Nursery

The classes are well equipped, lively and child-centred. In addition, we have outdoor areas with playground equipment, a bicycle track, water and sand areas and an Early Years garden.

Playgroup classes cover the British Curriculum Sure Start – Birth to Three Matters Framework while Nursery and Reception follow the British National Curriculum Guidance for the Early Years.

We believe that children’s experiences in their younger years are critical to their subsequent development. The following underlying principles are essential to what we offer:

• All children have abilities which can and should be identified and promoted.
• Young children learn from everything that happens to them and around them; they do not separate their learning into different subjects or disciplines.
• Children who feel confident in themselves and their own ability have a head start to learning.
• Children learn when they are given appropriate responsibility, allowed to make errors, decisions and choices, and respected as autonomous and competent learners.
• The relationships that children make with other children and with adults are of central importance to their development.

All children have abilities which can and should be identified and promoted.
		Young children learn from everything that happens to them and around them; they do not separate their learning into different subjects or disciplines.
		Children who feel confident in themselves and their own ability have a head start to learning.
		Children learn when they are given appropriate responsibility, allowed to make errors, decisions and choices, and respected as autonomous and competent learners.
		The relationships that children make with other children and with adults are of central importance to their development.