Twinkle Stars 0-1 Years
The Twinkle Stars is a calm, homely environment which caters for babies and their needs to help them progress and develop in stable, comfortable surroundings. The room follows the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and offers resources needed for babies to learn, explore and develop.
Our Twinkle Stars baby room is for children aged between 0-1 years. It’s a very calm, welcoming and relaxing room to give the babies a home from home experience whilst at nursery.
There is a relaxed free flow environment where children can independently choose where and what to explore, take risks and relax in a welcoming and cosy environment.
This room focuses on building those strong attachments with a key person and forging strong family bonds and parent partnerships.
We also have a separate outdoor play area for the children to access and we go out for walks and explore our local community.
Twinkle Stars 1 - 2 years
The Twinkle Stars is a calm, homely environment which caters for babies and their needs to help them progress and develop in stable, comfortable surroundings. The room follows the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and offers resources needed for babies to learn, explore and develop.
The main areas of provision in the Twinkle Stars for our 1-2 year olds are Physical, Exploratory, Imaginary, Comfortable and Messy/Creative. The room has a variety of sound and texture, stacking and building toys as well as shakers which provide valuable ways of learning through play.
The comfortable area offers somewhere for the children to rest and snuggle and also interact with their key person and other children to help build relationships. There is a variety of toys and resources to help aid the development of children who are learning to move. The furniture is at a low level to help those who are learning to pull to stand and walk. We provide a variety of treasure baskets for the children to explore and also carry out daily messy/creative activities to develop exploration and creativity. Every Child Is A Talker (ECAT) activities are carried out daily to develop language and communication skills.
The routine in the Twinkle Stars is flexible to allow the children to settle in and to enable us to meet their individual needs.
Shooting Stars 2 - 3 years
The Shooting Stars offers a spacious, modern environment for children aged between 2 – 3 years. The room consists of the following provision areas:
Water, Sand, Malleable, Workshop, Mark Making, Small World, Construction, Role Play, Story Corner and ICT
The layout of the room is similar to the Super Stars room in order for the children to have the same experiences but on a much smaller scale. This helps the children when they move up this large scale room. In each area the children have a vast range of resources to promote independence and choice. Toys in each area are changed weekly depending on next steps from individual planning or if the children have initiated they would like something out that day.
The teachers observe the children spontaneously throughout the day to enable them to plan future learning, activities and experiences. Outdoor play is widely encouraged in the Shooting Stars and activities are often taken outside throughout the day.
The children are firstly introduced to rolling snack and self service lunch in this room. Rolling snack consists of small groups of children being able to choose when they have their snack and what they would like. It enables children’s play to not be interrupted throughout the day. At lunch time children sit together with their key person and are encouraged to serve themselves dinner. The children are also encouraged to clean up after themselves. Lunchtime is a social event and we feel independence is highly encouraged here.
Toileting is introduced in this room and can be encouraged on a one to one basis with the child’s key person as there is a separate bathroom accessible easily from the room. The Shooting Stars room enables the children to slowly start to make choices, choose their own toys, gain confidence, self-esteem and be more independent.
Super Stars 3 - 4 years
The Super Stars room consists of a large and very spacious, inviting room for children aged three years to attending school. The room consists of the following provision areas:
Sand, Water, Malleable, Small World, Construction, Role Play, Mark Making, Story Corner, ICT, Workshop, Music, Mathematics,
Super Stars offers free play with key person and ECAT activities taking place throughout the day. Teachers spontaneously observe the children whilst they are playing in order to assess and plan future activities, experiences and learning. The children are encouraged to have snack and lunch using the rolling snack and self service lunch method where they are able to choose when they want it or how much lunch they would like. A teacher is always present at snack and lunch time to encourage conversation, interaction with peers and social interaction with the other children. Teachers supervise children when playing out in the morning and afternoon and will set up activities relating to the planning of individual children.
The teachers are very much involved with the children for them to have valuable outdoor experiences. Children are also taken out into the local environment, visiting the park, library, local shops, animal pens and local schools.
