Sunshine Group
We offer free places for funded children - 4 short days per week (= 24 hours per week year round). No extra charges are applied.
For children from 3 to 4 years old
The Bath House offers a warm, nurturing and stimulating environment where children learn through creative play and are responded to as individuals. The children at the Bath House have strong relationships with staff and are listened to and valued. Children talk about their excitement about attending the Bath House and have a strong sense of ownership and control over the activities they take part in. Parents are welcomed, included and able to approach staff with any concerns they have and parents feel happy and confident to leave their children in our care.
Our staff child ratio is at least 1 to 5 and all our key staff are qualified in childcare.
The Bath House offers a warm, nurturing and stimulating environment where children learn through creative play and are responded to as individuals. The children at the Bath House have strong relationships with staff and are listened to and valued. Children talk about their excitement about attending the Bath House and have a strong sense of ownership and control over the activities they take part in. Parents are welcomed, included and able to approach staff with any concerns they have and parents feel happy and confident to leave their children in our care.
Our staff child ratio is at least 1 to 5 and all our key staff are qualified in childcare.
In Sunshine Group we understand the children’s desire for independence, challenge, stimulation and exploration, and aim to meet the needs of their enquiring minds! We believe our programme of activities is a thoughtful and age appropriate balance of free, open ended exploration of resources and toys, with more specific adult-led structured learning fed in to the daily schedule.
Making and respecting friends is also a big theme in our group, negotiating the world of social play, listening to others, turn-taking and awareness of feelings is promoted and supported by our skilled and caring staff team.
For most children it is the year before starting in Reception class, so our emphasis is on building relationships with a broader range of adults, working as a team, independence in self-care, confidence in expressing ourselves as well as the importance of listening to each other.
Our children are increasingly aware of and involved in the themes and topics we introduce, often asking questions and wanting to find more information, through books and safe use of the Internet, we find learning together is really fun!
Through a combination of consolidating existing skills, and developing new ones in readiness for school, key-workers plan activities for individual children to help support their different learning needs, across the seven EYFS areas of learning and development.
Activities
Some typical daily activities would include;
Making and respecting friends is also a big theme in our group, negotiating the world of social play, listening to others, turn-taking and awareness of feelings is promoted and supported by our skilled and caring staff team.
For most children it is the year before starting in Reception class, so our emphasis is on building relationships with a broader range of adults, working as a team, independence in self-care, confidence in expressing ourselves as well as the importance of listening to each other.
Our children are increasingly aware of and involved in the themes and topics we introduce, often asking questions and wanting to find more information, through books and safe use of the Internet, we find learning together is really fun!
Through a combination of consolidating existing skills, and developing new ones in readiness for school, key-workers plan activities for individual children to help support their different learning needs, across the seven EYFS areas of learning and development.
Activities
Some typical daily activities would include;
- Lots of conversations to get to know each other, what we like, about our families, finding out about the world around us, and learning how to listen to others and explore new words
- Art/craft activities on different themes, exploring a range of materials and techniques
- Small world toys and construction sets, to promote building with a narrative and purpose
- Open ended materials, such as logs, pine cones, corks, cotton reels, bark, string etc, to explore textures and properties, and foster creative thinking.
- Sand/water/painting for imaginative play and to explore texture, colour and materials
- Singing, music, dancing, movement and relaxation time, to recognise the need to move, discover our bodies, explore rhythm and sound, express ourselves, and also to feel calm and to rest
- Outdoor play to experience a range of bikes, scooters, body-boards, slide, ball games and large construction, as well as sand/water/planting/home-corner area for imaginative play
- Story times with adults, to promote interaction and response, and free access to a range of fiction and non-fiction books for the children to browse, encouraging independent interest and a love of reading
- Snacks and meal times -children and staff enjoy good food and conversation around the table! The children love helping with taking their plates and cups back to the kitchen when finished
