create a truly wonderful hotel fit for…well, bugs!
World Book Day
World Book Day is an international celebration of reading and is dedicated to getting as many people as possible to pick up a book and read! During the day we enjoyed dressing up as our favourite book character, we dropped everything and read at the sound of the bell and took part in a whole school story. The children and staff wore some truly amazing costumes – can you guess the characters...
Science Week
British Science Week took place the week of the 7th March 2025. This year's theme explores change and adaption. The children in hedgehogs took part in lots of fun filled activities over the week. We started by creating our own junk model animals. The children used lots of different materials like paint, tissue paper, glue and buttons to create their own favourite animals. We created a caterpillar, butterfly and crocodile! As we were making, we discussed how these animals live and adapt to their environments.
Understanding the World: St David's Day
St David is the patron saint of Wales, who is celebrated on the 1st March. The children in hedgehogs looked at pictures of daffodils and tried hard to create their own. The children used different materials to paint a picture of a daffodil. The daffodil is the national flower of Wales and is traditionally worn on St David's Day.
Please Don’t Forget…
- Healthy/appropriate snacks and lunchboxes to be provided please
- A labelled bottle of water
If you would like your child to have hot dinners, please speak to Mrs Pennington in the office.
If you have any questions regarding nursery please speak to Miss Sevenoaks (Nursery Manager) or Clare (Nursery assistant).
Email: esevenoaks@fernacademytrust.co.uk
