The Daisies – Babies

When children first start we work really closely with parents and carers to ensure that we know the children and understand their emotional needs. We liaise with parents throughout the day when they are settling in and offer phone call updates to inform them how a child is settling. We offer settling-in sessions for the children before they start and these are individual to each child and their families’ needs and requirements. 

We have the main playroom and a sleeping room. In our main playroom, we have lots of natural resources for the children to explore. We really enjoy lots of messy activities like edible sand, painting and water play are just a few. The children are able to access mark-making throughout the day and have a beautiful old suitcase as a sandpit in the room. 

The sleep room is a calm area with cots and black-out blinds where we cater for the children’s individual sleep patterns and routines. 

We have our own grassed garden area where the children have access to a mud kitchen, sand pit, water play and slides. They also have areas where they can plant flowers and watch them grow. 

The Bluebell’s – Toddlers

In the Bumblebees, we like to go outside and explore in all weathers, when your child attends their sessions please ensure that they have the appropriate things to be able to access the outside fully. For example, during the summer months, you will need to provide your child with a sunhat and sun cream and during the winter months, you should provide your child with warm/waterproof clothes (all-in-one suits are ideal) and wellies. We also recommend that you provide spare clothes for your child in case they get wet or dirty.

When your child first arrives with us here in the Bumblebees room our main priority is to help them to settle in, be happy in our care and able to express themselves.

The Sunflower’s – Pre-school

At chipmunks we have a key person system in place, this means that every child will have a designated key person who will observe each child’s development while they explore our planning in the moment approach. 

In the preschool, we have three rooms, the toilets and an outside area (the terrace) 

In our main room which is our biggest room, we have our Mark Making Area which is where the children enjoy making pictures and talking about them and using a variety of media and materials. 

A Maths Area is where we do lots of number play i.e. counting, recognising numerals, sorting, size. 

A Small-World Area is where the children can engage in imaginative play using the natural resources, animals, people, cars and trains. 

We also have a loose parts area, the children love exploring all the different objects. Loose parts play is good for cognitive development, curiosity, imagination and creativity.

In the middle room, we have a nice big Home Corner which is where the children can be imaginative and act out various experiences they may have had or something they are interested in. 

We also have our cosy Book Area in this room where the children can sit and look at books independently and listen to stories read by an adult. 

Our outside area (the terrace) is used daily for the children to free-flow between inside and outside. We also have a yard and a large garden which we use regularly. We do try to use the outdoors as much as possible so please provide wellington boots for when it’s wet and muddy, plus a waterproof coat that you do not mind getting dirty! We ask for sun cream and hats when the weather starts to warm up. Your child will be able to explore all areas of learning throughout the rooms and all outside areas.

Welcome to Claylands

Claylands provide facilities for the children to play outside safely, in a securely fenced area either on grass or in our playground. The rooms allocated are equipped with a range of toys, activities, large play equipment, games and puzzles. We also have a range of books, computers and a television for the more relaxing parts of the day.