Babies
Our baby room is a lovely bright area, furnished and equipped to a high standard to provide comfort and stimulation for our youngest children. Each child’s individual needs and routines including sleep and meal times are respected and the staff work closely with parents to ensure that wherever possible, there is continuity of routine between home and nursery.
Outside, the babies have access to our play areas so that they can enjoy the fresh air.
Before babies start nursery, parents are encouraged to visit the nursery to discuss their child’s individual routines and needs with the staff and to agree a care plan.
All of the children in the baby room are given lots of individual attention during the day by our friendly and caring staff. Parents are provided with verbal information about their child’s day supplemented by the daily diary which parents take home and a detailed on-going developmental record. This provides information about feeding, activities, nappy changes and any other significant events.
Activities are appropriate for the age and stage of development of the children and include a wide range of sensory experiences: Within the baby room, activities typically include heuristic play, music (banging & bashing as well as songs, rhymes and listening), messy play, ball pool play, paint activities, baby book time and loads of cuddles. Our baby room provides a wealth of opportunities for babies to explore the world around them supported by well qualified, caring and committed staff.
Toddlers
Our toddler rooms provide a lively and stimulating environment, planned to offer the activities that children need and enjoy as they become increasingly mobile. The emphasis here is very much on active fun, where children continue to explore the world around them and develop increasingly their communication skills. In the toddler room, children build upon the skills they have developed within the baby room. Our toddlers enjoy activities such as jigsaws, creative play, dressing up and role play, ride on toys and tricycles, climbing and outdoors play, early mark making, construction, story time, music, sand play and water play.
Our outdoor facilities including the pirate ship are used extensively by the toddlers to support their developing physical and intellectual skills as they explore the environment.
Activities are planned within the ‘Birth to Three Matters’ framework to encourage the children to develop physically, intellectually and socially.
- A strong child
- A skilful communicator
- A competent learner
- A healthy child
All focusing to develop the child.
Staff provide parents with daily feedback about their children’s day and they keep detailed developmental records which parents are welcome to see at any time. Parents are also encouraged to contribute to these records.
Pre - school
Our pre-school room is designed to provide our older children with a wealth of experiences and opportunities that promote the areas of learning identified within the Foundation Stage Framework. Children are given lots of opportunities to enjoy learning and we actively promote their:
Communication, Language and Literacy
Personal and Social Development
Mathematical Development
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Physical Development
Creative Development
Children in the pre-school are encouraged to develop independence as they enjoy the wide variety of activities available. The activities are carefully planned to encourage all children to continually develop in all of these areas.
Within pre-school the children participate in activities such as story time, construction, painting and model making, sand and water play, small world toys, sorting and counting games, music making and singing, outside play including wheeled toys, climbing, running and jumping.
In addition, to the nursery based activities, children enjoy trips to various places such as Chester Zoo.
As with other age groups detailed developmental records are maintained by each child’s key worker. These are always available for parents who are encouraged to contribute to them.
Out of School Club (& Holiday Club)
Our Out of School Club is a wonderful, vibrant and fun place for children of primary school age. Occasionally it may be possible to accommodate children who attend secondary school – please enquire.
During term time we are able to take to and collect from a number of local primary schools. Taking the worry out of parents’ out of school childcare arrangements. During the school holidays the club is open every week day (7.30am - 6pm) except for public holidays.
When arriving at the club, children are given a snack and drink and then there are a wide range of activities that they can enjoy – doing as much or as little as they wish. Activities include art and craft, board games, computing, computer and console games, pool, table football, reading, listening to music etc.. | 
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