HighHouse Day Nursery Established 1985

The Reggio Emilia Approach

                                               

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Why choose High House?

Montessori and her values

 

 

Pre-School  
 Toddlers
Baby Unit

About The Nursery

Our Events

Where are we?

 

Registration and contact

Testimonials

Job Vacancies and training

Parent Advertising Page

 

Nursery Policies 

What do you look for in a Nursery? Are they all the same? How have they changed over the years

Early Years Professional Status

 

Welcome to High House Day Nursery Ltd.   

Tel. 01279 870898

Highhousenursery@btconnect.com


The Day Nursery is situated in a farmhouse, on the borders of Hertfordshire and Essex, near Bishop's Stortford, close to Stansted Airport.

We are walking distance of the Terminal with trains and transport links to London We have parking available for Parents wishing to leave their cars with us during their working day.

The Nursery was originally established in 1985, and registered with the Department For Education,  as a school, in 1987. It was opened by a fully qualified teacher, to offer a program of full child care and early years education, for children up to the age of five years. The Nursery was re-registered in 2003 as a Day Nursery in order to enable younger children and babies to be able to attend. It is surrounded by fields and trees, and is set in about two acres of farmland.

 

High House Day  Nursery offers pre school care and education to  babies and children from 3 months, and is open from 8 am to 6 pm. The day nursery is open for the full year, closing during the Christmas break only.

We are a family run company, not a chain, and we run our Nursery accordingly. Your child is as special to us as he or she is to you and will become a part of our family, within the Nursery.

We have 3 buildings, with children attending split in to different age ranges:

Babies    3 months - 2 years

Toddlers    2 years to 3 years

Pre School    3yrs to 5years

 

Views from the garden

High House Farm

Takeley Rd., Mill End, Takeley, 

High House Day Nursery, pre-school child care for babies and children.Bishop's Stortford Herts.,CM22 6PL

Tel. UK 44 (0) 1279 870898

 

email: Highhouse Nursery

 

 

 

Staffing

Our staff are qualified B.Sc (Hons) P.G.C.E., N.N.E.B., N.V.Q., or B.Tec, adhering to the Government guidelines regarding ratios and qualifications.

Director and Officer in Charge -

Mrs Vanessa Callan B Sc.(Hons) P.G.C.E. (Early Years) E.Y.P.S.

Director Miss. Andrea Ramsden

 

Vanessa Callan is our Graduate trained Teacher  in Early Years and Nursery Director. She has had many years experience within the state sector and is responsible for our curriculum planning within the Nursery. Vanessa is happy to discuss with you the needs of your child and how we, as a Nursery, can help your child to enjoy his or her time with us. You are always welcome to talk to us in person or to telephone, and you are most welcome to have a chat at the end of the day to discuss any aspects that may concern you.

Vanessa receiving her Early Years Professional Status award

Estelle Morris, former Minister for Education with Vanessa  and Floella Benjamin.

Vanessa  received the Certificate for Early Years Professional Status in 2007 - an important step forward in the care and education of young children.

Only a few Nursery schools in the country have attained this level of excellence and have been awarded the certificate. Our Nursery is one of the first. The award ceremony in the  prestigious Commonwealth Club in London, saw Vanessa being presented with her certificate by Estelle Morris former Minister for Education, (and for those of you who remember 'Playschool' Floella Benjamin!)

The ceremony was attended by many important figures in the field of education, anxious to ensure that both the public and press, attending the awards ceremony,  were aware of the importance of this forward step in the ongoing development of Nursery Education.  

 

Our picnic in the garden

Highhouse day nursery childrenplaying  in the sand pit

Aims of the High House Montessori Day Nursery

 To achieve through the curriculum the Birth to Three and the Foundation stages for pre-school children, as stated within the Government schedule for Pre-School and Nursery  Education. These will be implemented through our aims and objectives as follows:

 

To  provide an environment for learning, offering the highest standards in child care.

To understand the child as an individual. Identify and provide for the needs of that individual.

To encourage self discipline and awareness of others.

 

 

Creative time at our Day Nursery

 

By a careful structured curriculum to direct the child towards new discoveries, assisting in the formation of concepts.  

 To develop literacy and numerical skills necessary to give the optimum opportunities at all levels.

Providing the means by which the child can be creative. The curriculum will allow the widest interpretation involving children in linguistic, aesthetic and technological creativity.

To develop the concentration skills of listening and observing.

 

 

To provide for physical play allowing the development of co-operation, gross motor skills and social interaction.  

 Providing facilities for play, to encourage emotional development and social awareness.

The Day Nursery will provide a moral framework whereby children can learn to understand their responsibilities towards both themselves and others.

The Day Nursery curriculum is aiming to provide the variety of both  teaching and experience, necessary to stimulate curiosity, develop understanding and consolidate learning.

 

KIng of the castle in the nursery garden

 

 

What happens if?  Shall I try a different way?

 

Learning from everywhere and everything. The outside environment is as important as the inside setting. Our children learn from the grass and the trees, in Winter and in Summer - using three different play surfaces and the widest variety of play equipment, both conventional and sometimes very unconventional !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIGH HOUSE NURSERY LTD.   7 GRANARD BUSINESS CENTRE, LONDON, NW7 2DQ  REGISTERED ENGLAND 2862905