Daily Routine

The Sue Hedley Nursery School offers children a firm foundation in a calm and supportive environment enabling their individual needs and true potential to be met. We follow a High Scope Philosophy that identifies and builds on children’s strengths, interests and abilities. The central belief of High Scope is that children construct their own learning by doing and being actively involved in working with materials, people and ideas. Through this approach; children develop self-confidence, initiative, creativity and problem-solving skills.

Our children develop positive attitudes to self, others and to future learning. High Scope provides children with a consistent daily routine which includes child and adult initiated activities. We offer opportunities for children to choose, plan, carry out and reflect on their activities which allows them to engage in the active participatory learning process.

Early Years Practitioners throughout The Sue Hedley Nursery School value and appreciate children and provide a creative and supportive learning climate. High Scope promotes family involvement through a partnership approach to the child’s care and education with ongoing exchange of information between the family and the setting. Parent chats and Stay and Plays are used to support families and to promote children’s development at home.

The nursery is organised into areas to promote individualised learning and a sensory exploring area is also available to provide the opportunity for the children to access a safe place where they can stimulate or calm the senses and support self-regulation. The nursery team work closely with all outside professionals regularly,

Through a planned intent we have a three-pronged approach with a curriculum drivers approach covering every strand (PSED, CL, PD, L, M, UW, EAD). This encapsulating children’s interests through planning and reflections. We provide first hand life experiences through Forest School following the rhythm of the year whether that be in their community, locality or bringing outside first-hand educators in for example; the fire service and police. We have many exciting experiences for our children to provide them with the most enriching foundations during their time with us. We celebrate Chinese New Year through authentic cooking, enjoy a trip to an interactive under-fives pantomime at Christmas, encapsulate the changing seasons for example in Spring, growing and new life from a visit to Hall Hill Farm. Local area walks to the park and to cenotaph for Remembrance Day. We experience the beach in Summer following the natural seasonal rhythm of the year.