Nursery Life
Children are cared for across several age-dependant rooms in the nursery. This gives your child the opportunity to thrive and flourish in peer groups, and have access to activities and learning experiences appropriate for their age and stage of development. We follow the ‘Communication Friendly Spaces’ approach in both our indoor and outdoor environment and this is reflected throughout the building in the use of organic colours, natural materials and resources. The nursery rooms are divided into the following age groups;
- Baby rooms (0-2 years): Caterpillars and Butterflies
- Toddler room (2-3 years): Squirrels
- Pre-school room (3-5 years): Owls and Badgers
Meals
Children enjoy healthy, balanced nutritional meals using fresh fruits and vegetables daily along with good quality meat, fish and vegetarian dishes prepared by our own chef. Special dietary requirements are catered for. We follow a three week menu plan that is revised termly.
Education
The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum is a statutory document outlining the welfare requirements and learning and development experiences for all children under five, against which all registered settings are inspected. Your child’s key person will use this documentation to record, plan and assess your child’s learning and development whilst in the nursery. We use ‘sing & sign’ throughout the nursery and have dvd’s to loan our parents to learn and practice at home.
Ofsted
Our nursery was last inspected in October 2022 and we received a ‘Good’ rating. The nursery team are very proud to have received so many positive comments- particularly referring to our partnership with parents, and staff/child interactions.
“Children are confident, happy and safe in this warm and nurturing environment. They form close relationships with staff and are keen to explore the very wellresourced indoor and outdoor area.
Children's behaviour is very good. Staff have high expectations for the children in their care. Children are learning to share, take turns and play cooperatively. This helps them acquire the social skills required for their next stage of learning. Children have good opportunities to develop their independence skills and manage their personal care.
Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff use a wide range of methods to share information with parents about their children's development... Parents speak highly of staff and the caring, supportive relationships that staff have with the children.”
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