Children

Our baby room is known as Snowdrops, which consists of 3 large playrooms, a small kitchen area and a separate sleep room and changing room. The unit has two sets of French doors leading to a private decking and garden area. Babies care routines are discussed and recorded in partnership with parents on settling in sessions with their keyworker. Snowdrops staff members take pride in supporting children in building secure attachments and relationships to give them the best start in life.

Alongside our continuous provision and free flow ethos we provide an array of structured activities for babies to participate in, such as music playtime, yoga, story sacks, sensory and messy play.

We have a dedicated sensory room within the snowdrops unit to stimulate the senses including reflective materials. Natural resources, scented bags and more.

Our younger toddler room is known as Buttercups, which consists of 2 large playrooms as well as utilising the private decking and garden area alongside Snowdrops.

Buttercups staff take pride in supporting toddlers to explore through curiosity, coordination, and physical activity.

Alongside our continuous provision and free flow ethos we provide an array of structured activities for our younger toddlers to participate in, such as; music and dancing, exploring colour through messy play and building with a variety of resources.

Our older toddler room is known as Daffodils, which consists of 2 large playrooms as well as a large outdoor play space.

Daffodils staff take pride in supporting the older toddlers to express their needs and preferences through use of singular words progressing to simple sentences.

Alongside our continuous provision and free flow ethos we provide an array of structured activities for our younger toddlers to participate in, such as; exploration of instruments, new songs and actions as well as encouraging imagination through rein acting real life experiences.

Daffodils staff work in partnership with parents on toilet training and encouraging independence on an individual basis.

Sunflowers is led by a team of highly qualified practitioners.

Children move to Sunflowers at around 3 years old and the transitions take place at various times of the year.

Sunflowers unit covers the whole of the second floor of Scallywags. Its open plan layout is fantastic for the children to explore and free-flow at their own leisure. Accessing all the seven areas of learning independently. Sunflowers unit has its own bathroom which is freely accessible throughout the day. Sunflowers also have easy access to our all-weather garden area which is staffed constantly so that children can choose whether to play outside or inside.

In this group, the children can free flow between their areas and outside as all areas are staffed. This allows the children to choose from a variety of activities at any one time. The music session with Mary is in the room upstairs and the children visit that room for their music sessions and more structured pre-school group time.

From Sunflowers children transition into Pre-school, it covers the whole of the second floor.

Its open plan layout is fantastic for the children to explore and free-flow at their own leisure, accessing all the seven areas of learning independently. Pre-school staff take pride in supporting the children to understand their emotions, friendships, and boundaries.

Alongside our continuous provision and free flow ethos we provide an array of structured activities for our Pre-school to participate in, such as phonics, number games, creative play, and basic technology skills.

Our pre-school also focus on school readiness.  In preparation we support children to be able to communicate and express their needs confidently, encourage independence in self-care and teach primary literacy and numeracy skills.