Mayville High School Prospectus
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EARLY YEARS<br />
AT MAYVILLE<br />
A typical day at the <strong>Mayville</strong> Nursery begins with…<br />
a helping hand, into our homely and stimulating<br />
pre-school, divided into two classrooms, with our<br />
youngest pupils joining either Swans or Kestrels.<br />
Located in the heart of Southsea, our Nursery <strong>School</strong> provides the best<br />
possible start for your child, as they take their first steps out of the family<br />
home towards new friendships and experiences. Our day-to-day activities<br />
are recorded so that parents can interact with staff and share in their child’s<br />
play, discoveries and development in real-time.<br />
We employ the same ‘whole child’ educational philosophy with our very<br />
youngest pupils. What do we mean by this? It means that every child<br />
is valued as an individual. In the Foundation Stage, they are only just<br />
beginning to discover their unique interests and talents and they will<br />
be supported and nurtured to develop respect for one another, manners<br />
and confidence of character; so they can begin to know a little about<br />
who they are. Our highly-trained staff achieve this through a careful<br />
blend of structured play, learning and specialist teaching.<br />
Indoor spaces are light and open and, combined with small class sizes,<br />
allow children the room to play and discover. The Nursery has its own<br />
outdoor play area, which we use throughout the year. Housed within the<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> site, we also benefit from shared facilities, including the main<br />
hall and our playing fields in Eastney. We draw upon school resources,<br />
such as specialist teaching in PE, Languages and Performing Arts, in order<br />
to enrich learning opportunities. Children are integrated into the life of the<br />
school, taking part in cross-curricular events and assemblies, whilst regular<br />
trips outdoors introduce them to the wider local community.<br />
“Pupils have a highly-developed sense<br />
of right and wrong and readily take<br />
responsibility for their own behaviour.”<br />
ISI Inspection Report<br />
Parents are actively encouraged to be involved in their children’s learning<br />
experiences, so that their child’s first experiences of school are positive<br />
and there is cohesion between learning at school and home, where any<br />
fears or obstacles are overcome through care and perseverance.<br />
Our children are courteous, well-behaved and happy. The Nursery <strong>School</strong><br />
is the first step into life as part of the <strong>Mayville</strong> family. Many of our parents<br />
opt for their children to continue their journey with us into the Junior<br />
<strong>School</strong> and all the way through to 16.
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