Our Room & Teams...

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We are a group of around 12 babies aged 3 months and upwards. 

Many families use our baby room full time but some babies only come to play once or twice a week. In our baby room we aim to provide personalised care for your baby. We carefully observe and assess their interests and progress, allowing us to provide activities and experiences that interest them personally. There is always lots of cuddling for the babies that like close comfort and sharing books and one to one games happen everyday. Staff ensure that the babies are given the opportunity to explore the nursery grounds everyday by taking them out for a walk in pushchairs, or for those who can walk - a short walk.  

We use the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ curriculum which gives all staff guidance on what experiences help develop the babies progress and we feel that we provide excellent, well balanced care for everyone. 

Anna is the room leader. She has many years of experience working with children and is an an excellent role model. Anna is fully qualified and has a wonderful bond with children and young babies.  The Baby Room team include Helen, Poppy, Summer & Alice.

We are a group of around 16 Toddlers aged between 16 – 26 months. 

We have one of the largest rooms in the nursery. In our Toddler room we aim to provide a balance between the closeness and care that your young child requires and providing them with access to experiences and activities that their inquisitive minds demand.  

Amy is the room leader, she is great at building strong, trusting relationships with the children in her room and is a very skilled practitioner. Amy works alongside Vicky, Billie, Aoife, Kaycee, Caroline, Vic and Maddie. All of the staff are ‘key people’ for the children in their group and share the responsibility of making observations and assessments of the children’s progress.

We are a group of around 26 children aged around 24 – 30 months. 

In the Big Toddler room we aim to provide an environment where children are able to build upon their natural interests and skills. A wide range of resources are accessible including sand, paints and construction materials that enable your child to explore and experiment independently. 

Children of The Big Toddler room age usually begin to learn and master many tasks of independence including self dressing, personal hygiene and potty training and all of these skills will be supported and celebrated whilst your child is in our care.

For those children who sleep during the day, we have a lovely sleep room which children can use at any time depending on their routine.

Kelly is the room leader and is fully qualified to care for children. Kelly is supported by Rosie and their extended team include,  Becky who Saffron, Georgina & Lydia

Having one of the most spacious rooms provides the Mini - Pre-schoolers with plenty of space to play. We enjoy time in our creative area - where children paint, stick, and use tactile materials including, sand, water, shaving foam, tea leaves, soil and wet autumn leaves. We have lots of opportunity to develop our imagination with stimulating resources laid out in areas that focus on the seven areas of learning outlined in the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ (EYFS). 

Although we are an energetic bunch and have a lot of high energy play we also have a nursery routine that encompasses lots of time for us to enjoy focused activities  -  when we make time to chat and talk about our favourite things, share a story or have a sing.  The team in Mini Pre-school include, Becky, the room leader who is en extremely experienced and qualified practitioner as well as a mummy to two children. Becky has Amy, Ruby & Ellie in her team.

We are a group of around 24 - 36 children all aged 3 – 4 years. 

Our Pre-school is ideally designed with lots of inside and outside space enabling the children to build confidence in a new environment with lots of new resources and things to explore. Communication and Language development is a major part of our day to day focus in Pre-school and opportunities are made to ensure children get plenty of opportunity to express themselves verbally as well as with creative materials. 

We have an amazing ‘imaginative play area’ giving the children space to develop their personal, social and emotional behaviours and our weekly routine incorporates lots of problem solving and numerical activities to give a broad concept of Maths. We use our ‘home corner’ to enable children to get lots of opportunity to promote their knowledge and understanding of the greater world.

 All of our work in Pre-school is focused around supporting your child’s development, we aim to provide personalised learning, development and care through building strong relationships with the children through our ‘Key Person’ system. 

Tasha is the Room Leader and she is a fully qualified, highly experienced Pre-school practitioner. Her team includes Jason, Abbie, Charlotte, Kim & Connor. All qualified and experienced practitioners.

We are a group of around 16 children all aged 2 ¾ – 4 years. 

We aim to provide personalised learning, development and care and we do this through planning for your individual child. During their time with us we carefully observe and assess their interests and progress, allowing us to provide activities and experiences that interest them personally. 

Creative development is a major part of our daily routine and children get plenty of opportunity to express themselves with paint, chalk and playdough as well as learning the behaviours of natural materials like  sand, soil and water. We have an ‘imaginative play area’ giving the children space to develop their personal, social and emotional behaviour and our weekly timetable incorporates lots of problem solving and numerical activities to give children a broad concept of Maths. The day starts with a chat about the weather, the weekend or perhaps our family and encourages the children’s conversation. 

All of our work ensures we make progress towards the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ and we feel our Pre – School is the the perfect preparation for school. 

Bridget is the Pre-school leader and is fully qualified to care for children. She is great at building strong, trusting relationships with children and is very committed to her job, completing all of the planning required. Bridget works alongside Jodi who has supported her in the Pre-school for 4 years now.