Childcare Facilities

At Little Acorns Day Nursery, we follow the 4 principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage:

• A Unique Child: Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured
• Positive Relationships: Children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person
• Enabling Environments: The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning
• Learning and Development: Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of learning and development are equally important and interconnected

Some of them include:

• Baby Room (3 – 24 months plus)
  The baby room led by Daisy, who is also our Deputy Manager. The space has been designed and arranged to suit the needs of our very youngest members aged 3 – 24 months. With a soft play area offering comfort and safe exploration. A sensory area offers relaxation and stimulation. Separate areas specific for play, sleep and relaxation with books, music and changing area. “Babies are highly confident and respond well to carrying out tasks Ofsted” (2022)
• Tweenies (24 – 30 Months plus) and Toddlers (30 – 36 Months plus)
  We believe that all of our Toddlers and Tweenies are mini explorers and do this in a variety of ways. We support every child’s needs and learning opportunities in accordance to their interests and the emphasis in these rooms is based on child led learning. The environments are open plan and allow the children a freedom to choose activities with adults carefully scaffolding their development buy offering extensions to these choices. Children are encouraged to use the science room, growing area and the library to explore new interests.
• Little Acorns Pre School (36 – 60 Months plus)
  Providing a warm, caring and homely atmosphere within a purposely designed, bright, equipped environment rich in opportunities for learning, development, exploring, growth and preparation for school. Special emphasis is put on the material in our preschool to support early literacy and numeracy development.
• Little Acorns Sensory Room (3 – 60 Months plus)
  Little Acorns has a sensory room, this is a calm space that offers relaxation, stimulation and created to help aid the learning and development of all children. This room has a range of lights, soft play, textures and sounds and is used depending on the children’s requirements. Each room also has a calm box in a ‘Safe Space’ area for if they need to relax or feel like they may be overwhelmed, frustrated or even needing a little quiet time.Ofsted state; “The care and support of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is a key strength. Staff work closely with parents and other agencies to set targets for children to work towards. Staff are fully aware of the positive impact the sensory room has on the children’s development. “They effectively use these resources to support children’s language development as well as their personal and social development” “The care and support of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is a key strength.” Ofsted 2022.
• Outdoor play area: (3 – 24 months and 24 – 60 months plus)
  We have an inviting outdoor play area that is designed for adventure, play, learning development, growth and fun.