Gosforth Nursery

Within this room the key person role still remains extremely important, as the children’s individual care routines are fundamental to a child’s progress. In this room the children have lots of space to practice their skills in many different areas, especially their physical skills.

Activities are planned and repeated throughout the week, which are based around the children’s interests and their next steps of learning and development. This enables the key person to work on each of their individual key children’s progress through fun activities which they can try again.

• Physical skills such as dancing and climbing promoted.
• Continuous, free flow play from the indoors to the outdoor area.
• Activities planned and repeated throughout the week.
• Group times encourage sharing and turn taking.
• Messy and creative activities aids sensory and creative development.
• Role playing resources are provided as children begin to act out familiar roles, such as caring for baby, making tea, etc.

As the children move into this group the structure of the day changes as the children are emotionally able to have more structure added to their day. The Lily group share the ground floor. Care routines are still extremely important to this age as they learn to use the potty and then toilet, still need a sleep and assistance with dressing themselves. With this age group independence is promoted with children being encouraged and helped to be able to do these things independently by the time they move into the Sunflower group and pre-school room .

• Easily defined, well-presented and clearly labelled areas.
• Children select their own resources and equipment to play with.
• Help to tidy up and begin to learn where resources are stored.
• Circle time promotes social and language skills, as well as turn taking and concentration.
• Access to an outdoor play area in all weathers with wet suits for the rain provided.
• Small world and role play promote and extend children’s imagination.
• Well stocked natural materials to investigate and explore.
• Access to outdoor learning
  

Our aim is to provide a loving, secure environment for the babies. Working closely with parents we will ensure that the babies’ routine remains as close to that already established at home, emphasising consistency and continuity. We aim to care for and develop the babies in a homely, cosy environment. The room also has its own sleep room with dimmed lights which aids the sleep process.

• Sleep in their own cot or mat, depending on development.
• Stimulating environment to enhance babies holistic development.
• Allocated own key person.
• Individual routines followed.
• Visual, sensory and auditory stimulation and activities provided.
• Emphasis on natural materials.
• Heuristic play and treasure baskets.
• Opportunities to pull themselves up, cruise along bars and practice walking.
• Being creative and messy, with paint, food play, gloop, water, etc.
• Access to sand and water play
  
• Access to the garden daily.
• Baby led weaning promoted.
• Local walks to parks
• Group song, story and music times.

The Daisy room is for our children aged 21 months to 26 months. The room hosts a climbing frame with slide, role play area, sand play, investigation teepee, small world area, constrution play and more.

Activities are planned and repeated throughout the week, which are  based around the children’s interests and their next steps of learning and development. This enables the key person to work on each of their  individual key children’s progress through fun activities which they can  try again.

• Climbing frame to practise their gross motor skills.
• Physical skills such as dancing and climbing promoted.
• Access to main garden via small staircase
  
• Activities planned and repeated throughout the week.
• Group times encourage sharing and turn taking.
• Messy and creative activities aids sensory and creative development.
• Role playing resources are provided as children begin to act out familiar roles, such as caring for baby, making tea, etc.

Our dining hall is connected to our kitchen were the children are able to engage with eh cook as meals are prepared and served to the children. The children have breakfast, lunch and tea in the dining hall every day. 

Meal times are very important at St Gabriel's nursery and staff are encouraged to eat with the children to model good table manners.

The preschool children self serve their meals and pour their own drinks and are taught to clear away after each meal time.

Our outdoor space is accessible for all of the playrooms. The garden has professionally laid grass and soft coloured surface for the children's enjoyment and safety.

We have a large mud kitchen where the children can explore and experience all aspects of messy and sensory play, using household objects eg mixing bowls, utensils and weighing scales.

The garden has a large wooden climbing frame which is suitable for children 2 years plus. The 2 year olds are supervised by the nursery practitioners and the 3 year olds use the climbing frame independently.

The children can experience song and story time when in the garden, We have a wooden author's chair and small wooden stools. When using this area, the children can share their individual experiences and stories with one another. This is the time to introduce new vocabulary and extend imaginative experiences. Children are given the opportunity to retell stories to their friends which develops confidence building experiences.

We have a roof top garden which is used by the Sunflower children. The garden has a Cosy House which the children can use for role play and songs and stories. The children can have lots of fun making their own songs and tunes whilst playing on the Bongo's and Musical Tubes.

The Sunflower's can create their own models using the large building blocks, to create their own large structures working together as a group. We have lots of resources that are used between the preschool room and the rooftop garden. 

The parents room is a place where you can relax whilst your child is on a visit, have a private meeting and fill out paperwork. It is there for all of our parents to use for phone calls or if you just want to have a coffee.  

Please read our latest Ofsted Report 

Welcome to St Gabriels Gosforth virtual tour. 

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