First Steps
Team
Sandra
Catherine
Linda
Jackie
Team
Leader
Deputy N.Nurse
N.Nurse
Team Leader
Rachel
N.Nurse
Young babies need reassurance, love
and security so we provide lots of eye contact, cuddles and
attention through one to one interaction between key workers and
your child. We have sleeping facilities to cater for your child's
individual needs. Hanging mobiles and brightly coloured displays
offering visual stimulation. The older children have plenty of fun
walking, talking and tumbling, climbing, running, painting,
sticking, eating and - finally - sleeping!
The First Steps room is split up
into 2 areas - the yellow side which are
the crawlers and green side which are the walkers.
Both rooms have lots of floor space for the children to explore and
develop their gross motor skills. We also have an en-suite bathroom
in which all hygiene relations take place such as nappy changing
and hand washing.
Yellow Side -
Crawlers
The little treasures on this side
are quite young and will remain on this side until they are more
confident and steady on their feet. The Team work closely with all
parents, following all individual parent request and
providing child routines which are in line with their homely
routine. All nappies, wipes, milks and foods are included within
the price and we like to use products that the
parents and children are already using within the home life. By
doing this we are indirectly supporting the child's and parent's
transition into nursery life. Making life a whole lot simpler and
easier. Babies can sleep indoors or outdoors in our prams, this is
entirely the parents' choice. During the cold winter days the prams
are heated up to provide the babies the opportunity to have a
warm and relaxed sleep while getting the fresh air. When the
children move over into the green side the children have the choice
of also sleeping in the room on small specially designed sleep mats
and this will then start to support transition from the cot to
maybe their own little beds.
The rooms offers a wide variety of
heuristic play giving the children to build up their experiences,
senses and encourage them to make sense of the world around
them.
Green Room -
Walkers
The children in this room have
become more confident and steady on their feet. This room provides
all of the above in the yellow side as well as opportunities to
encourage and build on:
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Social Skills
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Communication and Language
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Signing as a support for
communication
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Lots of messy play
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And plenty of opportunities to
follow their own individual interests.
Due to our high ratios required by
OFSTED which is 1 adult to every 3 children we have many
opportunities to go out and explore our local environment such
as going to the nearby Queen's Park to feed the ducks and our local
garden centre. This helps to develop children's gross
motor skills and opportunities to experience the world around
them. By providing such extra curricular activities we
are supporting many busy working parents as we appreciate
that not all children may get to go outdoors on local outings and
trips due to busy lifestyles. The children on this side are
extremely fascinated in the world in which they live in and outdoor
play is available on a reglar basis were children
investigate bugs, living creatures and the variety of
landscapes around them.
Sing & Sign
Bolton School Nursery is proud
to say that we are a fully affiliated Sing and Sign
Nursery. This is a great form of communication which is
sometimes used by individuals who may find it difficult to
communicate their needs, interests and views verbally.
Sing & Sign helps massively in
First Steps in terms of children's communication. It eases
children's frustration of not being able to fully communicate
verbally as children are able to tell us what they require using
the signs when they are unable to use the words.