In the Sunshines room the children begin to learn academic skills to help them progress and to prepare for life at school. The unit is situated on the ground floor of the building overlooking the extensive garden at the back of the property. It consists of two rooms, one large and one smaller, and they evolve throughout the day from play area to dining room and to relaxing areas. Whatever the children can do inside we can also do outside and we have covered areas where we can all keep dry when it's raining. We do like spending a lot of time outside and the children have role play areas like mud kitchen, building area and an area that can be anything from a shop or doctor's surgery to restaurant and hairdresser. They also get a lot of exercise driving the cars and bikes and we play games and go exploring in the garden. We cover early mathematical concepts where we learn about shape, space and measure, and practice pre-writing skills with the use of different writing tools. We encourage the children to be independent and care for others, and we use role play activities to teach them life skills. Lunch is served on school style trays. During the Summer term we introduce the older children to life at school, trying on school uniform items and having representatives from local schools visiting. We provide for each child’s individual learning requirements and interests including those children who need additional support or who have particular needs or disabilities.
Our Really Wild Club is a hugely popular 6 week course, for 8 children at a time, which is designed to create an outdoor experience for the children. It encourages them to embrace the natural world and reap the incredible benefits being outside in nature. The children learn about the world around them, to appreciate and respect it and it makes them realise how much fun it can be. They are involved in a variety of activities such as den building, games, looking for bugs, making masks, listening to stories, making leaf boats to sail down the stream and mud face painting. Getting wet and muddy is all part of it and the course runs whatever the weather. Tennis With A Twist lessons is a popular extra that introduces the children to racket sports twice a week.
In the summer the Sunshine children and their parents enjoy a Sports Day with an Afternoon Tea picnic. At Christmas the Sunshines put on a nativity play and concert at a local village hall with a chance for the audience to have a hot drink and mince pie before going back to work. Parents are invited to participate in these activities and it is a good opportunity to catch up with the nursery team and to meet other parents. The Sunshine room can accommodate up to 22 children and the ratio is 8 children to 1 adult. We use the guidance and follow the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
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