FAQ

Little Lambs is open from 7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

We have 3 sessions. A full day session 7.30am-6pm, a morning session 7.30am-1pm and an afternoon session 1pm-6pm. Funded days start at 8am, if you wish your child to start 7.30am this can be arranged for an additional cost.

All staff are Paediatric First Aid trained so can respond to any situations should they arise.

Depending on what session your child attends, we provide breakfast, morning snack, a hot lunch, afternoon snack and high tea. This is included in privately paid sessions and if you opt in to the consumables on funded days. Please speak to the nursery manager for more information about consumable charges.

Our menus are nutritionally balanced, and we have 3 different weekly menus, so each week is different.

Special dietary requirements are catered for depending on your child’s needs. Please discuss your child’s needs with the nursery manager during the sign-up process.

Children may have breast milk, formula milk, milk or water to drink. We serve bottles of milk according to the timetable you dictate, and we adapt this on a regular basis as your child develops. If you are breastfeeding, we are happy for you to provide breast milk for us to feed your little one. All children have access to water beakers/bottles throughout the day, and these are easily accessible so they can help themselves throughout the day.

Each child at Little Lambs Day Nursery is allocated a key person. This is a requirement of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework that ensures each child is taken care of by someone who has an in-depth knowledge of their needs, likes and dislikes. Your child’s key person is someone with whom they can strike up a bond with that will help them to feel confident, secure and settled whilst at the nursery. They will also take the time to get to know you as a family.

Yes, the settling in process when your child starts at nursery is tailored to their needs. We offer 3 complimentary sessions usually the week before your child is due to start, this will be discussed with the manager during the sign-up process.

At Little Lambs, we use an app called Famly. Which you will have a secure link to access. We update you through the day with nappy changes, toileting (if they are toilet training), meals, bottles and sleep times. We also send regular photos and observations so you can see what your little one gets up to at nursery. You can also view your invoices and message the team through the app.

Yes, we hold a £100.00 refundable deposit during your child’s time at Little Lambs. 

Yes, we take all childcare vouchers, just please let us know what company you would like to use. We also take payments from the tax-free childcare scheme, please share you child’s reference with us on your registration form.

Yes, we accept all government funded spaces.

Please contact the nursery manager for our up to date fee structure and consumables information.

We work closely with our all families to ensure we meet the needs of the children. If you child has additional needs (SEND), we follow Gloucestershire’s Graduated Pathway and work alongside other professionals to ensure we can help your child to flourish.

We provide all nappies, wet wipes and a basic nappy cream. The children are changed at least 3 times a day: in the morning, after lunch, before going home and whenever your child requires a nappy change outside of these times.

Yes, we love spending time outside in our garden and forest school area. The children get access to the garden every day (morning and afternoon) and we provide waterproofs, sun hats and sun cream so we can go out whatever the weather. We asked that parents provide wellies for your child.

Unfortunately, not. We are closed on all bank holidays and for a week at Christmas.

We have a Facebook page where we post updates about what’s happening at Little Lambs Day Nursery. We will only ever post pictures of children whose parents have consent for us to do so. Many parents like seeing and being able to share photos, others do not, and we do respect your wishes. Here at Little Lambs, we always ensure the photos that we do share of the children are not their faces (only side profile, overhead images or backs of head) this is because we believe this is the safest way of sharing images on social media for all our customers to see.

We have a large range of policies and procedures in place which you are welcome to read, these ensure the nursery is a safe environment for your children. These are available on our Famly app.