Nursery
Our mission is to ensure that every child’s needs are met by making every child’s interests, safety and well-being central to everything we do
Enrollment
Our enrollment procedure is pretty straightforward. Contact us for more information. Free Nursery places for 2-4 year olds (T&C’s Apply)
Curriculum
Our curriculum covers may aspects including Physical Development, Communication & Language and Social Development.
Programs
Our programs comprise of 7 areas of learning which are delivered in an appropriate way to all age groups
About Us
Twinkling Toddlers Nursery was founded in 2008 and strongly believes that each child is an individual, where they can have access to play based learning of the highest quality, accessing both the indoor and outdoor environment, in doing so engaging in play based learning that has been uniquely tailored to their interests and capabilities. Twinkling Toddlers Nursery liaises with a range of external agencies to invoke support based learning for all children including those with EAL, developmental delays as well as a variety of other additional needs, to ensure that all children begin their learning from a secure based to build into a successful future.
Come Visit Us
We recognize the importance of listening to children, understanding, and meeting their individual needs and that every child is a unique and a competent learner. We believe positive interactions are essential and we should tune in to children’s thinking and let them take lead and direction in their own learning. We support this through encouragement, praise and respectful relationships between staff and the children.
Our Nursery. Our Family. Our Community
The Learning and Development comprises of 7 areas of learning which are delivered in an appropriate way to all age groups through planned, purposeful play with a careful balance of adult-led and child initiated activities. There are 3 Prime Areas and Practitioners must also support children in four specific areas through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied.
Curriculum
EYFS Development Matters
Using the broad EYFS curriculum allows for those teachable moments to reflect seven key development areas, which have overlapping elements of child developmental learning .
The prime areas are more basic, life-long skills that pave the way for children to progress towards specific areas of learning. the specific areas of learning cannot be developed alone, and rely on the skills gained in the prime areas of learning.
Prime Areas: Communication & Language, (Listening & Attention. Understanding. Speaking) Physical Development (Gross Motor Skills. Fine Motor Skills.) & Personal Social & Emotional Development (Building Relationships. Managing Self. Self Regulation)
Specific Areas: Literacy (Word Reading & Comprehension) , Mathematics (Number. Numerical Patterns), Understanding the World (People, Culture & Communities. Past & Present) & Expressive Arts & Design (Creating with materials & . Being Imaginative & Expressive)
Characteristics of effective learning are.
Playing and exploring: Children investigate and experience things and have a go
Active learning: Children concentrate and keep trying if they encounter difficulties, enjoying their achievements
Creating & Thinking Critically: Children have developed their own ideas, make links between their ideas and develop strategies for doing things.
Moment-by-moment teaching
Teaching at Twinkling Toddlers Nursery includes working face-to-face with a child or small group of children during the session and structuring the learning environment to support children in making progress through their chosen play. Sometimes these two approaches over-lap, for example when a child or small group initiates play, which is then supported and extended by the practitioner.
When we teach children:
o We make opportunities for the child to make a contribution and to make choices in their learning;
o We scaffold the child’s development, to support increasing independence and control;
o We ask questions to check or develop children’s understanding;
o We work collaboratively to solve problems and find answers;
o We provide formative feedback to help children to consolidate their learning and extend their exploration and thinking further.
Each nursery session has a blended approach to group times and will consist of:
o Reading stories from our Core Book collection, using dialogue and talk strategies, as well as extended by opportunities for Core Book-related play in nursery and at home every week.
o Singing and rhymes.
o Stage One Letters and Sounds activities.
o Opportunities to talk, listen, take turns and talk about the day environment/classrooms
Phase 1 phonics:
Letters and Sounds aligned phase 1 planning and resources, designed to help you save time and teach phonics like a specialist with our engaging, child-centred and play-based approach to learning.
Phase 1 is the first stage of phonics, and lays the foundation for future phonics learning. The primary focus is on developing speaking and listening skills to enable children to become ready for developing oral blending and segmenting skills.
Phase 1 is split into 7 aspects, though there is considerable overlap between these aspects. In this programme, aspects are introduced and practised in a carefully planned, non-linear manner so children are continually reintroduced to all the essential skills that make up the foundation of phonics learning.
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