At our children’s centre, we offer a child-centred education, where the activities are exciting, age-appropriate and with high quality resources. Children start their journey in baby room, from 6 months to 2 years old, and then they move to Toddlers the term after turning 2.
Baby room
Our baby room has been redesigned with the babies’ needs in mind. The environment is very calm and familiar so that babies feel confident and eager to learn. Babies start crawling and walking; explore sounds, textures and feelings; dance and play instruments; and learn to eat new food and cook very healthy meals! We have 9 babies daily, who are looked after by 3 qualified key workers, with whom the babies build very strong relationships. Babies have a daily report to inform parents what they ate and how much, how long they slept for, and at what time they had their nappy changed.
‘Staff promote children’s well-being effectively and consequently children feel safe happy and safe.’
Ofsted
Toddler room
Our Toddler room is where the children start becoming more independent – putting coats and shoes on, washing hands, and starting potty-training. With this in mind, we offer children a wide range of activities: sand, water, mud kitchen, painting, drawing, building blocks, planting and preparing healthy meals. This is the time when children start playing with each other and making friends.
A key strength of the provision is the wide range of creative activities on offer in each room.
Ofsted
Staff encourage children to make choices confidently and to develop a high level of independence.
Ofsted
Our key worker system
The key worker is the first point of contact for parents, and the person who will build a special relationship with each child. They are responsible for doing the observations and assessments and they have meetings regularly to talk about the children’s development. We have parent consultation meetings at two points across the year. We use an online journal – Tapestry- shared by key workers and parents, where they can upload photographs and videos of important events, making comments. Practitioners will also make suggestions of activities to do at home. It is very important that parents comment and upload photographs so that key workers can plan activities more effectively. Key workers plan focus activities weekly for each child, and they scaffold children’s learning with language and by engaging in open-ended play.
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Children’s Centre – Additional Information
