Our Environment

Babies (up to 2 years)

Within the baby room our staff work closely with your child to make sure all their individual needs are met, as each baby is unique. For our younger babies we will follow your routines such as bottle feeding and sleep times, our older babies will fit into our routine. We have daily dairies for this group which will provide you with information including how much food they’ve eaten, what snacks they’ve had, nappy changes, sleep times and what they have been doing and enjoying throughout their day. Strong bonds are built between your baby and their keyworker.

Babies have lots of free flow play throughout the day, a time for planned adult led activities to follow the EYFS is also planned each day to meet every child’s specific needs. We have a great garden where your baby can explore and have lots of fun experiences including water play and sand play. We also make lots of time for fun filled activities such as painting, messy play, cooking, dancing, topic and season work. We also love to go on day trips out including the park, farm, aquarium and many more places.

We ask you provide a change of clothes either in your babies bag or to stay at nursery in case your child needs changing. During summer months we ask you supply sun cream and a hat to stay at nursery for your child and in the winter months we ask you prove wellies to stay at nursery. Lastly we ask you provide slippers to stay at nursery for your child to put on when they come in.

In this group there is a senior member of staff which is the group leader and their assistant. Ratio in this room is 1:3 which allows staff to look after your child effectively without compromising others.

Toddlers (2 to 3 years)

In our toddler room your child really starts to develop their already existing skills and start to form personal preferences. Our children take part in making choices of activities throughout the day in preparation for their transition into pre-school.

Your child will gain independence, such as toilet training when they become ready, dressing themselves, reducing their sleep times throughout the day, using cutlery and being able to communicate. Your child will be encouraged to join in our daily routine such as registration time and adult led activities, they will also have the opportunity for free flow play throughout the day and fun activities including messy play, cooking, dancing, topic and season work. We have a great garden that your child will get to play in each time they attend nursery, we have lots of great activities outdoors which include water play, sand play, bikes and trikes and many more. We love to take our children out on day trips to different places including, the park, the farm, the aquarium and many more.

Also in our 2-3 group we have daily dairies which include information about your child’s day which includes, food they have eaten and snack we have provided, nappy changes throughout the day, sleep times and activities they have been doing and enjoyed throughout the day.

We ask for a few essentials including providing nappies, wipes and cream if needed, you can do this buy bringing in bulk or daily. We also ask you provide a change of clothes either in your child bag or to stay at nursery in case your child needs changing. If your child is toilet training then we ask you to provide a few sets of underwear and clothes in case of any accidents. During summer months we ask you supply sun cream and a hat to stay at nursery for your child and in the winter months we ask you prove wellies to stay at nursery. Lastly we ask you provide slippers to stay at nursery for your child to put on when they come in.

In this group we have a senior member of staff which is the group leader and their assistant, the ratio is 1:4 and the maximum number of children per day in this room will be 8, this allows staff to really know and understand each of their children individually.

Pre-School

Once your child reaches our pre-school side they will start to follow a more structured day, this encourages self – esteem, self confidence and self care skills. We provide a variety of more advanced activities and experiences for your child to develop and thrive. Your child will be encouraged to become independent, we do several things to help your child to develop their independence skills such as them having their own water bottle, accessing their own tray, self selection of resources and equipment, cutting up their own snack and pouring their own milk, and putting their own clothes and shoes on .

Their day will be well balanced giving plenty of time for free flow play, adult led planned activities, garden play and fun activities including messy play, arts and crafts, cooking, dancing, water and sand play and topic and season work. Your child will learn to share, take turns, solve problems, social skills, manners and respect for others and most importantly we work hard to ensure your child is ready and equipped for their transition to school.

We love to take our children out on day trips to different places including, the park, the farm, the aquarium and many more.

We ask for a few essentials including spare clothes either to stay at nursery or in your child’s bag in case they need to change their clothes or underwear, During summer months we ask you supply sun cream and a hat to stay at nursery for your child and in the winter months we ask you provide wellies to stay at nursery. Lastly we ask you provide slippers to stay at nursery for your child to put on when they come in.

In this group there will be a senior member of staff which will be the group leader, and trained assistants. The ratio is 1:8 and this helps us to know all of our children individually.