Our Rooms
Baby Room
Our baby room is designed to provide a warm, cosy and stimulating environment for babies. It is suitably equipped with a variety of age appropriate toys designed for sensory stimulation, discovery and play.
We provide each baby with endless opportunities to explore and develop in a safe and comfortable setting. Our daily routine in the baby room is tailored around the individual needs of each child.
Our programme incorporates developing communication skills, gross and fine motor movements plus music, songs, stories, treasure baskets, messy play, water play, sensory play, outdoor play and fun. We keep a daily record so parents see what their child's needs were each day and the progress they make. As well as our plug in baby monitors, staff check and record in writing, their observations of the babies, every ten minutes while they are sleeping.
1 - 2 Year Olds
1 - 2 years old can continue to participate in all of the above and also be introduced to new age appropriate opportunities: Our playroom provides a happy and caring environment, which encourages children to learn social and development skills, through activities and play. At this stage of development children are introduced to feeding themselves. As well as free play with a range of activities and challenges including music, sand, water, arts and crafts, gardening, imaginative play etc. Comfortable sleeping arrangements are available during the day.
2 to 3 ½ Year Olds
As part of the curriculum in this room, the following are some of the daily activities the children will participate in a wide range of activities. Here, the children are experimenting with the use of colours, numbers, sounds and various arts and crafts, imaginative play, physical play, gardening, construction, music and movement, cooking, dancing and drama etc. These encourage their creative, emotional, social and physical development.
“We recognise that the power to learn resides in the child, hence the focus on active learning practises. When we accept that learning comes from within, we achieve a critical balance in educating young children”.
Playschool
In our playschool we will provide all the toys and equipment that children of this age need for their development. There will be specific areas set out e.g. the home corner, reading corner, messy play area and constructions area. Our curriculum allows the children to learn through play while experimenting with sand, water play dough, the use of colours, numbers, sounds and various arts and crafts. The activities encourage their creative, emotional, social and physical development. The rooms are designed in such a way as to meet the developing needs of each individual child. The children are guided through a range of educational and play activities at their own pace. Our childcare workers create a positive and secure environment where children feel confident in exploring their surroundings.
Montessori Classes
We have two Morning Montessori classes plus one afternoon class.
The Montessori Method is both an educational philosophy and methodology developed in the 19th century by Dr Maria Montessori. Dr Montessori specifically designed apparatus and a teaching philosophy to encourage children to develop their skills in language, practical life, use of their five senses, mathematics, science, geography and the arts. The materials were all designed to meet a child’s natural interests.
Our classroom is a prepared environment designed to support your child’s need for purposeful activity. The teachers are qualified in Montessori teaching and create a positive, supportive, calm and non competitive atmosphere. This class is done with a large emphasis on Play.
After School & Breakfast Club
Our Breakfast Club is a service that allows children to come along in the morning and enjoy a nutritional breakfast with their friends before being dropped to school and our afterschool is a service that allows children to come along and enjoy fun-filled activities such as cooking, arts and crafts, and homework support. We collect from local schools and offer a nutritional snacks and meals.