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Our Baby unit caters for children from 6 weeks old up to around 2 years old and is arranged so that there are two groups with their rooms situated within the ground floor of the nursery. Children from 6 weeks up to 18 months, play within the rooms situated at the back of the nursery which have their own outdoor access, whilst children aged 18 months – 2 years old play within the rooms situated at the front of the nursery - sharing the outdoor access with the younger age group. Both rooms are designed to create a warm, caring and homely atmosphere where staff can meet the individual needs of each of our youngest children. The Baby Unit is fully equipped with its own fridge and microwave. This is to ensure all bottles and food can be kept safely where staff can access them with ease.
Within our safe environment the ratio for staff to children is, one member of staff to three children, this enables staff to work closely with all children to ensure that all their developmental needs are being met.
Throughout the day your child will take part in a number of activities such as, sand, water, play dough and sticking with different materials to develop tactile development, there will also be plenty of time for your child to develop their physical development, both indoors and out, they can experience our baby gym’s, activity mats and smaller apparatus before they progress onto the larger equipment such as the slides and tunnels.Your child will be encouraged to develop their speech and language development with staff as they sing nursery rhymes or read simple stories, and interact with their peers. There will also be a variety of low music played throughout the day to encourage your child to respond to different sounds.
All this much fun can sometimes be very tiring for little ones, so our dedicated and qualified staff will ensure that throughout the day, each child has a little nap if needed or maybe just some quiet time and cuddles!
All children learn through play and discovery, as this helps to build confidence and independence which in turn helps your child to prepare and progress onto the next stage of development. This would only take place when both parents / carers and staff are confident that the child in question is ready for the next challenge ahead of them.
Our Tweenie Room
Our Tweenie room is where we cater for children aged 2 - 3 years, the area for these children is situated within the lower section of the nursery, again with its own access to our outdoor facilities.
This area is made up of two rooms, the first one being our role play / book area and the other one is for table top activities, messy play and meal times.There is also a nappy changing area and a small toilet/sink to encourage these children to take the next steps.
All children of this age are very inquisitive, curious and eager to participate in new and exciting games and activities. We promote this by providing the right balance of creative come table top toys for them to play with.
Again, the children within this room have a wide range of activities for them to explore such as: sand, water, tactile trays, sticking, painting, drawing and much more. All these activities are planned so that the children gain as much educational knowledge as possible and throughout the activities our staff will provide opportunities for encouragement and support to enhance their speaking and listening skills through questioning and conversation.
All the children within our Baby Unit and Tweenie Room fall into the framework of the Birth to Three Matters section. Birth to Three is a framework for anyone who cares for children 0 - 3 years old, including those with SEN. The aim of the framework is to provide support, information and guidance by identifying four aspects:
A Strong Child
A Skilful Communicator
A Competent Learner
A Healthy Child
These four aspects celebrate the skills and competence of babies and young children and highlight the interrelationships between, growth, learning, development and the environment in which they are cared for and educated.
Upon joining our nursery your child will be given a key worker which will be a member of staff within their room who will monitor and record their development and progress. They will also begin to collect evidence for their development file, which again all links in with the, ‘Birth to Three Matters Framework’.
Our Pre-school Room.
Our Pre-school room is situated on the first floor of our building and has just recently been re-furbished. We can cater for 16 children within this unit and the ratio for staff to children is: 1 member of staff to 8 children.
Our dedicated and committed staff offer a wide variety of activities for the children whilst they are in their pre-school years such as: reading, singing, role play, writing area, maths area, construction area with a display area to keep special models and plenty of floor space for physical activities to take place.
Within our Pre-school room the staff base their planning around the six areas of learning:
Creative development
Maths development
Language & Literacy
Personal & Social
Knowledge & understanding of the world
Physical development
They have a topic list where each month they look at various things including, numbers, colours, shapes, letters, people who help us, countries and much more….
Again, all the children within this room have development files which support the Foundation Stage Curriculum and work through The Stepping Stones, which help us to celebrate in your child’s achievements. Within these files there will be observations from staff, samples of your child’s work and photographic evidence that supports why we feel they have achieved a particular ‘Stepping Stone’.