This session we have a real drive in establishing our nursery team, ensuring consistent and effective approaches to facilitating, observing and tracking learning and developing our outdoors space.
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To work as an effective member of an early years team delivering a high quality child centred service which meets the needs of children and their families.
We are looking for a strong Early Years Practitioner with an excellent understanding of the learning cycle and the ability to support this in our setting. We are looking for someone who is able to model our values each and every day and is committed to both improving themselves and our setting as a whole to make the nursery the best it can be. You will be working alongside a Senior Early Years Practitioner, Two other practitioners and an Early Years Support Worker., You must be educated to HNC level in Early Education and Childcare or hold SNNB/HNC/SVQ3 qualifications in Childcare/Education or equivalent and be able to evidence additional learning and knowledge of current practice and legislation in relation to Early Learning and Childcare.
SSSC registration
SSSC registration is an essential requirement of this role. If you are appointed and are not already a member of the relevant section of the SSSC Register, you will be required to apply for registration within 3 months of your start date to ensure that you are registered within the required 6 months.
PVG Membership
This post is considered as a Regulated Role with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.
Athelstaneford Primary is a small, rural school proudly sitting at the heart of our community. The school consists of a nursery offering 1140 hours a year with up to 20 children per session and 3 classes accommodating 52 children in the main school. We are equipped with a small central learning area and playground. The school has access to the local village hall to support curricular learning and outdoor areas such as a large park, local woodlands and allotment.
At Athelstaneford, we live by our school vision of "learning together and having fun to be the best we can be". This along with our values of kindness, perseverance, co-operation and respect help to shape our school ethos and contribute to our learning. We invest in developing nurturing and supportive relationships with out learners, community and colleagues.