Our Nursery
Baby suite
Our Baby suite comprises of three rooms which is exclusively for babies and toddlers, from 3months to 2 years of age.
The staffing ratio is never more than one carer to three children. We take great pride in our friendly, nurturing and happy baby suite which for the Babies is home from home. Each child is unique and we respect individual care routines that may have been established at home. Each child is allocated a named key person as a main carer building and maintaining effective relationships with children
Lower school
Lower school caters for children between 2and 3 years. Children will have a gentle introduction to nursery routines during their daily play and learning activities. Each day there are opportunities for children to socially interact with each other developing their understanding of sharing and turn taking as part of a small group. Storytelling, music sessions and role play activities all promote good language and listening skills.
Upper school
At the age of three, children move into the preschool phase of their nursery education. Elm Park use the famous Montessori approach, aimed at achieving the correct balance of physical, social and intellectual stimulation for young children. Within a child centred environment, children can develop confidently at their own pace, and an equal opportunities policy is practised for all children.
In upper school the class sizes are kept to no more 12 children.
The materials used by the children within our Montessori nursery are carefully designed to allow personal development through investigation and sensorial stimulation, encouraging analytical skills, which can be channelled into all areas of life. All children?s progress is monitored and recorded regularly and the Head of Nursery is available by appointment to meet with Parents.