Nursery facilities
The Nursery is split into four age ranges:
Babies
Non-mobile babies benefit from a large, bright, open plan day room, well equipped with a separate dedicated sensory area equipped with the latest equipment to stimulate the babies senses during their formative months. We provide a dedicated sleep room with the temperature constantly monitored to ensure the babies are comfortable at all times. There are never more than three babies to any one member of staff in the baby room, with each baby having their own named key person. The Baby Room has free flow access to the garden and an enclosed sensory garden especially for babies.
Tweenies
The next room up is for Tweenies with the day structured around their changing interests. The room is very well appointed with outstanding equipment and where the children are encouraged to learn through play. There are various dedicated areas offering different activities. In the ‘Book Corner’, they sit in a group and are read stories, sing rhymes and participate in circle time. In addition there is a sand and water play area, a construction area to develop coordination and a messy play area for painting and generally getting messy. Tweenies also benefit from a staffing ratio of one member of staff looking after no more than three children. The Tweenie Room has free flow access to the garden.
Toddlers
The Toddler room also benefits from a number of dedicated areas. The Toddlers have a creative area, a reading corner, circle time and a home corner. The Toddlers’ room is fully equipped to encourage the children’s independence. Toddlers benefit from a staffing ratio of one member of staff looking after no more than four children. The Toddler Room has free flow access to the garden.
Pre-School
Pre-School children follow the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ preparing them for their eventual move to school. This is a more settling down routine, with children working in groups. The children are observed learning through play, based on the six areas of learning: physical development; personal, social and emotional development; communication, language and literacy; creative development; knowledge and understanding of the world and problem solving, reasoning and numeracy. The Pre-School room is fully equipped with child focused IT systems, designed to familiarise the children with the essential IT skills before moving onto school. Pre-School also have their own easily accessible, brightly decorated children’s toilets. The Pre-School has free flow access to the garden.
Sensory Room All the children benefit from a dedicated sensory room. This area has many elements which encourage the child’s senses through a soothing and stimulating environment. Gardens The nursery boasts one of the largest nursery gardens in Milton Keynes with a separate enclosed sensory garden for non-mobile babies. The gardens are well equipped and stimulating, designed to stimulate and promote exploration, social skills and positive self-esteem. Both gardens feature the latest impact resistant soft surfacing to ensure peace of mind when any tumbles occur whilst still retaining large natural lawn areas. All rooms open onto the garden encouraging full use of the outside space. Monkey Puzzle is open from 7.30am – 6.30pm. 
