Safe and Stimulating Nursery Environment
Our Nursery is structured to create the foundation for learning by providing a safe and welcoming environment for all physical and educational needs, where Children can learn and develop through a variety of structured and free play spaces.
Our highly experienced and qualified team work closely with children and their parents, tailoring our activities, each week, to meet their individual needs and interests. We also incorporate the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, which focuses on seven key areas of learning and development, including communication and language, physical development, personal, social and emotional development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design.
As each child progresses through our Nursery they gain confidence in preparation for that all-important first day at school.
The three core areas :
Art Studio
When children first enter the nursery, they come via the entrance hall into the Art Studio. This room is at the heart of the Nursery and offers communal access for the Butterflies and Ladybirds Room (0-2 years), as well as the Honeybee and Bumblebee Room (3-5 years). It also leads to the communal Toilet/Changing Area. This makes it perfect as the starting point for welcomes, settling children, and peer-to-peer interaction in a safe and friendly space.
Honeybee and Bumblebee Room
The Honeybee and Bumblebee room is divided by a purpose-built, 1-metre high room divider, allowing staff to easily observe children no matter where they are within the environment. The room is then split up into different areas, providing a fun and stimulating space for Children to explore and develop new skills.
It includes a quiet area for reading, a den and play kitchen for imaginative play, a sensory space for SEND, snack area and much more. All of the areas allow flexibility, enabling more learning opportunities.
Ladybirds Room
The Ladybirds room contains three key areas, the first two areas are a hard floor area and carpet area that are set up for children with a purpose-built divider which enables children to see and interact with each other, and the final area is a fully enclosed Nursery Kitchen that provides hot meals and snacks throughout the day.
The Ladybirds room has been purposely designed to allow it to switch between a play space and a calming rest space, where staff will dim the lighting and play calming music to help the children get much needed developmental rest.
Outdoor Areas
All children across our setting have access to purpose built outdoor spaces that are accessible all year round.
This includes well-being spaces that cater for quite moments and contribute to social, emotional and literacy development by allowing children to relax, share feelings and read stories.
We also have lots of activity spaces with tunnels, stairs, bikes, swings and slides, contributing towards their physical development. These spaces are connected by our Natural garden which contributes to the children’s understanding of the world, as they explore the mud kitchen, grow vegetables, dig holes, discover minibeasts and go wild with water play.
Our outdoor spaces also include creative spaces for chalking, drawing, painting, cutting and gluing, which contribute to their expressive art and design.
Now more than ever, we must recognise the importance of outdoor play. It can have a positive impact on both mental and physical health, which is why it’s so important that we encourage it from a young age.
