Toddlers

The Toddler Unit – 2 to 3 years.

The Toddler Room provides care and education for 15 children between the ages of two and three.  It has two main areas of play.  The main room provides a variety of activities including mark making, messy and imaginative play.

The quiet room provides a well-stocked book corner, where the children can listen to a story read by an adult or look at a book by him or herself.  The staff in the Toddler Room also hold simple circle time in this room and the children are encouraged to wave when their name is called and to begin to develop an understanding of number, colour, shape and animal recognition.

The quiet room may be closed off from the main room to provide the children with a place to rest and sleep.  The children are provided with their own personal sleep mats, with their photograph and name.

A member of staff is always available to greet you and your child when you arrive at the Nursery.  Children are offered breakfast between 8.0 and 8.45am.

Throughout the day, children have the opportunity to play with a variety of physical, manipulative and messy play activities.  Staff will also be involved in focussed key working activities as part of the Birth To Three Framework.

The Toddler Room continues with the Birth To Three Celebration of Achievement, which shows observations and photographs as a record of each child's development.

Toddler Room Daily Routine

8.00 am  Children and parents are welcomed by a member of staff. Parents/carers will have the opportunity to discuss with staff any concerns or special requirements regarding their children. Breakfast will be given if required.

8.45 am  Throughout the morning the children have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of manipulative, heuristic and messy play activities as well as indoor physical play.  Staff will also be involved in focussed key working activities as part of the Birth to Three Framework.

 9.45 am  The children are invited to sit down for register time, where they are encouraged to wave when their name is called.  During this time the staff also sing songs, read stories and encourage children's recognition of numbers, shapes, colours and animals.

 10.00 am  Snack time.

 10.30 am  Nappy changing time and free play.

11.00 am   Outside play.

 11.30 am   Dinner time.

 12.30 am  Children have the opportunity to brush their teeth, and are prepared for their afternoon nap (if required) or for home. 

1.00 pm onwards  The afternoon children are welcomed by a member of staff and parents will have the opportunity to talk to them about their child. The children will continue to have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of indoor activities.

 2.30 pm  Nappy changing time and free play.

 3.15 pm  Afternoon snack time and singing.

3.30 pm  Outside play.

4.00 pm  Teatime.

4.30 pm onwards  The children continue to have the opportunity to play, whilst staff prepare them for home time, which includes a nappy change, washing faces and a change of clothes, if required.

Staff will be available to discuss the children’s day and parents will receive a daily record.