Goose Green or Heber nursery?

[EmmaJo]

Dear Goose green and Heber parents. We are lucky to have been offered a nursery space for our daughter at both Heber and Goose Green for September start. Anyone with recent experience of either please share!! I like both but guess I feel Heber is slightly more attractive due to it's residential road location, however this is not a deal breaker. Experiences and opinions greatly appreciated!

:-)

[emilydina]

My son attends goose green. The teachers are amazing and he is very happy there.

[kristymac1]

My son goes to Heber and whilst the nursery is quite small, the teachers and support staff are lovely and have been fantastic in terms of increasing my son's confidence and circle of trust.

I'm sure both nurseries would be equally good, are you likely to get into either of the schools for reception? That would sway me, in terms if nursery being a really good introduction to the school environment (and making friends with other kids who will go into rdception there too)

[picknmix]

Hello. I am forwarding my application toboth schools and I would love to follow this thread and get your comments.

[yeknomyeknom]

We were choosing between Heber and goodrich. So I can't speak for goose green. But for talking to other mums, we didn't go with Heber because it's small, limited natural light and views to outdoors when stuck inside and it felt a little oversubscribed for the size of it. We since learnt that when working out how many children are allowed in a space it's done by square metre. So bizarrely includes ceiling height. Heber has high ceilings so it's sq metre size is large and more children are allowed.

[kristymac1]

yeknomyeknom Wrote:

We since learnt

> that when working out how many children are

> allowed in a space it's done by square metre. So

> bizarrely includes ceiling height. Heber has high

> ceilings so it's sq metre size is large and more

> children are allowed.

Isn't Sq metre the floor footprint? If it included ceiling height it'd be cubic metre?

As I said in my post the nursery is quite small which I did have reservations about at first, my son is very active but the space works really well for him, other than at drop off when parents go in with the children to hang up coats etc it doesn't feel overcrowded at all and they spend a lot of time playing outside (weather permitting, which even this year has been quite a lot surprisingly). The nursery space is well set up with different activities each day. At 3 and 4yr old , the children are quite small and what may seem a small space to us big folk is probably quite generous to wee ones...

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

I viewed Heber and Goose Green and ended up at Goodrich as I felt the limited space at Heber was not suited to my child who likes a bit more space to run about in .

I was quite impressed by the huge space at Goose Green but was put off by the busy road , it's all down to preferences. .

[LondonMix]

Yes, sqm is just floor area. Cubic meters is volume (i.e. floor and height)

kristymac1 Wrote:

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> yeknomyeknom Wrote:

> We since learnt

> > that when working out how many children are

> > allowed in a space it's done by square metre.

> So

> > bizarrely includes ceiling height. Heber has

> high

> > ceilings so it's sq metre size is large and

> more

> > children are allowed.

>

> Isn't Sq metre the floor footprint? If it included

> ceiling height it'd be cubic metre?

> As I said in my post the nursery is quite small

> which I did have reservations about at first, my

> son is very active but the space works really well

> for him, other than at drop off when parents go in

> with the children to hang up coats etc it doesn't

> feel overcrowded at all and they spend a lot of

> time playing outside (weather permitting, which

> even this year has been quite a lot surprisingly).

> The nursery space is well set up with different

> activities each day. At 3 and 4yr old , the

> children are quite small and what may seem a small

> space to us big folk is probably quite generous to

> wee ones...

[yeknomyeknom]

Sorry, I meant cubic.

[EmmaJo]

Thank you all for your input, I have found this very useful when making our choice!

Emma