Offering Very Flexible Outstanding Childcare
We are open 7.30am until 6.00pm, 5 days a week, 51 weeks a year.
Early Years Provision Vouchers are now available for 2 year olds (depending on your circumstances), and for all 3 and 4 year olds. These come into effect the term after your child’s 3rd birthday.
Funding from Cumbria County Council is available for parents/carers wishing to choose Smile as their nursery education provider. This is an entitlement of 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. We can be very flexible and can in fact stretch this to cover 51 weeks.
The session structure is flexible so we suggest speaking to us to work out what will best suit you.
The curriculum is topic based and chosen to enable children to work towards the learning goals of the foundation stage curriculum which is a 2year programme completed by the end of reception.
Under 2
Full Time (5 days @ 9 hours/day) (Includes cooked lunch, light tea & morning / afternoon snacks) | £225.00 |
9 hours (e.g. 7.30am to 4.30pm / 8.00am to 5.00pm) (Includes cooked lunch, light tea & morning / afternoon snacks) | £46.00 |
7 hours (e.g. 9.00am to 4.00pm / 10.00am to 5.00pm) | £43.50 |
4 1/2 hours (inc lunch/light tea & snack) 8.30am to 1.00pm or 1.00pm to 5.30pm | £28.00 |
Early starts or late finishes (7.30 – 8.30am / 5.30-6.00pm) | £6.50 per hour |
Over 2
Full Time (5 days @ 9 hours/day) (Includes cooked lunch, light tea & morning / afternoon snacks) | £215.00 |
9 hours (e.g. 7.30am to 4.30pm / 8.00am to 5.00pm) (Includes cooked lunch, light tea & morning / afternoon snacks) | £44.00 |
7 hours (e.g. 9.00am to 4.00pm / 10.00am to 5.00pm) (Includes cooked lunch & morning / afternoon snacks) | £41.50 |
4 1/2 hours (inc lunch/light tea & snack) 8.30am to 1.00pm or 1.00pm to 5.30pm | £26.00 |
Early starts or late finishes (7.30 – 8.30am / 5.30-6.00pm) | £6.00 per hour |
Late Collection: Anytime £ 6.00 per 10 minutes
Lunches: £5.00
We would appreciate your co-operation in bringing and collecting children at booked times.
- Times above are examples they can be varied to accommodate your individual childcare needs.
- We offer flexible use of the Government’s free 15 hours for 2, 3 and 4 year olds, which can be spread over 51 weeks of the year.
- We accept Employer Supported Childcare Vouchers.
- We offer 10% sibling discount.
- There is no charge for bank holidays and when the nursery closes over Christmas.
Smile Nursery Fees
(April 2019)
(We provide very flexible additional childcare over your 15 & 30 hours Free Entitlement, this is a guideline to our prices, however we offer sessions around your individual needs and requirements)
- Daily: 11:30 am - 5:30 pm£32.00(Includes cooked lunch, light tea & morning / afternoon snacks)
- Short Day: 11:30 am - 4:00 pm£26.00(Includes cooked lunch, morning / afternoon snacks)
- Half Day: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm£12.00(includes lunch)
Smile Holiday Club Fees
(April 2019)
Holiday Time
- Full Time: 5 days @ 9 hours£140.00(Includes cooked lunch, light tea & morning / afternoon snacks)
- 9 Hours£29.00(eg.7.30-4.30, 8-5, 9-6, 8.30-5.30)
Includes cooked lunch, light tea & Morning / afternoon snacks
- 7 Hours£25.00(eg.9-4, 10-5)
Includes cooked lunch & morning / afternoon snacks
- 4 ½ Hours£20.00(eg.8.30-1, 1-5.30)
Includes lunch/light tea & snack
- Early starts / Late Finishes£5.00 per hr(7:30 am – 8:30 am / 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
We offer 10% sibling discount.
There is no charge for bank holidays and when the nursery closes over Christmas.
Late Collection: Anytime £ 6.00 per 10 minutes
You can provide a packed lunch for your child or should you wish, we offer a cooked lunch for £ 5.00 and a light tea for £ 2.25
N.B – 10% discount applies to fees of children with siblings in the out of school club or nursery. The discount will be based on and deducted from the fees of the oldest child in attendance.
Food
Snacks will be provided throughout the day, but a packed lunch will need to be provided for each child attending a daily or morning session during the holidays. There is also an option for your child to have a nutritious, freshly home cooked hot meal prepared by our fully qualified cook. Please speak to the manager if you require this.
What We Teach
Active Learning
Children’s learning and development is guided by the Early Years Foundation stage in a comprehensive framework which sets the standards of learning, development and care of children from birth to five years.
Prime Areas | Specific Areas |
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We also focus on the Characteristics of effective learning:
Playing and exploring engagement | Active Learning | Creating and thinking critically |
Finding out and exploring, playing with what they know, being willing to “have a go”. | Being involved and concentrating, keeping trying, enjoying achieving what they set out to do. | Having their own ideas, making links and choosing ways to do things. |