TLC is the only Jewish nursery in NW London which is open all year round and all day providing both Jewish and chol education in a fun environment.
We provide the highest standard of nursery care and excellent service in a loving and fun environment in our 5 rooms at Ner Yisrael Synagogue, Hendon.
We started the nursery primarily to cater for children whose working parents required longer hours of care for their children with longer days and fewer holidays, however, we are here for everyone.
Kodesh and Jewish education
We teach and involve every child – from our youngest babies to our oldest Pre-schoolers – a full curriculum of Kodesh content. From the earliest of ages our children learn about every aspect of Jewish life including:
- Parsha of the week
- Yom Tov/Chaggim and special days
- Berachos and benshing
- Shabbos party on Fridays
- Aleph-Beis writing and reading
- We often link our Kodesh together with the EYFS curriculum
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
As an Ofsted registered nursery, we run our nursery in line with the early years foundation stage (EYFS) for the learning, development and care of your child from birth to 5 years old.
The areas of learning mean that our children will mostly be taught through games and play. Those areas of learning are:
- communication and language
- physical development
- personal, social and emotional development
- literacy
- mathematics
- understanding the world
- expressive arts and design
Because of the assessments we undertake under the EYFS, our children’s progress will be reviewed both regularly and naturally by our experienced staff when they’re between 2 and 3
We play a primary role in recognising and understanding each child’s development and we will liaise with the parents in a loving and caring way throughout their stay
Meals and Snacks
Parents are able to give their children both meaty and dairy meals and because we have both meaty and dairy microwaves, hot meals can also be provided. At meal times the children sit at separate meaty and dairy tables.
All foods must have a hechsher or be on the KLBD approved list.
We do not provide meals as we have found that parents prefer to be able to control their children’s diets in their crucial early years. In particular where parents are not with their children at meal times, we report back – and return all uneaten foods – so that parents can assess what foods their children like and do not like and what quantity of food their children eat.
We operate a healthy eating policy at the nursery and as part of the NHS’ Eat Well Food Profile, we aim to ensure that all the nutrients needed are provided and follow the UK Government’s guidelines for packed lunches.
Breakfast can be taken for children arriving before 9.00am and we provide milk daily for either drinking or for cereals.
There are 2 snack-times each day; mid-morning and mid-afternoon
Open All Year
We do not close for the usual school holidays (half terms, summer terms etc) and will only close for Chaggim, throughout Pesach and Xmas week (as well as Bank holidays and 2 Inset training days per year). On average we are open for about 48 weeks of the year. Typically our nursery opening hours are 2-3 times longer per year than other many other daycare nurseries
Opening hours and daylengths
Our nursery opens at 08:15 every day and we offer a start time of either 08:15, 08:30 or 09:00 with pick up times, on the half hour between 15:30 and 18:00 Monday to Thursday (and on Fridays 16:00 or 3 hours before the start of Shabbos).
Age groups and Rooms
TLC has 5 rooms for children aged between 8 months and 3+ years old (ages at the beginning of each September of the new school year)
- Pre-School
- Nursery
- Pre-Nursery
- Toddler
- Baby
Parents can choose to book their children Monday-Thursday and add Fridays any times between 08:15 and 18:00 subject to a minimum 7 hours per day.
It is not necessary to book the same daylength on each day
We do not offer ‘half days’