Welcome to Wildground Nursery

Wildground Nursery is an excellent Teacher Led Setting within an Outstanding Early Years Provision located at Wildground Infant School in Dibden Purlieu, just outside the village of Hythe in Southampton. The provision is led by Molly Mullen an experienced Early Years Teacher supported by early years practitioners. Molly works closely with the strong Early Years Team and SENCO within the infant school.

We are a fully inclusive setting offering a high quality, safe, nurturing environment where children learn through play. We support child development through the use of the foundation stage framework and our partnerships with parents, carers and the wider community. We use Makaton, cued articulation, small group times, language box and many other interventions and strategies to ensure all children are well supported within their development. We aim to build strong foundations for every child to achieve their potential and prepare your child for their continuing educational journey with our federation values "Learn and Succeed Together for the Journey Ahead" at the heart of all activities.

We offer preschool sessions to children from two years old between the hours of 8am and 4pm during term time with flexible start and finish times to accommodate our families childcare needs. Parents can access free government funding, this includes: 2 year funding, 15 hours funding, 30 hours funding and tax-free childcare. No registration fees and deposits required. We don't charge for consumables and ask for parents and carers to provide a healthy packed lunch from home including nappies and wipes if required. To enhance the provision, we provide various curriculum enhancements and may ask for a voluntary contribution for food tasting experiences. 

When a child joins Wildground Nursery, they join a family group which consists of a small group of children.

What does Wildground Nursery have to offer? 

At Wildground Nursery our overall aim is to enable children to become independent, confident and resilient learners. We believe young children are capable researchers, collaborators, communicators, who can think critically and solve problems.

Our aim is to provide rich, engaging experiences that spark children’s love of learning. Children’s eagerness to learn is achieved through staff’s high expectations of what they can achieve. Wildground Nursery provides an adventurous start to each child's journey, giving them the skills they need to learn throughout their lives, and fostering strong positive relationships and an enthusiasm for learning.

We are passionate about teaching and learning and continuously reflect on our practice through a focus on both research and pedagogy. At the heart of our work with children is the relationship with families and we endeavour to support and develop wonderful, warm relationships with all our families. We understand children must be engaged in meaningful, first hand experiences as a powerful means to drive children's learning forward.

Early Years Provision

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Curriculum

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Themed Learning Plans

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Register your child's place at Wildground Nursery:

Please contact the federation office by phone or email Wildground Federation Nursery to express interest in applying for a place at Wildground Nursery: nursery@wildground.hants.sch.uk