"Staff are actively involved in children's play. They play alongside children, engage them in conversation and extend their ideas through skilful use of questions."
- Ofsted 2016
What we believe:
At Play2Learn we believe that we should see things from a child’s point of view so that the nursery is welcoming, fun and stimulating. We strongly believe that every child is a capable learner and we aim to build close partnerships with parents and the community. We plan for each child’s development by observing their interests and than extending their learning by offering activities that interest them. All children are observed on a daily basis by each practitioner, these observations are then recorded either in writing, by using photographs or using the child’s own work. This then forms the basis for their next step in learning and allows children to become highly involved in activities supported by the qualified key person.
We also take a very creative approach to learning with lots of activities available everyday such as painting, sticking and gluing, play dough, clay, gloop play, music, dancing and drawing. In this way the children are able to express themselves and have fun at the same time.
The environment is designed to be calming with this approach using muted colours and lots of mirrors so the children can see themselves. The equipment consists of natural resources that look beautiful and last a long time.
The curriculum we use is the Early Years Foundation Stage which all settings must follow who are registered with Ofsted. The curriculum sets out learning outcomes for children aged 3 months to 5 years and is the same curriculum used in school nurseries and reception classes. We believe that the most important factor to enable your child to be successful both academically as well as socially is that they are confident and secure individuals. This is why we concentrate on the emotional health and wellbeing of all the children who attend Play2Learn .Therefore a lot of time is spent on building relationships with parents, key workers and the other children. Once children are happy and settled we are then able to build on what they know and extend their knowledge.
We strongly believe that children need to know how to take part in nursery activities, to make friends and to have social skills such as please and thank you. This will serve them well not just in school but in life in general. Children also need to be able to communicate what they would like and we support their emergent language with signing. This is especially important for those children with English as a second language as it allows them to take part and not get frustrated. In order to encourage children’s language we sing nursery rhymes, read books look at words around us and spend time speaking and listening to them.
We also take a very creative approach to learning with lots of activities available everyday such as painting, sticking and gluing, play dough, clay, gloop play, music, dancing and drawing. In this way the children are able to express themselves and have fun at the same time.
The environment is designed to be calming with this approach using muted colours and lots of mirrors so the children can see themselves. The equipment consists of natural resources that look beautiful and last a long time.
The curriculum we use is the Early Years Foundation Stage which all settings must follow who are registered with Ofsted. The curriculum sets out learning outcomes for children aged 3 months to 5 years and is the same curriculum used in school nurseries and reception classes. We believe that the most important factor to enable your child to be successful both academically as well as socially is that they are confident and secure individuals. This is why we concentrate on the emotional health and wellbeing of all the children who attend Play2Learn .Therefore a lot of time is spent on building relationships with parents, key workers and the other children. Once children are happy and settled we are then able to build on what they know and extend their knowledge.
We strongly believe that children need to know how to take part in nursery activities, to make friends and to have social skills such as please and thank you. This will serve them well not just in school but in life in general. Children also need to be able to communicate what they would like and we support their emergent language with signing. This is especially important for those children with English as a second language as it allows them to take part and not get frustrated. In order to encourage children’s language we sing nursery rhymes, read books look at words around us and spend time speaking and listening to them.