Admission

Admission to Nurture and Nature Montessori

Admission to Nurture and Nature Montessori School is granted based on successful completion of the following steps:

School tour
Confirmation of available placement.
Completion of Application form (online or via PDF) and submission of related documentation
Proof of payment of refundable deposit

Please contact us in order to book a tour or just to chat about any questions you may have.

First day of school

On the day your child begins school and the first day of the new school year please bring the following:

*All children:*

x2 packs of wet wipes
x1 bottle of sunscreen
x1 roll of paper towel
x1 pair of children’s scissors
x1 ream of white paper

*Toddler classes:*

x1 pack of crayons
x1 pack pritt glue stick

*Pre-school classes:*

x1 pack of tripod coloured pencils
x1 bottle of white craft glue

Please pack a backpack for your child on a daily basis including the following:

A Sunhat (which will stay at school)
A change of clothing (which will stay at school)
A Healthy Snack in a labelled lunch box (Please no junk food or juice)
Water in a labelled water bottle
A Plastic bag for any dirty/wet clothing

Tips for Tear free Goodbyes

Introduce the teacher to your child. Allow them to form an initial relationship. Make it clear that you trust the teacher and are at ease with her watching your child.
When it’s time to go, make sure to say good-bye to your child. Never sneak out. As tempting as it may be, leaving without saying good-bye to your child risks her trust in you.
Once you say good-bye, leave promptly. A long farewell scene might only serve to reinforce a child’s sense that preschool is a bad place.
Express your ease with leaving. Some parents wave from outside the classroom window or make a funny good-bye face.
• Don’t linger. The longer you stay, the harder it is. Let your child know that you’ll be there to pick her up, and say “See you later!”.
Learn the other kids’ names. When you can call your child’s classmates by name (“Look, Matthew, there is a space at the train table with Kai and Lunga”), it makes school seem familiar and safe.

Parent Communication

Nurture and Nature Montessori have a strong focus on maintaining regular communication with our parents:

Nurture and Nature Montessori offers parents an online application which provides a virtual window into the classroom. This allows you to stay up date with the development and progress of your child
Weekly updates sent to you regarding your child’s unique progress during the previous week. The update includes information regarding the weekly theme covered in class which gives you the opportunity to reinforce the concepts at home. The updates also include the area of work which your child progressed in as well as his interactions on the playground
Weekly photographs of school activities
Monthly newsletters
Comprehensive termly reports
Open door policy regarding any specific requirements or questions which you may have.

Most importantly – please come chat or give us a call about things small or big!

Online progress monitoring

Extraordinary things happen at Nurture and Nature Montessori every day and we do our best to share these moments with you. Nurture and Nature Montessori simplifies parent communication, resulting in a more personalised connection with the school community by providing a virtual window into your child’s classroom. The Childcloud application makes it easy to share academic progress, social development, and those wonderful moments of childhood spontaneity that help make your classroom such an enjoyable place.

Online Parent Portal

You can access important school information from any computer or phone. Your portal is password-protected and personalised to contain only the information that is relevant to the designated to your family.

Activity Reports

Activity Reports help answer the age-old question for you… what did my child do at school today? This summary of the child’s month helps make family time even better as you can engage your children in a real conversation about their school day.

Online Montessori Progress Reports

It is easy for you to see tangible evidence of your child’s academic and social development in an easy-to-read format.

Lunch menu

The Nurture and Nature lunch menu is based on a combination of nutritious recipes which are constantly updated in order to give our children as much exposure to different foods as possible. All our meals are freshly prepared daily.

We strive to reach a balance between the foods that children like and those which exhibit good nutritional value.

Our menu is based on a 10-day cycle which includes 4 vegetarian meals, 2 chicken meals, 2 fish meals and 2 beef meals.

Our school believes that nutritious meals must be a part of every child’s diet. Meal time provides a great opportunity to combine nutrition education with grace and courtesy. Saying “thank you”, “please”, “you’re welcome”, and passing food to other children are taught from day one.

Examples of lunch include:

Cottage pie
Tuna Pasta
Chicken, rice and vegetables
Macaroni and Cheese with hidden vegetables

Examples of our aftercare snack include:

Fruit salad and yogurt
Freshly baked muffins
Provita, cucumbers and cheese