Our Vision
Our Vision is to provide all children with an environment in which they can;
- feel safe to explore and experiment, enabling them to learn through their play and experiences,
- feel cared for and secure thus allowing them to build relationships, make friends and develop their social skills,
- be treated equally and be given support and education tailored to their individual needs
Our Core Values
Our core values provide the foundation to all that we do, We want all children to:
- Love- To feel loved, to have a love of learning and life.
- Respect- Show respect for each other, our resources and our planet.
- Kindness- Showing patience, tolerance and understanding of each other
- Resilience- To be confident problem solvers, self-assured and confident to face adversities
Our Ethos
Children deserve to be in a beautiful environment filled with awe and wonder, they deserve the space and time to explore their thoughts fully and to be surrounded by highly trained and caring educators who join in the learning with them. We believe every child is unique, their individuality should be nurtured, cherished and encouraged to blossom.
At our nursey we strongly believe in nurturing children’s self-esteem and self-confidence allowing them to feel safe, secure and ready to engage, explore and learn. As co-regulators we aim to guide children to develop emotional literacy and resilience and to develop critical creative thinking skills, enabling and empowering children to create solutions to problems they face.
We respect and trust the child to lead us through their learning journey, empowering children and providing them with responsibilities to their peers and their community. Our purpose is to empower the children to be intrinsically motived to learn.
Our Approach
Little Squirrels Play Forest takes inspiration from initiatives such as Forest Schools and the Curiosity Approach whereby children are given freedom and independence, where the child leads their learning journey and evolves and adapts as a result. Our nursery draws influence from several different approaches and learning theorists such as Frobel, Waldolf, Steiner and Montessori. We strongly value play as the highest form of learning and we encourage children to take risks and challenge themselves. We are avid believers in children learning by experience, we aim to create an enabling, stimulating and loving environment where learning is based on where the child’s imagination takes us.
We work with the child in the moment as co-learners and co-regulators on a journey of discovery. As skilled educators we facilitate learning in everyday moments knowing when it’s appropriate to step in to enhance learning and when to take a step back. Time spent with the children is treated with the utmost importance, building relationships, developing mutual respect and understanding is key.
We believe our ethos and approach is key to our success. The way we work treating each child’s learning journey as unique ensures children feel safe and secure allowing them to make good progress in their learning. Families feel welcomed and supported within the setting which allows us to work in collaboration putting the child’s needs at the centre.
Interested in find out more about our approach and influences....
Meet the Team
Find out more about our team, their personalities, experience qualifications and training here
Next Steps...
Have a look at our Nursery Prospectus and register your interest for your child’s nursery place, by calling 01603 633550 or email: [email protected]
