Merry go Round Day Nursery
Reggio Approach - Parent Information
Creative and Stimulating
Services list
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Community Children are encouraged to respect their family, cultures and religious beliefs of others and accept diverse needs and backgrounds of all children in the nursery and the wider community.
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Creativity We use a range of natural resources for children to experience and investigate through their senses. There is no end product; therefore children may work cooperatively with other children on a project. This means that they won’t always bring something home. It is the process that is important.
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Values Children are encouraged to be respectful and kind to each other and the environment. We choose a different value each month to focus on.
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DocumentationDocumentation
Every child is an individual. Staff observe children’s interests and record them using photographs, which are used to evidence children’s learning and these are uploaded onto the child's Tapestry Learning Journal. Parents/ carers can access their child's Tapestry journal with their own unique login. The journal is converted to pdf when the child leaves nursery, which parents/ carers can download securely.
Children’s progress is recorded against the EYFS and this is passed on to the allocated school when the child is 4 years old as a continuation of their education.
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Communication and Dialogue We provide activities that encourage children to speak, listen and learn letters and sounds through Phonics. This helps to extend vocabulary and children learn to take turns in speech and respect the views of others.
Communication and Dialogue
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Child Initiated Learning Children choose what to play with staff observing the children and planning activities around each child’s interests. This ensures that children’s learning is progressing and that their voice is heard.
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Exploration of the environment The learning environment is very important and children need to use real objects. It is the responsibility of all staff to ensure that resources are meaningful and challenging both inside and outside. All activities are open ended so that children can re-visit them throughout the day. We have free-flow from inside to out and room to room throughout.
Exploration of the environment
How you can help us to support your child?
- Donate recycled and life like resources i.e. pots, pans, wooden items, tools, boxes, baskets etc
- Read to your child every day
- Be active on your child's Tapestry account and share the experience with your child
- Show an interest in your child’s creations and ask about their day in nursery
