A combination of adult and child led activities are offered and it is through these experiences the children learn many new and exciting skills. These learning experiences can be offered in a selection of ways, for example, an adult led activity could be a small group story time. Sharing something as simple as a story can offer children the chance to engage in social play with their peers or key person; this could be babbling or describing objects using single words.
Between the ages of one and two years, children’s understanding about the world around them starts to increase. Children in tweenies can often be found having fun with paint, jelly play, baked bean play, sticking, or creating their own music with the musical instruments.
Keyworkers
In order to ensure continuity of care, each child is allocated a member of staff as a Keyworker. As a result of observing your child's day-to-day activities, your Keyworker will have a detailed knowledge of your child's progress and developmental needs, and therefore can plan and provide for these needs. Your Keyworker will keep a record of achievements that will follow your child throughout their time at the Centre. This will contain art work, photographs, and observations of what your child did and what they said. All records are available for the parents to look at.
Feeding
For younger babies please provide bottles and milk (formula or breast milk) which are clearly labelled with the baby's name. The older children have snack time milk and fruit provided by the Centre. Lunch varies for each child depending on whether they are weaning or have progressed onto solids. The food is provided at the correct consistency depending on the stage of weaning. Everything is sterilised for our younger babies. Usually, by the time the children are one years old a main meal is provided.
Sleeping and nappy changing
There is a separate sleep room with pods. We do have moses basket for the smaller babies. Each child has fresh bedding and a baby monitor is used in the room. Staff make regular ten-minute checks on any sleeping babies. Please provide your own nappies, wipes and cream. Nappies are changed in a separate changing area outside of the under two room.
