Springfield Day Nursery

Baby, Toddler and Pre-school Rooms

The nursery is divided into three rooms, Baby, Toddler (middle) and the main Pre-school room. Each room has its own garden and toileting area. The Baby room has a dedicated sleep room. The layout of each room encourages development in the seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage, through a wide range of resources and equipment. Sand, water and paint are available all day. Parents of children in the Baby and Toddler rooms are sent a daily record of nappy, feeds and sleep times via the Famly App

Weekly activities include:

Music

Music sessions with a visiting pianist and percussion sessions.

Dance

In-house dance sessions.

Yoga

Sessions for all children by a trained practitioner.

Baby Gym

Using equipment to aide physical development.

Spanish

Visiting language teacher who uses games, songs and activities.

Cookery

Measure, mix and eat a variety of goodies, often using produce from the garden.

In addition, festivals are acknowledged by artworks and drama. At Christmas a representative from the Church of England visits to explain the nativity.Father Christmas visits for the Christmas parties with complimentary presents for every nursery child.

Springers Pre-school group

In preparation for school the Springers have an extended range of activities with specialised resources in a separate area. Parents are invited termly to discuss their child’s progress and development. Relationships have been built with several local schools to aid the children’s transition to school.

We have hens, which we incubate from fertilised eggs. The children help to collect the eggs, taking home an egg for ‘tea’. The gardens have fruit trees and bushes of which the produce is used in cookery sessions with the children. Established trees provide plenty of shade on a sunny day. Raised beds are used for the children to help with gardening. A wide variety of equipment helps to promote children’s gross motor skills. To promote understanding of the world, we also use Butterfly Kits to demonstrate the life cycles.

Key Persons, Planning and Progress

To comply with the statutory requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage each child has an individual Learning Journey and is allocated a key person using the online Famly App. Through observations and interactions the key person will plan for the next steps of each individual child, this also provides a link between the family and nursery. We aim to provide opportunities to experience the awe and wonder of the world in which they live, through the Early Years Foundation Stage, development matters.

Learning Journeys are always available via the Famly App and will include observations and photographs. We welcome and encourage parental feedback and involvement. Each child’s progress is individually tracked. A termly assessment is sent to all parents.

A two year old progress check which is a written summary of a child’s development is carried out and shared with parents. You may wish to share this with your health visitor who also carries out their own assessment at age two.

Partnership with Parents

Open door policy.

We aim to foster relationships with all our parents and carers to promote all round care for each individual child. To assist with this we have an open door policy. We encourage parents to discuss the needs of their child.

Meals and Snacks

A two course balanced meal is provided from King Edward School. Dietary requirments are catered for. Parents of babies are welcome to bring own food prior to weaning, or make arrangements for breast feeding.

We provide a healthy mid morning and afternoon snack. Children are offered milk or water. Water is available at all other times. We are a nut free nursery. Please discuss with us if you would like to make alternative arrangements.