About Our Nursery – Our Values And Aims
Our ethos is to provide a stimulating and safe environment which reflects a home away from home. We want our children, staff, parents and visitors to feel safe and secure in our nursery and feel part of our community. We want play to be fun and children to learn through free exploration.
We achieve this by:
● Fostering an environment which promotes respect for all.
● Encouraging children to explore various resources through play, and using their imagination and natural curiosity.
● Developing positive relationships with children and parents and valuing parents’ knowledge as the child’s first educators.
● An inclusive environment where everyone has a sense of belonging and can see their culture, beliefs and religion reflected within our nursery.
● Being active listeners to the views and opinions of children, staff, parents and visitors.
● Fostering the four purposes, which are for children to become:
1) Ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives
2) Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work
3) Ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world
4) Healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society
Our Curriculum
We follow the new curriculum for Wales for three and four years olds. The curriculum emphasises taking a holistic approach to learning through play; with a particular emphasis of providing authentic experiences in the natural world.
Within the curriculum there are five development pathways which are:
● Belonging ● Wellbeing ● Communication ● Physical ● Exploration.
Children are observed using these pathways to monitor what they need to learn, how they need to learn and how the adults can help them to learn. What they need to learn is based on what they are intrinsically motivated to learn as individuals and children are not expected to be at the same stages of learning reflected in our planning which differentiates to suit all learners.
Planning – Through observing children’s play, our staff notice, analyse and respond to children’s fascinations and what type of play they learn best through. These fascinations are then used to plan how we set up our environment, what experiences we are supporting the children to build on and what adults need to do to support them to achieve.
Assessments – Within the curriculum there are four areas which we assess children on. The areas are Literacy, Numeracy, physical and social and emotional. Our assessments are comprised of the observations and knowledge that our staff have gained about the children, which helps them to reflect on their individual development and celebrate their achievements and identify where any support may be needed.
Below are links to the New Curriculum which we deliver throughout the whole nursery, along with the guidance we use to adapt the curriculum to our 0-3 year olds.