Welcome to Guiseley Primary School Nursery
Nursery Funding
3 and 4 year old children
Following their 3rd birthday, all children become eligible for 15 hours Free Early Education Entitlement (FEEE) which you do not need to apply or claim for. Your child may be eligible for up to 30 hours free childcare depending on family circumstances. Your 30 hour code can be used for nursery sessions or upto 15 hours in the Sunrise and Sunset before and after school club. To check your eligibility and to claim your 30 hour code please use the government website:
https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/childcare-calc/
2 year old children of working families
To check if you are eligible for the working parent entitlement, please use the government website
If you meet the criteria, you can apply for an 11 digit eligibility code through the same childcare account already used for Tax Free Childcare or for Extended Entitlement (30 hours) for a different 3 or 4 year old child.
The free 15 hours can only be used in Nursery and cannot be used for Sunrise and Sunset sessions. If you require more than 15 hours per week, additional sessions can be paid for at a cost of £16.50 per 3 hour session. Additional sessions are booked and payable for the full half term.
For any issues, questions or queries regarding a 30 hour code, 2 year old Working Parent Entitlement or a taxfree childcare account, please contact HMRC Childcare team on 03001 234097.
2 year old children of families accessing some form of government support and other categories
If you do not meet the criteria for the 2 year old Working Parent Entitlement, you may still be eligible for up to 15 free hours in Nursery for your child if you are in receipt of certain benefits.
Please use the Leeds City Council portal to check your eligibility and to apply for free hours
https://parentportal.leeds.gov.uk/Synergy/Childcare/2YOparentapplication.aspx
Families facing issues with the service can contact Leeds City Council via email to feeequeires@leeds.gov.uk.
Spring term 2026
This term the children have enjoyed learning about many different celebrations and the beginnings of Spring. We have thought about other cultures and religions and how diverse we all are.
Squiggle While you wiggle has been very successful and the children are naturals at making the marks and using the 'flappers' which will support them with their gross motor skills throughout early years.
We have explored the changing weather, nature and new animals that are born at this time of year and have spent longer periods of time outside playing. This term we invited parents in for world book day and stay & play so the children were able to show their families all of the things that they have done in Nursery.
We have done lots of singing in Nursery and the children have shown a keen interest in Nursery rhymes, reading and dancing. Reading stories together has become our favourite thing to do in the day.
We hope everyone has a lovely Easter!!
Autumn Term 2025
In Nursery this half term, we have explored many books that have supported the children settle back into Nursery and to talk about how they are feeling. We have focused on getting to know each other, who lives in our house and learning Nursery routines.
While the weather has started to change and exciting things are happening in nature, the children have learnt about the season of Autumn. They have explored the colours of leaves, conker picking and shared lovely stories of walks they have been on with family and friends.
We have used lots of expressive language in Nursery this half term relating to our emotions and the expressions we might have on our faces when feeling a certain way. This has helped the children to understand each other when playing. In Maths the children have focused on 'sharing' and what this means. They have also taken this skill into their play when sharing with friends and it has helped them when getting to know each other.
We have begun Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle again in Nursery along with Dough Disco, which encourages hand movements and muscle strength. The children have very much enjoyed this, especially when done with music. This has supported them when writing and mark making which we have seen a lot of during their play time.
It has been a busy, fun filled half term in Nursery and the children have even baked some bread just like the Little Red Hen in the story we read during week 7.
We are looking forward to more exciting things happening after half term!
Thank you for all the lovely, continued support from all of our families! See you soon!
Summer 2025
In Nursery this half term we have been finding out about under the sea. The children were excited to find some treasure in a chest when we arrived at Nursery. There were also lot of pants drying on a washing line. Our visitors had left us a present, the book ‘Pirates Love Underpants.’ We had lots of fun finding out about pirates, playing in our small world areas, making eye patches and huge ships outside and of course designing new underpants for them. We practised our fine motor skills using pegs and putting washing on the line.
We looked at the book ‘Rainbow fish’ and enjoyed retelling the story using puppets and props. We liked discussing about being kind and sharing. The children also looked at new emotions and feeling such as being jealous of something. We enjoyed exploring that the sea and oceans are made of water and the fish that live there. Next, we listened to the story ‘Shark in the Dark’, we explored using lots of rhyme and predicting what might happen next. The children enjoyed researching facts about sharks and they were interested to know that there are different types of sharks. We enjoyed making our own telescopes.
In week five we listened to poems about sea creatures called ‘Commotion in the Ocean’. We found out about other animals such as a lobster, jellyfish and stingray. We enjoyed using adjectives to describe the animals and see film clips of them in real life. We worked together as a team to paint the sea using large rolls of paper.
In our final week listened to the story ‘Blob fish’. We learned about not putting litter in the sea as this can harm sea animals and the environment. The children were all keen to use their fine motor skills to rescue the sea creatures trapped in pipe cleaners.
What and exciting year we have had in Nursery!
Thank you to all our lovely families for their support. We wish all the children moving their new Reception classes lots of luck. We will miss you.
