Achieving Individual Potential -Every Single Child is Unique

No matter what culture or ethnic background, gender or disability, every child in our setting is given the opportunity to develop a secure and positive sense of their own identity.

This is crucial to the development of self-esteem and confidence and also helps children to recognise and accept differences in others. 

Our Nurturing Environment

Offering a nurturing environment and wide variety of versatile resources gives our   children the opportunity to learn more about themselves as they make choices,   interact, explore and develop their own interests. This fosters a sense of  belonging, enabling each child to feel valued and supported on their individual journey.

We offer children a predictable routine and children know where everything is, so they can access resources independently. Supporting children to feel good about themselves and their choices will increase their confidence.

Teaching Ratios

1:4 qualified teacher ratios gives us the opportunities to really get to know   each individual child, meet their needs and follow their lead.

Group and individual (1-2-1) teaching each week 

Each week all children will have opportunities to work 1-2-1 with a teacher on   different areas of the curriculum. This enables us to nurture each child and tailor our teaching to their individual learning journey in the areas:

-  Literacy 

- Numeracy

- Pencil control leading to weekly news book   entries.

- Montessori materials – Practical Life, Sensorial, Numeracy, Knowledge and Understanding of the World.

Developing a Sense of Self - Who am I?

Children are always addressed by their name. 

Each child will have the following - Name pegs for their spare clothes bag, hats and coats, a name for the post box which is a part of out self-registration system, named tray, named book bag.  All of which give the children a sense of identity within the school community. 

Birthday Train, at the children’s height with their individual photographs on   the month of their birth. This gives the children a sense of belonging as they walk into the classroom.

Photo albums available in the classroom at all times and our 'Memorable Moments' photo gallery board, showing photographs of past events at school, allowing the children to explore, recall and discuss previous events and be proud of themselves. 

Encourage children to make choices throughout the school day – choosing a book at circle time, choosing the replacing activities from the shelves, choosing their fruit/drink at snack time, choosing the prayer before snack and choosing a friend to join them in group activities.

Linking School with Home

Working closely with families to discover more about individual children – we endeavour to have termly meetings with each family and are available to speak to every day upon request. 

Inviting parents to be involved in their learning journey, reinforcing learning at home including literacy, phonics, including contributing pictures and items to our ‘sound of the week’, reading, pencil control work and numeracy.

Inviting parents into the setting to talk about:

 - The jobs they do/hobbies they have – firefighters, police, Personal Training, Building, Woodwork etc. 

 - Cultures/ religious festivals they observe   – Diwali, Chinese New Year, Ramadan etc.