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 inter-connected.

• Play and Exploration

  In creating different contexts for learning practitioners provide your child with plenty of space and time to play both the indoors and out enabling learning through experience. The children have opportunities in each area to play with others, for example in our imaginative play areas, or to choose to play alone. Many of our activities are open-ended, including treasure baskets and heuristic play, which allow them to try things out, solve problems, be creative, take risks and use trial and error.

• Active Learning

  Our environments encourage the children to be mentally and physically involved by having a secure and confident attachment with their key person. This enables our children to be interested in finding out things for themselves in a child focused environment which fosters independence and control in their learning through decision making.

• Creativity and Critical Thinking

  Practitioners will encourage children to make connections in their learning by using sustained shared thinking between the child and their key person. The practitioners aim to show that they are aware of the children's interests and understanding to enable them to develop an idea or skill whilst giving them time and space to learn.

• Areas of Learning and Development

  Our key people observe, assess and plan for experiences which span across each area of learning to allow for the babies and young children to grow, learn and develop through stages which are developmental appropriate to each individual.