Badger unit - 3-5 years
The Badger unit is situated on the ground floor, the bright and airy rooms are divided into areas.
One room is dedicated to a home corner incorporating a computer suite, book corner and dressing up area. There are two computers with brightly coloured keyboards with lower case lettering; there is a kitchen with cooking equipment, a dressing up box filled with different outfits and a book corner that has large bright cushions for the children to sit and read to themselves or share a book with friends or staff.
Another room incorporates a mark-making area, maths area, construction area and science area. All these area are fully equipped with age appropriate equipment. There are toilets and wash hand basins for the children close-by enabling them to become independent.
The garden is used as a further room, the children are given every opportunity to explore the garden sit at or under the rainforest canopy where they can monitor the rainfall or check the daily temperature. They will help to plant and pick the crops from our vegetable plot.
The activities on offer will enhance the development of their:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Communication, Language and Literacy Skills
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy Skills
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Physical Development
Creative Development
The children are encouraged to serve themselves at snack time and at tea-time. The term before children start school they will have the chance to use food trays at lunch time, thus helping their independent skills and the transition from Nursery into School.
Although the day is more structured for this age group the emphasis is still on children learning through play.
"Older children help themselves to paper, glue and Sellotape to create their collage designs. Physical and social skills are refined as children work collaboratively creating elaborate structures with wooden blocks. Planned activities are used to introduce different experiences and staff facilitate individual learning."
"We can only commend the grounding you have given our children in their early years and the fact that they have both slipped so effortlessly into school life is not small way down to the work you and your team have done."