Babies are looked after on the first floor, in three bright and airy playrooms, with a quiet sleeping area assigned to one of the rooms. Home to up to 12 babies, upstairs provides plenty of space to move around and a deep pile carpet to cushion the falls of those first tentative steps. All our staff are specially chosen so that the every need of your little treasures are met. Whilst in our baby unit, the babies enjoy their very own programme of activities such as painting or messy play. Their masterpieces are displayed around the unit for you to marvel at their first pieces of work and then can be taken home to treasure forever.

There is also a kitchen area for the preparation of bottles and a baby changing area with hand washing facilities. We aim to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment where babies can learn, explore, relax and socialise in a secure setting with a
professionally qualified and settled staff group. We never underestimate the amount of care, love and attention that babies and young children need to grow, feel secure and be happy.

The babies also enjoy frequent walks to local parks and within the local community. This which provides them with the all important fresh air that they need for a healthy development as well as developing a sense of belonging and knowledge and
understanding of the world around us.

Meal times in the baby unit are used to provide those initial social stages. Learning from each other we believe and recognise the importance of group feeding times and therefore the children will use each other as their learning tools.

Children over two use 3 rooms within the toddler unit which they can naturally free flow between areas enabling them to make choices, explore their curiosity and gain independence. The areas are filled with play opportunities to excite and captivate the young mind and nurture their early development.

They have their very own little toilets to begin those all important toilet training steps when they feel ready. Until that point nappy changing facilities can be found in the unit. The toddler unit adopt the principles of the curriculum for Wales and learning through play allowing the children to freely roam between the areas of learning and developing their skills in a fun and exciting way yet at their own pace. Patio doors in two rooms lead into the large garden complete with climbing frames, messy play areas, benches, mud kitchens, construction areas, planters and much more! The layout naturally lends itself to enable indoor/outdoor play so that the children can freely explore what the varying environments have to offer.

St. Aubin Roath is blessed with a large garden space complete with mud kitchen, growing spaces, hard surface for bikes and a separate baby garden so the little ones can enjoy the outdoors all throughout the day. A large outdoor classroom at the bottom of the garden allows the children to explore another learning environment in all weathers with activities being planned for both indoors and outdoors. A range of floor textures offer depth to their play.

The children also enjoy planned visits outside the confines of the nursery building to places such as the local parks, police stations or such like. This allows them to appreciate their natural surroundings and explore what goes on outside of their nursery life. Naturally these visits will take place taking safety precautions and all children will wear wrist straps or reigns when outside of the nursery building.

As your little one grows, the time will come where you will begin to think about their transition to the local schools and state nurseries. In St. Aubin Roath, we are able to support this next stage by providing full wrap around care for your little one so that they can access their funded provision during your working day.

Currently we provide full wrap around care for St Peters RC Primary School, Marlborough Primary and Stacey Primary for both the drop off s and collection for their sessions.

We are able to support your child’s transition into the local state provisions to access their funded provision when they reach their 3rd birthday.

THE CHILDCARE OFFER

The nursery is registered and able to provide care under the Childcare offer for Wales for eligible 3 years olds. Once you have
made your application, please contact us and we can talk you through the next stages for the childcare offer in the nursery.
For further details including eligibility please go to: https://www.gov.wales/childcare-offer-for-wales-campaign

Upon registration we require a non-refundable Registration Fee of £75.00.

A deposit of £40 per day will be payable to secure the nursery place. This deposit is deducted from your final bill providing the required notice period is given.

Fees are due to be paid on either the 1st day of every month. Payment can be made via DD, government gateway or Nursery Vouchers. St. Aubin does not accept cheques.

Nursery Fees
• All day: £84.57
• AM 7.30-1pm: £54.37
• PM 1-6pm: £53.16
• Full Time: £393.25
• 9-3 session: £71.28

Wrap around care
• All day wraparound: £84.57
• AM + Drop off to state : £67.05
• Pick up +PM: £65.84
• Pick up until 1: £25.37
•  7:30-9:00 and drop to school: £25.38
• AM Wrap Around: £54.37
• 3:30-6 Pre School: £38.07

OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB – for those attending full time school
•  Full days – during school holidays only: £39.00
• AM OOSC: £8.97
•  PM OOSC: £16.88

Our Fees Include
• All meals and snacks
• Baby milk (until the baby turns one)
• Nappy creams and wipes
• All activities, learning opportunities and support
• Constant monitoring and assessing your child’s development to ensure they are being fully supported
• Parents evenings
• Assessment documents for you to keep
• Access to our famly app to keep in touch with nursery

St Aubin nursery can accept payment via:
• Childcare vouchers
• Government gateway
• Childcare offer
• Direct debit
• Standing order
• Card payment over the phone
• Bank transfer

Discounts
A 10% discount is offered to one child when two or more siblings attend the nursery on a part time basis. The 10% discount is taken from the fees of the oldest child.

A 15% discount is offered to one child when two or more siblings attend the nursery on a FULL TIME basis.

The 15% discount is taken from the fees of the oldest child.

All fees will be calculated according to the sessions you have booked your child in for. All fees will be paid at a set fee every month. I.e. the number of sessions per week x 52 weeks divided by 12 – The bank holidays and the week we close at Christmas are then taken off your bill according to the days your child does.