Our Baby Unit caters for up to 10 children aged between 3 months and 2.5 years of age and our very experienced staff are trained in ‘Birth to Three’ Matters and are chosen for their ability to relate to this age group - and for their compassion, not only for the children but also for those parents who are leaving a very young child for the first time in the care of others.

Staffing: Child ratios in the Baby Unit are kept at a minimum of 3:1 but we usually have extra staff available throughout the day which enables us to have a 2:1 staff ratio during our busiest times.

All of our staff undergo regular CRB checks in order to ensure that your children are kept safe from harm - and our staff are required to undertake further training opportunities in childcare issues, as and when these arise, in order that your children have the very best possible learning opportunities available.

Children in our Baby Unit have ample opportunities for taking part in a wide range of activities including Art & Craft, Counting, Messy play, Construction play, Role play, Song and Story sessions, Early Makaton Signing, Music and Sensory Experiences etc…
This includes a weekly session, for those children who attend full-time, of Mini Maestros music sessions, Baby Makaton and Baby Gym

The wide range of equipment and toys available to our babies has been carefully chosen for the stimulation, safety and enjoyment of children aged from 3 months – 2½ years of age. These include ‘traditional’ wooden toys, ‘modern’ electronic toys, mobility toys and aids and a wide range of equipment designed to stimulate their sensory and educational learning.

Our babies have a divided-off area of the Nursery garden, which ensures their safety and security whilst playing outdoors.

A Key-Worker is appointed to each child (and their parents/carers) when they join our Nursery.
Your Key-Worker will undertake continual observations of your child and will ensure that you get daily feed-back through your child’s daily diary and/or in person, and will also feed-back to the Nursery Management daily.

In addition, all parents can expect a written report (approximately every 6 months) about their child’s progress.

Our babies have daily opportunities to visit the main Nursery, and to interact with the older children and the staff which ensures that, when they are due to ‘move up’ to the main Nursery, they not only feel confident and secure but they also have the opportunity to interact with our ‘Pre-School’ children who help us to look after them and give them good role models to follow.

sample menu for fully weaned children

This is just an example of the food which we serve in the Nursery; our actual menu rotates over a 4 week period and adaptations are made for the younger children. Children who are being weaned will have a daily selection of fresh vegetables and fresh organic meat and pureed fruits/home made egg-custards etc. with the occasional use of proprietary baby foods such as Heinz Organics 

Children who are able to eat fresh raw fruit and vegetables will be served these as a snack mid-morning and afternoon

Younger children will be offered rusks or baby biscuits at snack-times

baby room timetable

In overview of the daily/weekly activities which will be organised each week in addition to free play and impromptu song/story times

These are examples only