The Rabbits room has a fun and stimulating series of spaces, offering a safe and warm place for children to play and develop their newly found skills. Staff and parents work closely together to aid each child’s developing needs.
We offer the children a wide variety of sensory and exploratory activities and experiences both inside and outside throughout the year.
Typical day will include some of the following activities:
Playroom
A whole range of activities including: sorting toys, pop-up toys, jigsaws and musical toys. They will explore materials and books and will engage in imaginative play using the doll’s house, animals, cars and trains.
Creative room
Doing ‘messy’ activities such as painting, jelly or pasta play, playdough, sand and water.
Outside
Either in one of our gardens or off for a walk exploring our wonderful woodland and gardens.
Even our youngest children play outside, come rain or shine. We have double buggies, with rain covers, for walks in the grounds and equipment for our babies to use in the garden. In the summer we get the paddling pool out and on rainy days we provide the children with waterproof coats and wellies to splash in the puddles.
Treasure baskets and heuristic play
These sessions involve the children exploring and manipulating every day, household objects, rather than commercially made toys.
The objects can be used in a much more open-ended way, so the children become involved and independent in their play. Resources include tins, mug trees, cardboard tubes, bead necklaces, gift boxes, corks, metal and wooden items.
Format of a typical day
During the day we make full use of our space and beautiful surroundings. As the children arrive in the morning they come into the main play room. We then break off into smaller groups suitable to the children’s age and stage of development.
All children have access to the creative room and the outdoors. The older children will also have the chance to develop their skills further whilst playing in a room dedicated to their stage of development.
Feedback to parents
When you collect your child from the nursery you will be given a written (for children up to 1 year) or verbal summary of your child’s day. This includes; what your child has eaten, how long they have slept for and the activities they have been involved in. If you would prefer the written summary to continue after your child’s 1st birthday, then please speak to their key person. Staff will be available to discuss any concerns/needs when you drop off or collect your child.