Orchard Day Nursery - Excellence in Child Care

The Orchard Day Nursery and Pre-School is committed to delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum through child-centred, play based learning with creative approaches to its delivery at the heart.

The Department for Education and Skills provides the statutory framework within which we work and offers guidance for all Early Years practitioners and settings on the legal requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage relating to Learning, Development and Welfare of children from birth to 5 years. It adheres thoroughly to the Every Child Matters agenda and underpins all the teaching and learning here at The Orchard Day Nursery and Pre-School.

The principles of which guide the work of our early years practitioners are grouped into four themes:

• A Unique child - every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self assured.
• Positive Relationships - children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person.
• Enabling Environments - the environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children's development and learning.
• Learning and Development - children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas if Learning and Development are equally important and inter-connected.