Nursery Layout

BABY ROOM
Our baby room is warm and friendly and is full of stimulating play activities to help your child learn and grow. We have places for 6 babies on a daily basis. Each baby is allowed as much time as required to settle in and a member of staff will be allocated as your child's key worker while in our care. All our babies will enjoy fresh air daily in the garden area. Information sheets will be given to parents at the end of each day, detailing nappy changes, quantities of milk consumed, food eaten, what play activities your child has taken part in as well as sleep times.

To help us create a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere, we use music so that the children feel at home and comfortable in their surroundings. The music we use is called Metamusic and is specially composed with carefully chosen sound frequencies and rhythms. One principle that we follow is that if our staff don't like a particular piece then the chances are that the children won't like it either - so that's one we won't use! So far, however, that hasn't happened.

TODDLER AND PRE-SCHOOL ROOM
Our toddler and pre-school room are bright and friendly and have a variety of activities to encourage your child to learn and grow while having lots of fun.
We have a structured program where our themes change on a monthly basis
and are reflected in the nursery. Your child will enjoy painting in our
messy corner, constructive play, home corner, and dressing up or simply
relaxing in the calming book area. Also our pre-school area will focus on
language and mathematics preparing your child for primary school.

OUTDOOR PLAY
We have a large safe, secure garden with lots of physical play items for your
child to enjoy on a daily basis and we are working on making the garden
interesting and magical and an Eco friendly area where your child will
experience digging for worms planting flowers and growing vegetables,
bringing awareness to their natural surroundings.

OTHER ACTIVITES

MUSIC
Music is another key factor which Healthy Steps has considered, and
because we know that children's brains develop most rapidly between birth and
the age of two, it is important that music is a part of that development. Therefore, as part of daily singing time within the nursery, the guitar will
be played to all children, developing their ear for music in the crucial early
years of their life.

FRENCH
At Healthy Steps the children will be introduced to French, through song and easy basic words. This is important and will help children be aware of their new language when being introduced to it at school. Research proves that the earlier a child is introduced to a second language the greater the chances the child will master both languages.

YOGA
Yoga allows children to be creative, and grow from the inside out, enhancing flexibility, strength, coordination and concentration through calming creative movement. The children will enjoy yoga with a qualified children's yoga instructor

DANCE AND DRAMA
To help stimulate creativity and build confidence for life. This is designed to inspire creativity through imagination and is offered to our 3 to 5 year olds. Your child will become characters in the stories we explore from medieval to modern day and experience an exciting lesson including singing and dancing.