Acorns Nursey 2-4-year provision
Welcome to our Acorns Nursery 2-4year provision.
Acorns Nursery Session Times
Morning Session – 8:45am – 11.45am
Afternoon Session – 12:15pm – 3.15pm
30 hour Session (for 3-year old's) - 8.45am - 2.45pm
We welcome 2-year funding for parents/carers who receive additional support and for working parents. We are currently not accepting 30-hour funding for 2-year old working families. We also accept children who can pay to attend. The cost is £15.75 per session. We also welcome the universal 15 hour entitlement for all 3 and 4-year old's and accept the additional 15 hours entitlement for eligible working parents of 3 and 4-year old's.
For help to understand the different types of funding, and what you may be entitled to, please follow the link below.
If you have any questions or need any support, you can email: ey&cbrokerage@swindon.gov.uk
Or you can call the Early Years Engagement Officer on 07812759534
To apply for a space in Acorns Nursery please see below for an application form.
We do a range of adult supported and child led activities in Acorns. We have fun with our music and movement sessions, enjoy visiting and exploring our woodland area and baking cakes, biscuits and celebrating foods from different cultures using some of our favourite recipes. We also do 'Dough Disco' daily to help build up our core strength and muscles ready for writing!
How a key person works
We feel it’s important that your child feels safe and secure. Quite often we find that a child will settle well with a particular member of staff, this person will become your child’s key worker. We will work with you at all times through verbal, written reports and information that you give us at the times of registration.
We welcome you into Acorns at any time.
We can be contacted through the main school – 01793 521903 and by email: acorns@oaktree.bluekitetrust.org - this email will be checked on a regular basis by all Acorns Nursery staff, and we would endeavor to get back to you as soon as we can.
You can also contact us via one of our Nursery mobiles.
Acorns 2-years old Mobile Number – 07719533110
Acorns 3-years old Mobile Number - 07739660095
ACORNS APPLICATION FORM
Please find below an application form for our Acorns provision.
If you would like to apply for a place, please either drop the form at the school office or alternatively email the completed form to Emma Venghaus, Acorns Manager on evenghaus@oaktree.bluekitetrust.org or Laura Rideout, Nursery Lead on lrideout@oaktree.bluekitetrust.org
Thank you
Summer Term 2025
We were very lucky to be visited by Chloe's Mobile Farm at the end of Term 6. We got to meet lots of different animals, and were able to get up close to them.
A typical day in Acorns. When we first arrive we encourage the children to hang up their belongings. Each child's peg has their name and a picture of them up on the wall so that the children can find their own pegs independently.
We all then meet in one room to do some scarf dancing. This activity, along with our Dough Disco helps the children to build up their core strength and muscles in their shoulders which they need to help them to hold a pencil. We dance to a variety of different music, and this helps us to start our day before we go off to play.
The children will then go into one of the 2 rooms we have in Acorns, and outside will also open up, too. We encourage free-flow, and go outside in any weathers! Snack and adult-led activities will also take part during this time, too.
We enjoy Circle Time in Nursery, and this is programmed to help us develop our Literacy and Numeracy skills.
We finish each session with our Story and Singing Time. During this time we sing lots of different Nursery Rhymes, and will read stories with the children. We then end with our 'Goodbye Song'.
This survey gives you the opportunity to let Ofsted know what you think about your child's school.
For children in Acorns Nursery who were born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021, you can now apply for their school place. You can apply online: Primary school admissions for September 2026 | Primary school places and admissions | Swindon Borough Council
The application deadline is midnight on Thursday, 15th January 2026. If you apply after this date, it will be classed as a late application and will only be considered after all on-time applications have allocated.
Starting school can be very daunting for you and your child. Closer to the time we will begin to arrange transition visits so that your child can become familiar with their new environment and to meet their new teacher.