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Developing & Growing from the Beginning

Our indoor and outdoor spaces are organised to offer every child a wider range of different activities and learning opportunities. We aim for the learning to be hands-on, so children are fully engrossed in their learning and are able to become active learners who drive their learning. Staff engage and observe the children’s learning and use observations to incorporate their interests in the “next steps” of development and planning activities. We use a lot of “natural” materials, such as real food in the role play area, pots and pans in the mud kitchen and we aim to inspire children with interesting mixes of artistic and creative materials and sensory equipment for the children to enjoy.

We see parents as the child’s first and most enduring educators, so with that at the forefront of our minds, we make it our priority to build strong, enduring and professional partnerships with our parents to ensure the best possible outcomes for every child are reached. Find out more about our rooms and outside experiences below:

Combining Care with Education and Following the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum:

At Inwood Nursery we provide the children with a balanced coherent and flexible approach to care and learning, based on play and following the Principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Each child and their family are unique, with different needs and concerns. This ensures parents are confident that their child will receive a quality experience that supports their own individual development and learning.

We oppose discrimination and prejudice and welcome all families and children. We provide care and education for a wide range of children in environments that enable children to feel safe and supported and which extend their learning and development.

  • 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
The EYFS outlines that there are seven areas of learning and development which children learn by playing and exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outside. Children should mostly develop the three prime areas first. These are:
  • Communication and Language
  • Physical development
  • Personal, Social and Emotional development.
These prime areas are the most essential for your child’s healthy development and future learning. As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in four specific areas. These are 
  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the World
  • Expressive Arts and Design.
In the EYFS, play is a very important part of your child’s development and most learning will be introduced through a mixture of carefully planned opportunities for play and some adult-led focused activities. There will also be opportunities for your child to choose activities that appeal to them, following their own particular interests. Do not be too concerned if your child says that they have played all day – it just means that our experienced staff have made their learning fun and enjoyable.

Further information regarding EYFS can be found below:
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Developing Supportive Relationships

A friendly atmosphere is created within our nursery environment, based on warm and caring relationships between our nursery staff and the children in their care.  Children are encouraged to communicate and their attempts at conversations are valued to ensure their development, confidence and security in accordance to our British Values. Our nursery staff all act as role models within the setting and recognise that children lead by example and are constantly learning through observation. Common courtesy, mutual respect and patience are demonstrated at all times throughout the nursery.

Your child is allocated a “Key Person” within their room, who is responsible for your child’s well-being, ensuring your child feels individual, secure and cherished while they are away from home. Your child’s Key Person or their “buddy” in their absence will liaise with you at the end of each day, keeping you informed of your child’s experiences at nursery and ensuring you do not miss out on any aspect of your child’s day.

Nursery staff will carry out regular observations of every child in our care, ensuring your child’s learning and development incorporates their interests and needs. These observations cover all the areas of learning according to the framework as well as records of special moments, like kindness to others, r eating something for the first time and spontaneous moments which capture your child’s response to certain activities or events as they happen. All of your child’s experiences at nursery are recorded in the unique Learning Folders, enabling you to look over your child’s time at nursery for years to come.
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