Baby room Setting
Our baby room is on the first floor and consists of a milk
preparation kitchen, a nappy changing bathroom, a laundry, a large
toy cupboard and a safe secure playground for the baby room
children only. We have three large spacious and airy play
rooms for the different ages and stages of development.
In our beautifully colour co-ordinated mamas and papas baby unit
we uphold the highest standards of care, cleanliness and hygiene
possible.
Nursery Security
Security is of paramount importance. The building is secure and
access is only available for members of the public through the
main entrance. We have CCTV throughout the whole nursery and video
surveillance door entry system. All visitors are screened
thoroughly.
Settling in period
We offer a free settling in period after booking your nursery
place, where parents and babies spend time together at nursery
familiarising themselves with staff and surroundings and
discussing their child's individual needs, feeding plans etc with
your key worker.
Staff
All staff are of the highest calibre and totally devoted to the
children in their care and are fully police checked. Staffing
ratios in the baby unit are three children to one member of staff,
close supervision of all babies are maintained at all times. We
operate a key worker system, which allows children to build
special, loving and secure relationships with a few chosen adults.
We are confident that the care we offer to all our children will
not be matched by any other settings. This results in happy babies
who feel loved, totally relaxed and free to explore and learn in
safe stimulating surroundings.
Rooms
The baby room is divided into three rooms for various ages and
stages of development and we use the government framework “birth
to three matters” as a guideline for our children up to three
years of age.
The three rooms are as follows:
Tiny Tots: 6weeks to 9mths/
crawling
The tiny tots room is a very brightly coloured and stimulating
environment for young babies and focuses on very high quality care
which is delivered by highly trained experienced mature staff, who
have gained years of experience and have worked within our setting
for many years. We fully understand that all babies and parents
are completely different with the care that they require, so we
tailor make care plans to make babies sleep times, nappy changing
and feeding routines to mirror the ones from home.
Play activities
We offer a wide range of play activities
for the babies to enjoy, such as sensory toys, discovery mats,
play mobiles, stacking blocks, ball pool, singing, sensory
activities and music as
well as short story times and books which we introduce early to
foster a love of language and listening to stories, highly
supervised messy play such as, hand/foot printing, soft play and
water play. Our nursery provides opportunities for learning social
skills and making friendships from an early age.
Little explorers; 9mths to
15mths/walking
The little explorers room is also very brightly decorated and
stimulating for the children, the toys and equipment are all age
appropriate and changed regularly to engage the children’s
interest, all staff are highly motivated and attentive to the
children’s needs and guide the play which results in self
motivation and problem solving skills, the staff continue to give
the children challenging yet achievable activities to participate
in to encourage them to further their development such as jigsaws,
building bricks, farm sets, train sets, dressing up, dolls,
puppets, garage etc.
Physical development
The little explorers room also provide a range of high quality physical
equipment for our active tots, this includes tunnel, small
trampoline, baby swing, push along toys, animal rockers, little
tykes cars etc which are all used under direct adult supervision
on a one to one basis.
Messy Activities
There is a separate floor area for the children to participate
within messy activities which include sand and water play,
painting, gloop (flour and water mixture), pasta play, play doh,
chalking, soft clay, gluing and sticking.
Singing & stories
Along with all the above activities the children regularly have
books and story time, music and singing and outside play each day.
Little tykes: 15mths to 2
years
Our little tykes room is a spacious stimulating and lively
environment in which the children have a wide range of fun,
creative and challenging activities.
Physical activities
Throughout each day the children will join in with physical
activities including sand and water play, dance and movement,
role/imaginative play, sensory activities, discovery boxes, outdoor play, climbing
frame, play house, bean bags, balls and hoops, obstacle courses
etc.
Fine Motor skills
There is always a variety of fine motor equipment available, which
is closely supervised by staff and includes jigsaws, cooking,
threading, play writing, play doh, posting boxes, matching and
sorting games which are designed to promote colour and shape
recognition etc.
Music and singing
Music and singing is a big part of each day. There will be a range
of musical instruments for the children to explore the different
sounds and see how sounds can be changed .The children are
encouraged to participate in a variety of musical activities such
as sticky kids which is a motivating and great fun way of
exercising, listen to and singing simple songs and nursery rhymes
to enable babies to begin to build a repertoire of songs.
Fun Days and events for all children in baby
room
Throughout the year the baby room have many fun days where both
children and parents are encouraged to participate. During the fun
days the staff organise a variety of themed fun activities these
include, bouncing castles, ball, pools, dancing to themed music,
face painting, dressing up, party foods and non alcoholic
cocktails. Previous events have included, tropical beach day,
pirates of the Caribbean, happy hippy day, world cup fever, food
from around the world. Organised trips have included Dudley
Zoo, Teddy Bears Picnic at The Park and trips to see Father
Christmas.
Meal times
All babies feeds are made up in our milk kitchen when required,
milk which is brought in prepared from home will also be kept in
the milk kitchen in labelled boxes in the fridge. As babies are
weaned they will gradually be introduced to solid food in
accordance with parents instructions. Parents are given the choice
if they would like their child to have nursery meals which we will
liquidise or mash for them at nursery, of if they would prefer to
bring in canned, jars or home cooked food. Meal times are also a
good opportunity for older babies to develop independent skills
such as using cutlery, sitting at the table to eat and drink with
the emphasis being on good manners and courteous behaviour. All
food supplied by the nursery is nutritious and wholesome and
prepared each day by the nursery cook. We cater for food
intolerances, allergies and multi cultural diets.
Sample menu
Breakfast | Snack | Lunch | Snack | Tea | |
Mon. | A selection of cereals & wholemeal toast. Milk / water | A free choice selection of cucumber,
raisins oranges, pineapple and carrot batons. Water |
Turkey casserole with sweet potatoes,
parsnips, garden peas and brown rice. Yoghurt Water |
Milk and Fresh fruit | Selection of sandwiches on wholemeal bread raisins & cucumber Milk |
Tue. | A selection of cereals & wholemeal toast. Milk / water | A free choice selection of cucumber,
raisins oranges, pineapple and carrot batons. Water |
Mariner’s creamy potatoes and fresh salmon
pie with broccoli, carrots, and fresh parsley sauce. Apple & pear Water |
Milk and Fresh fruit | Selection of sandwiches on whole meal bread Yoghurt Milk |
Wed. | A selection of cereals & wholemeal toast. Milk / water | A free choice selection of cucumber,
raisins oranges, pineapple and carrot batons. Water |
Whole wheat fresh tuna & herb pasta bake
with sweet corn & garden peas. Melon Water |
Milk and Fresh fruit | Baked beans on Toast Mango Milk |
Thur. | A selection of cereals & wholemeal toast. Milk / water | A free choice selection of cucumber,
raisins oranges, pineapple and carrot batons. Water |
Mushroom Korma with mixed peppers and brown
rice Bananas Water |
Milk and Fresh fruit | Crumpets Fresh fruit salad Milk |
Fri. | A selection of cereals & wholemeal toast. Milk / water | A free choice selection of cucumber,
raisins oranges, pineapple and carrot batons. Water |
Shepherds pie with cabbage and green beans. Peaches. Water |
Milk and Fresh fruit | Selection of sandwiches on wholemeal bread Strawberries Milk |
Information for parents
Baby information sheets are available daily, so that parents can
see what progress their baby has made throughout the day and the
activities in which they have been involved and care given.
Developmental reports are done every three months alongside
parents evening for parents
information. It is important that the children feel as relaxed and
secure at nursery as possible and with this in mind we encourage
comforters from home such as a favourite toy, blanket or dummy.
Working in partnership with parents
The nursery understands that parents are the first educators of
their young children and to support this essential role we will
work closely with parents by sharing records, discuss their child's
progress and provide opportunities for parents to learn about the
nursery curriculum and about their babies learning during their
stay at nursery. At our nursery we offer support to all families
and welcome the diversity of back grounds from which they come.
Prices and Opening Hours
We are open from 7:45 am to 5:45 pm Monday to Friday, 49 weeks a year. We close for a week at Easter, week in August, week at Christmas and bank holidays.
£50 per day
£30 (7:45 - 12:15pm), £30 (12:30 - 5pm) per half day
We accept voucher payment such as busy bees and accor.
We welcome children from surrounding areas including Stourbridge, Dudley, Oldswinford, Wollaston, Hagley, Pensnett, Lye and Wordsley