About Us
Who are we?
Run by a local provider with nearly three decades of experience in offering homely and child-orientated Nursery care, Jemima House is led by a manager with over 40 years of early years experience in a variety of roles including assessing the practice of settings for the Pre-school Learning Alliance (recently renamed Early Years Alliance), an NVQ assessor, Family Worker and of course early years practice and management. Together they employ a team of the very best practitioners to ensure that Jemima House is a place that children thrive and achieve their potential and parent/carers can be sure that their children's happiness and well-being is as important to us as is it is to them.
Where are we based?
Jemima House is a beautiful, modern, Nursery based within the Ermine Street Church Academy. We are proud for the Nursery to be a bespoke and purpose-built space, in which each child can learn, develop and grow as they engage in meaningful play. Beautifully-equipped, safe and stimulating indoor and outdoor spaces aim to provide a wealth of learning opportunities for all three of our age groups, and with our close proximity to the Foundation Stage classes of the adjoining school we are excited to be able to offer a seamless transition for children when they leave us to start 'big school'.
What is our vision for the children?
We at Jemima House place the health, happiness and well-being of our little ones as paramount, and look to care for each child in the unique and special way each of them so rightly deserves. We are passionate about supporting children not only to achieve each of their developmental milestones, but also to become strong, confident and happy children who are open-minded and curious about the world around them. With the Early Years known to be some of the most important in any individual's life, we hope to support children in reaching their full potential in the most natural and holistic way possible.
Our whole approach to care and education at Nursery is underpinned by our core philosophy and motto of Wonder, Tenacity and Creativity.
Wonder, Tenacity, Creativity
This is our motto and what our curriculum is based on.
We make sure we provide opportunities for children to be curious and wonder about the world around them. Being able to learn about something new, and understand that they can then take ownership over this learning and move it into a direction of their own choosing to deepen their understanding, is a characteristic of effective learning for way beyond their earliest years.
We encourage our children to be tenacious in all they do, whether this is being independent, not giving up when trying to complete a task or finding something out - we keep trying in different ways until we succeed!
We promote creativity in each child's thinking as well as in their play as we believe that being able to think 'outside of the box' is just as valuable as knowing facts and figures. We believe that nurturing a thirst for knowledge and supporting children's individual learning styles from the very beginning means they leave us eager to start school and ready to use that Wonder, Tenacity and Creativity within them to continue their learning journey and reach their full potential.
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