020 8883 1394
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Prospectus
2024
Contact details
185a Park Road, Crouch End,
London N8 8JJ
020 8883 1394
Opening Times
Full Time Day Care – 50 weeks per year
Ages 3 months – 5 years
Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm
*Closed all Bank Holidays
Statement of Aims
Little Crickets Day Care will:
ï‚· Provide a key person to help to meet the individual needs of every child
ï‚· Create a safe, secure, friendly and stimulating environment where
children can thrive and enjoy their adventures
ï‚· Recognise appropriate support from highly qualified adults to move
children forward in their learning
ï‚· Offer a balance between child initiated and adult directed activities
ï‚· Use materials and equipment imaginatively and creatively to expand
learning
ï‚· Give children the opportunity to develop their own lines of exploration
and enquiry, focusing on their own choices
ï‚· Promote experiences that widen their world into that of their
community
ï‚· Provide creative opportunities to stimulate the imagination of children
and excite their senses
Room Structures
Little Crickets Ltd is run on the ground floor of a cricket club and the surrounding grounds.
The rooms used for the nursery are fully convertible with your child’s safety and comfort in mind.
Ants Room: 3 months – 16/18 months
There are a maximum of 15 babies in this room with a ratio of 1:3.
The babies in this room can rest and sleep comfortably in cots in a sleep room joined to this
main area.
Babies enjoy a range of tactile activities including flour play, rice play and gloop. The babies
have sensory play daily with lights, wind chimes where they can relax or be stimulated using
their senses. Babies have access to a wide range of toys appropriate to their age and
development.
Babies are offered fresh pureed fruit and vegetables whilst weaning and gradually the staff
introduce carbohydrates and proteins following instructions from parents.
Parents are asked to provide formula milk, nappies and wipes for their children.
Mealtimes are taken in the playroom with chairs around small round tables, where babies
are facing each other and can interact socially. Children have access to drinking water
through-out the day as and when they require it.
With permission from parents, babies are taken for walks using buggies around the grounds.
The staff within the baby room focus on the children’s Personal, Social and Emotional
development, they focus on a home from home sense of feeling and concentrate on the
children feeling secure and happy while in our care. They are focused much more on our Key
Person approach this is beneficial for both children and parents.
Bumblebees Room: 16/18 months - 36 months
The maximum number in this room is 35 with a ratio of 1:3 (under 2y old) ratio 1:5 (over 2y old)
The toddlers in this room can also rest and sleep comfortably in cots or on mats.
Toddlers use a range of toys appropriate to their age and participate daily in adult led
activities such as painting, sticking, cooking, flour play, rice play and gloop.
With permission from parents, the toddlers are taken for walks using buggies and reins. The
children will go out at least once a day if not twice.
Mealtimes are taken in the playroom with chairs around small round tables, where toddlers
can face other and begin to communicate with their peers. The children are also encouraged
to brush their teeth after meal times. Children have access to drinking water through-out
the day as and when they require it.
The staff within the room will focus their planning around the Prime areas of learning taken
for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
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Prime Areas of Learning
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
ï‚· Making Relationships
ï‚· Self-Confidence and Self-Awareness
ï‚· Managing feelings and Behaviour
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Physical Development
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ï‚· Moving and Handling
ï‚· Health and Self-Care
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Communication and Language
ï‚· Listening and Attention
ï‚· Understanding
ï‚· Speaking
Dragonflies Room: 3 years – 5 years
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The maximum number in this room is 27 with a ratio maximum of 1:8
The pre-school children benefit from their own cloak area where they can hang their
belongings, use the toilets and wash their hands.
Mealtimes are taken in the playroom with small chairs around small round tables, where the
Pre-School children are encouraged to serve themselves and take their plate and scrape it
when they are finished. They have access to drinking water through-out the day as and
when they require it.
Pre-school children can access a huge range of activities and toys which are laid out in the
seven development areas; these are both the Prime and Specific areas of learning taken
from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which are:
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Prime areas of Learning
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
ï‚· Making Relationships
ï‚· Self-Confidence
ï‚· Self-Awareness and Managing Feelings and Behaviour
​
Physical Development
ï‚· Moving and Handling
ï‚· Health and Self-Care
​
Communication and language
ï‚· Listening and Attention
ï‚· Understanding and Speaking
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Specific Areas of learning
Literacy
ï‚· Reading
ï‚· Writing
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Mathematics
ï‚· Numbers
ï‚· Shape, Space and Measure
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Understanding the World
ï‚· People and Communities
ï‚· The World and Technology
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Expressive Arts and Design
ï‚· Exploring and using Media and Materials
ï‚· Being Imaginative
Our Fees
The fees from January 2024 are set out below:
*Lunches and dinners are not charged until your child reaches 12 months old
Fees are invoiced monthly in advance and the deadline for the payment is the 4th of that month
Eligible three year olds will receive up to 30 hours free per week in the local authority set term times. These hours will be deducted from their invoice in hours. Any extra hours over and above the 30 free hours will be charged at the usual rate.
Late pick up fees: Late pick up will be charged at 50p per minute. Late payment for invoices will be applied from the 10th of each month.
Thank you for your time
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