Each of our nurseries is set out into curriculum areas – such as mark making, science and role play. These help children understand how certain activities, toys and objects can be categorised or grouped.

For example, the mark making area will house a wide range of items associated with writing, including different examples of the written word. There will be paper, books, magazines, cards, envelopes, knitting patterns – even music books – showing children that writing has many forms and purposes.

Writing will not just happen in the mark making area, however. Instead, children are encouraged to take writing anywhere in the nursery. You will often find children with clipboards, sketching their wooden models – or writing their shopping lists while ‘walking their babies to the shops’!

Communication is the basis of all success for children and we encourage it every level.  Our ever-popular story and circle times, song boxes, poetry pockets and drama time are used to build on children’s existing knowledge and experiences.

We enjoy reading together with us and have free access to a wide range of books (which they will often choose to take home to read with you).

We know that having a parent read to their child every evening (short or long sessions!).  That's why we have free access to a wide range of books which you can borrow to read at home.