N Family Club believe that nurseries are more important than ever before. As well as being crucial years for your child’s development and preparation for life in the modern world, it’s also the place for families to come together.
N Family Club have gone to great lengths to create an inspiring environment that ensures the best possible start for your children, and feels like a home-from-home for their families and team.
Working with leading experts, they have created a progressive learning programme that is unique to N, and entirely bespoke to each child. Their outstanding early years educators build on each child’s individual strengths and passions, encouraging them to grow at their own pace.
Drop off
Mornings can be a challenge for families, and N Family Club are committed to doing everything they can to ensure a positive and warm start to the day for our families.
You’ll be welcomed by the Front of House team, and then met by either your child’s key person or a member of your child’s key team at the door to your child’s Family Room. This is a chance to discuss anything important or simply what you got up to at home so we can extend this into the nursery.
Your child will then either have breakfast or settle down to play with an educator and friends, while parents are free to grab a coffee and a bagel from the breakfast bar and answer some emails in the family area before heading off to work.
Child-led play
Children are able to freely explore and play with our many resources including specialist atelier art equipment, dress-up stations and the N Library. They can also categorise materials, create stories and explore make-believe play, block play, sensory and water play. Children can also familiarise themselves with the world around them through mini-models of vehicles, animals and people, or through research on their digital tables.
Mealtimes
All N meals and snacks are prepared from scratch by our in-house chefs, with two family mealtimes where the children eat as a group with their key educators. Children are encouraged to lay the table, serve themselves and help clear up. Lunch is served at 11.30am for our younger children and 12pm for the older ones. Dinner is served at 4pm. A snack bar is available throughout the day where children are able to come and enjoy a snack with a couple of their friends.
Educator-led learning
Every day the N educators will lead small group or individual sessions, either with a communication and emotional literacy focus or exploring one of the N extras such as Spanish, yoga or cookery. They will also explore and research new topics with the children, extending their knowledge of the world around them.
Insights and updates on these experiences are shared through the N app.
Outdoor learning
The N gardens are designed just as imaginatively as our indoor spaces, providing the perfect backdrop for physical activities such as climbing, balancing, riding, playing ball games and completing obstacle courses.
Check which locations also offer outdoor areas which may include planting stations, water play and a vegetable patch for Forest School-inspired learning experiences. All children will spend time engaged in outdoor learning every day.
Sleep and rest
Good sleep and/or rest is essential for all children. All N nursery rooms are designed to easily convert into cosy sleeping spaces with gentle music and soft mats. Children who no longer require a sleep in the day may still want to rest and are able to take themselves off to our ‘hygge’ corners, designed to feel relaxed, calm and secure.
Pick up
At home time, families are encouraged to come in and chat with the educators and hear all about their child’s day and accomplishments. It’s a perfect opportunity to get to know the team, and the other families, and to ask any questions you have about how your child is progressing. If you have something you’d like to discuss, then their managers’ doors are always open for a quick chat – or a longer meeting.
Don’t forget to grab your piece of fruit on the way out! Their ever-popular evening snacks will make those buggy rides home go just that little bit smoother.
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