The Nursery is situated on top of St Peters Hospice, Estate Agents and Solicitors. Its maximum occupancy is 30 children per day and takes children from Birth To 5 Years.

 

Helen Moses, Operational Assistant, deals with the day to day running of the Nursery, along with her Operational Team and other colleagues.

 

The Nursery is separated into three main areas (but still an open plan layout), the Baby Area, Transition Area and Main Area.

The Activities, and the use of play equipment, offer and enable children to

develop in an environment free of prejudice and discrimination. Children will be encouraged to explore,

acknowledge and value similarities and differences between themselves and others.

 

The Baby Area is a safe, stimulative area, filled with educational, sensory and fun toys. The area is bright and attractive, encouraging children to learn through fun play and activities.

 

Jan Denford is the supervisor of the Baby Area, with 10 years experience; she is highly knowledgeable when it comes to children, and especially babies.

 

Jan, along with the other Nursery staff, work within the Baby Area on a weekly rotational basis, enabling children to get to know familiar faces and become comfortable with them. As the staff rotate between each area, the children are more confident when moving to a new area, as they will already be familiar with the staff there.

 

In the Baby Area each child will have their own box for nappies, spare clothes and any other items that are needed.

 

We ask you to provide nappies and milk (if formula) but everything else we supply eg nappy bags, wetwipes, sudocrem.

The children will move into the the Transition Area when they are somewhere between the ages of 1 and 2 years, however, this is based on whether the child is developmentally ready rather than the right age.

 

The Transition Area is used to introduce the children to simple structure such as helping to tidy up or to sit on a chair. Through this structure they are encouraged to develop independence

The Main Area

 

The children normally move into the Main Area of the Nursery at the age of 2 years. In this area we get them ready for the structure of Pre-school (or school depending on their age). The children in this area are encouraged to sit at the tables, help tidy up, join in with group time etc.

 

Children from the Main Area will get an automatic place at Pre-school when age appropriate and a place becomes available.

 

The Pre-school is situated across the courtyard from the Nursery (opposite the Beijing Restaurant).

 

Zoe Watkins, Operational Manager, deals with the day to day running of the Pre-school, along with her Operational Team and other staff overseeing the running of the Nursery and Pre-school in Sheila's absence

 

The children of the Pre-school are encouraged to develop their own skills, both inside and outside, through fun, stimulative play, working within the Guidlines of the Birth to Three and Foundation Stage curriculum.

 

We also have a Children's Curriculum running alongside, which lets the children express their views and feelings about what they want to learn about.