Our Nursery

Here at Redbrook Day Nursery we comprise of 7 indoor play areas and one large outdoor area.

1. Baby room
2. Toddler room
3. Pre-school room
4. Soft play
5. Space ship
6. Under the sea
7. Home corner
8. Outside area

Please read on to learn a little more about what we can offer your children.

The Baby room

Our baby room is very bright and spacious, and well equipped to provide comfort and stimulation to all the babies in our care. The baby room consists of 4 areas:

1. The sleep room- Each baby has their own cot with blankets, in the seperated sleep room to ensure the children have the relaxing atmosphere needed for a peaceful sleep time.
2. The play area- Where the children have a soft carpeted area to explore the range of toys available to them.
3. The messy area- Where the children spend time doing activities such as painting, water play and messy play.
4. Changing room- The babies have their own changing room where we are able to keep eveything your child could possibly need to keep them clean and happy.

During a day in the baby room the children will follow their individual routines set in place by their parents, we take time and care to work closely with the parents to make sure every child's individual needs are fully met.

In the baby room the children have the opportunity to experience activities such as:

• Messy play
• Discovery boxes
• Construction
• Mark making
• Physical activities

All activities are planned depending on age and stage of development, taking guidance from "birth to three matters". The babies also get involoved with the themes and topics that are going on throughout the nursery.

Within the baby room the babies are provided with freshly cooked meals, taking into consideration their stage of weaning. 

The Toddler room

The toddler room provided a lively and stimulating environment for the children as they grow more confident and increasingly mobile.

The toddler room consist of 5 areas:

1. The play area- A comfortable area where the children can play safely with a wide variety of toys.
2. Table top area- A mixture of different sized tables where the children can take part in activities such as playdough, cutting and sticking and mark making.
3. Messy area- An area where the children can freely explore messy activities, sand and water play.
4. The sensory corner- An area which is filled with a variety of toys and accessories which are guarenteed to stimulate all of the children's senses.
5. Changing room- The toddlers also have their own seperate changing room where they can be privately changed.

There is a wide variety of activities that take place in the toddler room all of which are planned to suit the individual needs of the children. All the children have a choice of many activities through the day which all have a specific aim and will develop many of the children's skills. Such activities are:

• Messy play- Shaving foam, jelly play, gloop etc
• Mark making
• Construction
• Physical games
• Group times

The children also have the opportunity to have a sleep after there dinner on there own beds in the quiet area. Activities are also available for those children who do not require a sleep.

The Pre-school room

The pre-school room is a very busy and active room providing the children with a wealth of experience, helping to promote their independence and prepare them for school.

The pre-school room consists of 6 areas.

1. Carpet area- Where the children have a large choice of toys to choose from. Here we also do our group activities such as story time and music.
2. Table top area- A variety of tables where the children can do activites such as threading, jigsaws or barbie dolls.
3. Messy area- A large area where the children can freely take part in messy activities.
4. Mark making area- An area continuously accessible for the children to take part in painting, drawing, cutting and sticking and much more.
5. Sand and water area- A designated area where the children can freely play in the sand and water.
6. Playdough Table- The children have free access to playdough and all the possible accessories to allow them to develop vital creative and fine motor skills. 

The pre-school room has more structure and opportunities for the children to safely test their boundaries and learn new skills. In the pre-school room the planning is done in accordance with the children's age and stage of development. The children have a wide variety of activities to take part in as well as continuously being able to choose there own activities. Such activities we do are:

• Messy play
• Cooking
• Mark making
• Physical activities
• Construction
• Group times

The children within the pre-school room are also able to recieve early years entitlement funding for 3 year olds (see funding) 

Soft play

Our soft play area is the largest area within the nursery. In here we have large selection of soft play toys, bikes and trikes, slides and a ball pool. All here to help develop the children's physical abilities as well as social skills.

All the children in the nursery have access to the soft play area regardless of the room they are in.

The soft play area is used when it is not appropriate to take the children outside due to weather conditions. We also use the room for our parties, whole nursery activities and when we have special visitors in.

The Space ship

A long with the traditional home corner role play area, here at Redbrook we are very creative. With help from the children we came up with a role play idea all the children would have lots of fun exploring.

All the rooms have access to the space ship and in here there are many different areas which will help promote every area of development. In the space ship there are mark making areas, construction areas, dressing up materials and much, much more. As well as all of these areas just being in a space ship is a completly new experience which automatically indulges the children's imaginations.

Under the sea

When thinking of ideas for our space ship role play the children also loved the idea of being under the sea, swimming with the fishes!

Lucky for us, here at Redbrook we have lots of room so we were able to create both a space ship and an under the sea room.

In the under the sea room the children are introduced to a whole new experience with complete contrast to the space ship. There are lots of accessories and areas to enhance the children's imaginations and skills. Such areas are;

• Board games
• Book corner
• Mark making
• Dressing up
• Touchy feely boxes

The Home corner

We also see the importance of having the traditional home corner as well as our more creative areas. In our home corner the children are able to role play real life situations in a safe environment. Our home corner also offers a range of areas which are, the kitchen, dining room, bedroom and laundry room.

The Garden

Our outside play area is exceptionally large and is currently being done up to add more room and areas for the children to enjoy. Our garden is completly secure with a fence surrounding the whole area.

Our garden consists of 5 areas at the moment, these are:

1. Our blue area- A soft material flooring which gives the children opportunities to take part in group activities and also has slides and home corner toys on.
2. The grass area- We have a large grassed area where the children can freely play with a number of different outside toys.
3. Sand and water trays- We have seperate sand and water trays in the garden which we regularly use for sand and water as well as more creative fillings.
4. Our vegetable patch- During the warmer weather the children and staff grow there own vegetable which we use in our dinners.
5. Our flower garden- The chldren have there own flower patch where the help to plant and look after the flowers of there choice.

All rooms have access to the garden and we make sure the toddlers and pre-school children have the opportunity to have ouside play each day.