Nursery places available from 7am – 6pm
Our Vision
Giving Children Space to Learn and Develop indoors and outdoors
At Urmston Day Nursery, we believe that early years are the foundation for a lifetime of learning. Our dedicated team of educators are committed to providing the highest standard of childcare and education in a loving and inclusive environment.
We follow the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) framework to ensure that every child receives personalised learning tailored to their unique needs and interests. With spacious playrooms, secure outdoor areas, and a strong partnership with parents, we create a home-from-home setting where every child feels valued, supported, and confident to grow.
Cognitive development:
Cognitive development is a complex process that involves how children acquire, understand, and use information. It encompasses various skills, including memory, attention, reasoning, and problem-solving. This development is crucial for a child’s ability to function independently and successfully in society.
In early years children are building basic perception and attention skills that help them understand the world around them. Early intervention and a nurturing environment are crucial to developing these skills.
Exploring language
Children’s speech develops from babble, to words, to simple sentences through hundreds of hours of interactions with adults. Having a large vocabulary helps children learn more. Words allow them to make sense of the world around them.
Communication and language is a EYFS prime area which means that it’s one of the important building blocks for all the other areas. If it’s not developed early it can be difficult to achieve later.
Children’s language skills are connected to their overall development and can predict their educational success. As speaking and listening develops, children build foundations for literacy, for making sense of visual and verbal signs and ultimately for reading and writing.
We work towards this by providing a language rich environment full of stories, rhymes, songs and play with words that are of interest to children. Children can make good progress with early language development with the right support.
Imagination and creativity
Having an imagination is the ability of the mind to be creative and resourceful.
Creativity is children’s unique response to all that they see, hear, feel and experience. A child’s individual responses to materials, experiences and ideas inspire their creativity and imagination.
Children’s responses can be physical, emotional, social, cultural or a combination. Younger children might respond in verbal and non verbal ways, for example, a toddler swaying to music.
Children need their contributions to be noticed and valued so they build confidence and resilience. Give children enough space and time to experience and explore. Help and encourage them to develop their own curiosity and creativity. A child’s imagination and creativity are enriched through their awareness of art and other children around them. All of these creative experiences build powerful connections within the brain, Creativity is associated with focus, independence, a willingness to explore and ingenuity.
As children develop in imagination and creativity they are able to tell a story, relate to other people, keep themselves emotionally grounded and enter their imaginary worlds.
