Educational Goals

The overall ethos of the Nursery is to provide as wide a variety of opportunities and experiences, both within the confines of the nursery, and further afield with outings, to develop each individual child socially, physically and educationally with an emphasis on learning through play.

The Nursery enures a full and varied range of planned activities that encompasses the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). This is achieved through regular observations and assessment, datailed daily and termly planning and regular consultation with parents.

To provide each child with a wide knowledge base, an eagerness to explore new learning and a greater independence and self-confidence in themselves. This will be achieved by providing a secure, stimulating environment with a high level of qualified, caring staff and a wide range of equipment and resources, along with outings appropriate to the topics studied.

Personal and Social and Emotional Development

To promote and develop each child's personal, social, moral and spiritual aspects.
To develop an understanding of self and others, learning how to work, play and co-operate with others by providing dressing-up, home corner, drama, games, news time etc.

Communication, Language and Literacy

To develop each child's speech and range of vocabulary, and listening skills by providing books, rhymes, stories, poems, singing.
To promote literacy, numeracy and writing skills, developing a familiarity with the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colours etc.

Creative Development

To express children's creativity through activities, using various artistic materials, giving them time and space to express themselves.
To provide a stimulating environment, displaying creative pieces of work to develop self-esteem.

Physical Development

To encourage and develop physical control, gross motor skills, awareness of space and manipulative skills by providing sand, water, clay, play dough, large apparatus, dance, music and movement, jigsaws, large and small construction, threading etc.
To provide experiences both indoors and outdoors, whether on-site at the nursery or on appropriate outings.
To promote a healthy and active way of life.

Problem Solving, Reasoning & Numeracy

To promote and develop mathematical skills through the use of resourses and activities, focusing on specific areas of maths such as colour or shape.
To encourage the use of mathematical language in play, providing the children with the means to do so.
A fun and practical way to learn mathematics with the opportunity for imagination and enjoyment.

Knowledge and understanding of the world

To promote and develop a wider knowledge and understanding of the environment and the world in general, other people and nature by providing junk modelling, cutting and sticking, collage, interest table, painting, chalking, specialised topics i.e. road safety etc.
To encourage awareness in basic concepts of a scientific, geographic and mathematical nature by providing measuring, sorting, construction, cooking, growing seeds and plants etc.
To introduce information technology where possible.