About us
Tiny Tots is registered for children aged 0-8 years, providing nursery places for children up to age 5, and a holiday club for children up to the age of 8.
Our vision is to provide a nurturing, home-from-home environment where children feel secure, respected, and truly valued. We embrace the Curiosity Approach (and have almost completed our accreditation), focusing on open-ended play and child-led learning, with the vast majority our setting made up of loose parts, recycled materials, and natural resources. These carefully curated invitations to play foster imagination, creativity, and a realistic approach to learning.
Our goal is to support each child to reach their full potential, celebrate their individuality, and lay the foundations for a confident and joyful learning journey which successfully supports them to develop lifelong skills, and a lifelong LOVE for learning.
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Our team and our training
Staff development is just as important to us as the children's development is, and our team are actively encouraged to undertake further training in order to develop their own skills.
We are proud of our passionate and inspired team who are empowered to bring their own knowledge, ideas, and creativity into the setting. With strong support and continuous opportunities for growth, our team plays a vital role in shaping a stimulating and inclusive learning environment.
Here are just some of the training courses/accreditations we have undertaken or are currently involved in, which are effectively supporting our practice each and every day...
- DFE 'Communication Counts' accreditation- 'Hygge in the Early Years' accreditation- Emotion Coaching training- Maths Champion training- Nurturing Relationships programme- Level 3 SENCo- National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership
We have a strong SEND team with extensive training, and several other members of the team have undertaken training in working with SEND children, supporting communication or physical development and much more.
Almost every member of staff holds a first aid qualification, and we aim to train up any new staff members within their first few months with us if they don't have a first aid qualification when they join the team.
Our Ethos... Love to Learn
Here at Tiny Tots, we
believe that children learn best through experiences which follow their interests and we therefore provide a child-led environment
which creates independent, confident learners. And we have written our own curriculum which supports this.
We follow an 'in the moment'
approach with our teaching and learning which allows children to make choices and take charge of their own learning. In practice this means that staff respond to children's interests and build on their next steps in ways which are meaningful... right in that moment... instead of providing lots of pre-planned activities which children may not be interest in.
We embrace the phrase 'process over product' meaning that children have the freedom to explore with their play, whether that's in the construction area or painting area, without working towards an adult-led end goal.
By doing so, children enjoy their learning because they are interested, motivated, having fun and taking the lead.
Parent Partnership
Parent partnership is hugely important to us as we recognise that you know your child best. We therefore encourage you to be involved with their learning as much as possible.
Here are just some of the ways we involve parents here at Tiny Tots...
- Sharing your child's learning/experiences at nursery and at home on our online learning journal (Tapestry)
- Parent's meeting offered 3 times per year
- Providing you with ideas on how you can support your child's learning at home
- Home learning library
- Stay and play sessions
Our effective key person systems means that you will always have a specific member of staff that you know you can talk to about your child's needs. This person gets to know your child and your family from as soon as they start until the progress into the next room and gain a new key person.
