Orchard Day Nursery

Philosophy: Experienced leaders and highly skilled practitioners have developed an ambitious curriculum designed to give children the cultural capital they need in life.

Forest School Sessions: Children have many opportunities to connect with the natural world, both in the nursery's large, outdoor garden and in the forest-school area.

Activities: Children delight as they take part in a special camping day, where they snuggle and share stories in tents, explore inside a campervan and pick ice cream from the local ice-cream van.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Practitioners plan well-sequenced activities that successfully build on what children know and can do.

Communication: Parents comment that communication is outstanding and they feel like 'part of a large family'.

Community Building: Parents describe the nursery as an 'exceptional' setting with a real 'home-from-home' feel.

Programs and Resources: The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three-, and four-year-old children.

Staff Training: All practitioners have completed baby-room training, safer sleep training and a four-week course to enhance teaching and learning for children with SEND.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children flourish in the care of welcoming practitioners at this inclusive, home-from-home nursery.

Safeguarding Training: There are effective procedures in place should a member of staff need to report a concern about the welfare of a child.

Play and Learning Integration: Children confidently engage in conversations during all aspects of their play.

Diversity Management: Practitioners fully consider the differing experiences children bring with them, and build on these experiences to enhance their learning and development.

Child Safety Management: Older children learn to climb trees in a safe way and learn how to use tools, such as a drill, appropriately.

Children's Safety and Security: Leaders and practitioners demonstrate an extensive knowledge of safeguarding and child protection.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children confidently talk about how to keep safe while using a hammer to bang flowers, commenting that they need a hat to 'protect their head'.

Happiness and Settling: Children flourish in the care of welcoming practitioners at this inclusive, home-from-home nursery.