Environment | Six Areas of Learning| Babies/Toddlers/Pre-School | Languages
Learning Environment
All equipment, toys, decoration, activities etc. are chosen with the aim to create a good learning environment for the children. We believe that children who are comfortable with the environment thay are in and with the people they are with on a day to day basis, makes for happy and receptive children!
Six Areas of Learning
On starting at the nursery, all children already have a certain amount of knowledge and skills. At Appletree we build on this foundation by following the six areas of learning. These are:
- Personal, social and emotional development.
- Communication, language and literacy.
- Mathematical development.
- Knowledge and understanding of the world.
- Physical development.
- Creative development.
More details on the six areas of learning are available in the nursery brochure.
We are currently working towards our first Estyn inspection. In order to qualify for this, we now have a qualified early years teacher who covers all areas with the children in the mornings.
Babies, Toddlers and Pre-School Children
The daily routines of the children depend on the age group and competencies of the children.
With the babies, we follow each child's own routine, as their needs and capabilities vary so much. We have a varied range of equipment and toys for stimulating play which helps the babies development and encourages basic social skills; from learning to sit up through to taking their first steps.
As toddlers become more capable and acquire new motor skills, we encourage their growth with a whole range of varied activites; from organised creativity to physical activities. This is done by learning through play to build up confidence and self-esteem.
Pre-school children have a more structured routine to include educational activites to prepare them for school, which is carried out by our early years teacher. All activites are done in a fun, experimental and learning through play process to encourage their all round development.
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Languages
English is the main language that we use with all children in all daily activities, lessons and games. However, we also teach the pre-school children some very basic Welsh.
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