The Nursery is split into four main areas:
Babies
Non mobile babies benefit from a large, bright, open plan day room, well equipped with the latest in sensory equipment to stimulate the babies senses during their formative months. As babies spend a lot of time sleeping at this early age, we provide a dedicated sleep room if parents require, with the temperature constantly monitored to ensure the babies are comfortable at all times. There are never more than three babies to any one member of staff in the babies room, with each baby having their own key person.
Our babies have regular access to the garden each day.
Tweenies
The Tweenies room is for children 1-2 years with the day structured around their changing interests. The Tweenies room is very well appointed with outstanding levels of equipment, the room follows the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage framework and encourages learning through play. There are various dedicated areas in the Tweenies room offering different activities, there is the ‘Story Corner’ where Tweenies sit in a group and are read stories. A sand and water play area, a construction area to develop coordination and a messy play area for painting and generally getting messy. Tweenies also benefit from a staffing ratio of one member of staff looking after no more than three children. The Tweenies also have supervised access to the garden.
Toddlers
The Toddler room also benefits from a number of dedicated areas, as in Tweenies, the Toddlers have creative areas, a reading corner, circle time and a home area corner. As this is the time when the majority of children start ‘toilet training’, the toddlers room is equipped with brightly decorated childrens’ toilets, encouraging independence. The garden is fully equipped with an impact absorbing surface and lots of outside equipment designed to encourage coordination and balance. The children can access the play area from their toddler room so they can choose where they would like to play.
Pre School
Pre School children follow the ‘Early years foundation stage’ preparing them for their eventual move to school. This is a more settling down routine, with children working in groups. The children are observed learning through play, based on the six areas of learning: Physical development, personal, social and emotional development, communication, language and literacy, creative development, knowledge and understanding of the world and problem solving, reasoning and numeracy. The Pre School room is fully equipped. The preschool children have regular access to the garden every day from their room and complete a lot of their daily activities outside through choice of the children. The children in all rooms go out for walks, to the shops, and feed the ducks at our duck pond>
Monkey Puzzle is open from 8.00am – 6.00pm. We support government funding which consists of 15 hours free per week for each child from September 2010 the term after their third birthday.
