Little Explorers Day Nursery

This room is for children aged from three months to two years. It is a bright room with  access to our sensory room and caterpillar garden. Routines are supported by a visual timetable and we focus on developing sensory and heuristic play for our youngest members of the nursery.

Caterpillar garden: This area has been designed by staff for our youngest members of the nursery, where they are able to freely explore a wide range of activities. The area is accessible in all weathers as part of the garden is covered, enabling our non-mobile babies access outside even on rainy days.

This room is for children aged between two and three years. It offers nappy changing facilities and direct access to the cocoon garden. We focus on supporting play through a heuristic child-centred approach, with staff supporting children’s developing language skills through a play-based approach.

Cocoon garden: This area supports the inquisitive two year old and provides a mud kitchen, bug area, painting area as well as lots of space for a wide variety of activities.

This room is for children aged three years and above. It has direct access to our largest garden area. We focus on supporting children to help prepare them for starting school, by developing their skills in a play-based way so they can enjoy learning.

Butterfly garden: This area supports our pre-schoolers in developing not only their physical skills but their thinking skills, as children are encouraged to assess their own risks. This area has a large mud kitchen and digging area, a boat, a dinosaur area, as well as quieter areas which support small world play and our love of books and stories.