Babies – Blue Group
Our babies are cared for in soft, warm rooms with a special key person to ensure their well-being and devote uninterrupted time to be attentive and fully focused. Equipment and toys are specially chosen for babies to explore and develop their senses and stimulate their vision, hearing, smell and touch, and to help them begin to move and coordinate their actions. They play with paint, sand and water, and other materials incorporating music, light and aromas. Babies are taken on regular walks in our buggies to local parks.
Older babies – Yellow Group
Older babies are now developing confidence in exploring what they can do. They move their bodies to show their excitement, interest or amusement. We provide a range of differing physical activities such as music and movement, action songs and garden play to develop their skills. We introduce children to activities which help them express themselves through sound and imagination, and through experimenting with colour, texture and shape. At this stage we help children to understand their emotions and develop their relationships with other children through empathy and concern.
Toddlers – Green Group
These children are on the move and becoming more independent. We need to develop their manipulative and coordination skills with puzzles and games, their creative skills with drawing, painting, sticking, cutting and free expression, their language skills with books, poetry, songs and individual and group discussion. Riding trikes, climbing frames, soft play, music and dance support their spatial awareness and body control, while jumping, kicking a ball or balancing on one leg offer fun and physical challenges. Play is focused on helping children develop self-care skills, as well as encouraging independence.
Pre-school – Red Group
This is a time when our children need a more structured approach to their development whist still learning through play-based activities. Imaginative play encourages inventiveness and response to their own stories, interests and life experiences. Activities to encourage communication and literacy such as reading stories and poems, linking sounds and letters, reciting and creating songs and rhymes, recognition of their names, and letters and words. There are opportunities for numeric and problem solving games, mark making, counting, sorting and mathematical language. Group activities and social events, such as eating and playing together, support children for a smooth transition from nursery to school.