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Here at Smart Start, we want all our children to feel loved and secure in the absence of their parents. We want them to recognise ourselves as a source of help, friendship and authority, so that they can share with their parents the new learning experiences they have enjoyed in nursery. All children are taught the value Home from Home’ in the environment that our nursery offers them.Our fully qualified staff cater for the individual needs of every child, ensuring the highest standards of care and safety are maintained at all times

Within our brightly designed nursery, we cater for childrenfrom three months to five years old. Thecapacity in our baby unit is twenty four babies. In our Toddler and Pre – School area we have a total of thirty four places.

Baby Unit

We have Three rooms to our baby unit that have up to six babies in each room. The rooms consist of a sensory area, a kitchen to prepare bottles and meals and a bathroom. All rooms are fully equipped with attractive stimulating toys and play materials, providing the children with an atmosphere similar to the home environment. Babies aged three months to twenty four months will be encouraged to further develop their skills and co ordination through stimulating play, such as walking, talking, listening to and singing songs, enjoying books, and painting. A daily routine is implemented for the babies, structured to their individual abilities and needs.

At the end of each day we complete daily reports, giving parents information about their child's day at nursery. During theirtime in the baby unit we monitor and record their progress in a personaliseddevelopment folder through observations and evidence collected.

Toddler's and Pre School

Our open plan, brightly designed rooms have the benefit of wooden floors and carpet areas which provide the children with all the space they need for many stimulating activities.Children have access to water play, painting, collage materials and an indoor sand pit. There is a home corner for the children to explore and a wide variety of books to read. Adjacent tothis is computer and printer facilities for the children to use.

Children aged twenty four months to preschool have a varied timetable to follow that encompasses letter and number work, early science, art and craft and physical activities.

Children aged three to five years participate in stimulatingtopic work which is planned to incorporate the early learning goals that areset out in the curriculum guidance for the foundation stage and required from OFSTED. These areas are personal, social and emotional, language and literacy, mathematics, knowledge and understanding ofthe world, creativity and physical development