Chestnuts
Chestnuts provides care for babies from 4 months to around 2 years of age in a warm, safe and stimulating environment. The main focus of this room is to support the foundations to a child's development through play.
The room is spacious but has plenty of cosy areas for the children to use. We also have our own lovely garden with lots of fabulous activities appropriate for this age range enabling the children to choose where they want to play.
For the younger babies, we have a sensory area to stimulate their senses and minds. The man room has toys which reflect the age of the children with plenty for them to experience.
Each child has their own cot or, for the older children, bed mats in our separate sleep room for when the children need a rest from the fun.
The Safety of your children is paramount and Acorns follows all safer sleep guidelines
Little Conkers
Our Little Conkers Room is for our 2 to 3 year old children. We are proud of our bright, stimulating, busy room where they learn to socialize and play together. Each child is encouraged to progress at their own pace as an individual and activities will be tailored to your child’s needs.
The staff in this room will be supporting the children progressing from experiencing things for the first time to beginning to have more control in their movements and play. Little Conkers will be encouraged to be more independent around making choices with food and play.
Social Skills will be learnt through your child observing, listening, playing and interacting with their peers and the staff in the room.
Emotional experiences include sensitivity towards the needs and feelings of others.
Physical development comes from everything they do – from playing to learning to dress themselves to the beginning of toilet training
Little Conkers Garden is accessible throughout the day and, like the room, is set in specific zones with some amazing uniquely designed equipment to keep enquiring minds busy.
After a busy morning, our Little Conkers have some quiet time when those that need it will have the opportunity to sleep, those that do not want to sleep will be encouraged to play quietly in a more relaxing environment before the afternoon's fun begins.
Along with the activities we plan ourselves at Acorns we also have a weekly 'Zumbini' class where the children are encouraged to join in with various musical instruments, dance and movements. These classes are enjoyed by children and staff alike.
Young Oaks/Term Time Only Young Oaks
Young Oaks are children aged between 3 and school age. Four members of staff work with up to 24 children in an environment that fosters their growing independence and helps them prepare for school.
The room is a little more structured than the other rooms in the nursery and we have areas of learning, for example both the book and home corners, the communication area, the numeracy area, the small world area, the construction area and the ICT area.
Both Young Oaks rooms have their own garden which they are encouraged to explore.
Young Oaks are encouraged in all aspects of their development, they can decide which area of the room they would prefer to play in and select which materials to play with.
The staff will interact with your child in order to support and extend their learning, ask questions and talk informally with them introducing new vocabulary.
Our aim is to prepare your child socially and emotionally for their next learning journey through school with enough confidence to undertake various new tasks they will encounter.
Multi Sports visit our pre-school room each week for a games 'lesson' - the children love these sessions where they are encouraged to play games and work together as teams.
Other external visitors include ZooLab, who brought along various animals (a tarantula, a snake, a giant cockroach and a rabbit..) incorporated into a fascinating story which kept the children enthralled.
Mighty Oaks
Mighty Oaks are our Primary School children who are collected from Maypole Primary School for our afterschool club.
Mighty Oaks are supported in their interests and are provided a variety of activities for their age range. They also have the opportunity to carry out homework tasks if they wish.
Holiday Club
Our Holiday Club runs between 8am and 6pm during every school holiday (with the exception of Christmas)
Like Mighty Oaks, activities are planned around children's interests. The children often visit the local parks or woods as well as day trips further afield being arranged (for example, in the past the children have been bowling, to Danson Park, the cinema etc) - Any trips further than the local park will require specific permission and parents will be given a full itinierary for the day.
