GLF Schools

GLF Schools

GLF Schools was founded in 2012 in order to enable the federation of Glyn School (an academy in 2011) and Danetree Junior School. Together, we began our journey to become a MAT of more than 1000 talented staff working with over 10,000 children in 40 schools across 5 regions in southern England.

Our Schools

Banbury Region

Banstead Region

Berkshire & Hampshire Region

Caterham Region

Crawley Region

Didcot Region

Epsom Region

London Boroughs

Redhill Region

Sunbury & Camberley Region

A Typical Day in our Nursery

8:35  Children will arrive in class.

They will:       

  • Hang up their belonging on their pegs
  • Wash their hands
  • Find their picture/name card and it to our self register
  • Find their spot on the carpet and join in with our ‘wake up shake up’ (movement skills)

8:45     Register:  We sing our ‘hello’ song and say good morning

8:50     Sound discrimination activity:

We play a range of interactive games to develop children’s ability to tune into different sounds including everyday sound around us, musical sounds, rhythm and rhyming activities, initial sounds in alliteration games and in the summer term our older nursery children are taught the first set sounds following ‘Read Write Ink’ (RWI)

Picture89.00 Free Play

The children can explore the classroom - they will be able to use the enhanced provision that is set up to encourage learning and inspire imaginations and creativity.

 

 

 

9:45-10:15  Café style rolling snack

The children can have snack at the snack table if they wish. They can choose from a selection of fruit/veg and have a drink of milk/water.

(Our younger nursery children in Frankin class have snack altogether).

10:15    Tidy up time

The children help to tidy their class, putting toys and resources back where they belong

10:30    Outside free play

The children will be able to use the enhanced provision set up to support learning and development outside

11:20   Maths

The children will collectively join in with some maths activities – singing number songs, exploring shapes and pattern and challenging themselves with weight and measure.  

11:45-12:15  Lunchtime

The children have lunch together in their class enjoying either a packed lunch from home or a school dinner.

 12:30    Outside free play

Picture10The children will once again be able to use the enhanced provision set up to support learning and development outside

 

 

 

Picture913:30   STEAM learning

Each term the children are introduced to learning following the ambitious GLF Curriculum.  Questions are posed to challenge children's thinking and curiosity, developing their knowledge and understanding

13:45    Free play

The children can explore the classroom - they will be able to use the enhanced provision that is set up to encourage learning and creativity linked to our curriculum.

14:45   Tidy up time

The children help to tidy their class, putting toys and resources back where they belong

15:00    Story and celebrations

Picture7The children will share a story on the carpet before home time.  Throughout the term, carefully selected stories are read following the ‘Talk Through Stories’ approach to develop children’s comprehension and vocabulary.  

We also celebrate ‘Headteacher’s certificates’ for Dojo points and our ‘Star of The Week’.

 

15:15    Home time - the doors will open for children to be collected!