Welcome to our Nursery and Reception
Being part of Impact Education Multi Academy Trust, we have a deep commitment and understanding of a broad, balanced play-based learning approach in our early years provision.
During their time in the Early Years setting, we want our children to become confident, independent, and active learners who are physically and emotionally healthy.
We believe each child is unique and learns best when they have secure, positive, and responsive relationships with adults and peers.
Our learning environment promotes quality interactions, ignites curiosity and motivation for learning and exposes children to use their independent learning and investigative skills.
Arrange a visit
We warmly welcome you to visit our academy and see our high-quality provision for yourself.
Please get in touch, we would love to meet you and show you around.
15 Hours free childcare
At Old Bank Academy the 15 hour, 3 year old entitlement is offered through:
5 x mornings per week
Monday – Friday
8.50am – 11.50am
A free snack is provided to all children.Â
Hello From The Team
Here at Old Bank Academy we know that speech, language and communication are vital to a child’s success and so we also employ a qualified speech and language therapist.
Miss Tellez
Mrs Wright
7 Areas Of Learning
‘Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances.’ Taken from the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage September 2021. At Old bank Academy we seek to give children the best start in their education through the quality provision and learning experiences that support every child’s development in the 7 areas of learning:
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Personal, social and emotional
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Communication and language
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Physical development
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Literacy
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Mathematics
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Understanding the world
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Expressive art and design
Need Help?
Feel free to contact us to get help with application forms or to arrange a visit or for any other questions,
we’ll do our best to help you.
In Nursery adults will play with children, tuning into their learning needs and deliver teaching in the moment. Children will come together at points through the session to read stories, sing songs and talk with the adult leading. When children go into reception, these adult led activities gradually lengthen as children’s attention span increases and key concepts such as phonics and maths are explored.
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Playing is learning when you are a small child and we harness this by offering play opportunities in our settings. You will find a calm and purposeful learning environment where children are engaged in play by themselves, with their friends and with adults. They are learning social skills, communication and language as well as practising key concepts they learn from adults.
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At Old Bank Academy we are committed to teaching our children to read in the early years of school so they are able to successfully learn in the future. We teach children the essential speaking and listening skills in nursery and then move on to teaching children to read through phonics in reception and beyond. We teach using the Essential Letters and Sounds scheme and children love learning actions and being successful at reading.
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