This room reflects a "home from home" environment providing a gentle transition to nursery life. At this early stage babies are gaining competence in observing and responding to their immediate environment and the baby room focuses on tactile activities that stimulate and encourage development.					At this age children begin exploring their environment with increasing mobility, dexterity and language. The pumpkin and strawberry rooms are interlinked allowing children to gently progress to the toddler stage of development. The early toddler rooms enable children to flourish using purpose built furniture and play resources that encourage children to stretch themselves physically and imaginatively.
	With the child's growing independence and development our focus moves to developing a range of skills. Activities include shared meal times, role play and games. During this time the children are introduced to a more structured day in preparation for the pre-school room.					Activities are structured to reflect Early Years development guidelines. Knowledge is encouraged through purposeful play and children are encouraged to experience a wide range of learning opportunities including early reading, writing, maths skills and ICT. We also have a French teacher who visits the nursery weekly to encourage language skills.