Oak - Nursery

Welcome to Nursery

Welcome to Healdswood Nursery with Miss Spencer and Mrs Murnieks. Here at Healdswood, we provide engaging, open-ended resources across our indoor and outdoor learning environment to spark curiosity and a love of learning in every child.

We believe in creating a nurturing, stimulating space where children can explore, play, and grow at their own pace. Our provision is carefully planned to meet the needs of all children. We provide a warm, homely, and curiosity-focused learning environment that aligns with our whole-school approach to learning and development.

All about our Nursery

At Healdswood Nursery, children can join us from the term after their 3rd birthday. We offer both morning and afternoon sessions to suit your family’s needs.

Morning Nursery: 8:35am – 11:35am
Afternoon Nursery: 12:20pm – 3:20pm

We also provide places for children who are entitled to 30 hours of funded childcare (with a valid code).
These sessions run from 9:20am – 3:20pm, or families can choose an early start at 8:35am for a small charge of £3 per day.

If you would like to apply for a place, please contact the school office, and they will connect you with our Nursery Team.

For more information or help with your application, you can call us on 01623 462449 or email office@healdswood.notts.sch.uk

Forest School

On Mondays, our children enjoy their session in the Forest School area with Mrs Bowler and Mrs Murnieks. These sessions give children the opportunity to explore nature, develop confidence, and learn through hands-on outdoor experiences.

Children should come to nursery dressed in weather-appropriate clothing, such as waterproofs and wellington boots, so they can explore and play comfortably in all seasons.

PE

On Tuesdays, we allocate time for our PE sessions in the school hall. Children do not need a PE kit for these sessions — we simply remove our shoes and socks.

We would really appreciate your support in helping your child practise taking off and putting on their shoes and socks at home. This helps to develop their independence and self-help skills, which are important parts of early learning.

Our Library

At Healdswood Nursery, we believe that sharing books at home helps to build children’s early language, communication, and literacy skills, while also fostering a lifelong love of reading.

Our library system offers a wide range of high-quality books for children to take home, share, and enjoy with their families. There is an opportunity to change books at the beginning or end of each session, and a record sheet is available to sign books in and out.

To encourage a love of reading, we celebrate every five books shared with a special Golden Box reward!

Our fabulous learning environment!

Nursery 2025 - 2026

Autumn term 1 – What makes me unique

Grandparents day - We loved inviting our wonderful grandparents in for a book and a biscuit session.

Bread making - We learnt all about Autumn and spoke about hedgehogs hibernating. We then made our own hedgehog bread.

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Pumpkin Patch - We loved picking our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch and taking them home to decorate ready for the Octoberfest.

Take one picture - For our 'take one picture' piece of art, we looked at The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Hokusai. We discussed what we could see and then created our own interpretation of the chosen artwork.

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