Childcare Funding

Childcare Funding

YMCA Day Nursery offers 15 and 30 hour funding per week for eligible candidates. The 15 hour funding is available to 2, 3 and 4 year olds. 2 year olds are eligible for 15 hour funding if families are on a low income. This offers parents or guardians the chance to seek...
A Day in our Baby Room

A Day in our Baby Room

Our baby room is a bright and spacious room for our 0-2-year-olds with an adjoining sleep room so that babies are carefully watched over at all times by our experienced staff. The baby room has a loosely structured routine to allow them lots of opportunities to play,...
The Benefits of Playing Outdoors

The Benefits of Playing Outdoors

With our lives becoming more and more consumed by digital technology, it’s becoming increasingly convenient to hand our children an iPad or Xbox to keep them occupied which has resulted in children spending significantly more time indoors.Studies show that a...
Family Benefits of YMCA Day Nursery

Family Benefits of YMCA Day Nursery

Being part of YMCA North Tyneside means we can offer families a number of unique benefits when they choose to place their child within our nursery. These benefits promote positivity and community so that every parent, grandparent or carer, become a part of our...
Nursery Settling in Process

Nursery Settling in Process

Here at YMCA Day Nursery we understand that first impressions are not only incredibly important to you, but to your children too. We have taken the time to assess the impact these initial days can have and created a unique settling in process which we hope will...
Halloween Stay and Play

Halloween Stay and Play

We hosted our first ‘stay and play’ for parents and carers to come and see what their children get up to at nursery. We thought it would be fun to hold it on Halloween and have spooky activities for the children and parents to participate in.We had lots of messy...