Sunshine Group
Ages 3 to 4 years
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.
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the government framework and standards that informs all early years childcare. At the Bath House we work within the EYFS to ensure the best possible outcomes for your child's welfare, learning and development.
Records are kept of each child's progress in all these areas of development, and they will be made available to the parents/carers each term. Parents will have a one to one interview with the key worker twice each year.
Our staff child ratio is at least 1 to 5 and all our key staff are qualified in childcare.
Booking and fees
We have a Breakfast Club 8.30 to 9.00 if an earlier start is needed costing an extra £6 per day. Breakfast is included.
There are two session options, which can be combined together:
Short Day is 9.00 to 3.00
Long Day is 9.00 to 6.00
The nursery is closed for the last 2 weeks of August and for 2 weeks at Christmas, and 5 other days (bank holidays or staff training days). Children can attend at all other times.
In this age group we also offer a term time only option. Please ask regarding fees.
Fees and funding
All children will receive 15 hours childcare free (570 hours per year) in the term after they turn 3 years old.
Please apply to HMRC to see if you are eligible for the free 30 hours childcare. Eligible working parents can qualify for 30 hour free childcare per week for 38 weeks in the year (equating to 1140 hours per year).
We ask that you book a minimum of 4 short days if you receive the funding. The free hours will be spread over the year. This equates to 24 hours per week.
The monthly fees shown below are over 12 months to be paid by standing order
Please see the Terms & Conditions.There is a 5% discount on 5 long days
Monthly Fees from Sept 2025
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.
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the government framework and standards that informs all early years childcare. At the Bath House we work within the EYFS to ensure the best possible outcomes for your child's welfare, learning and development.
Records are kept of each child's progress in all these areas of development, and they will be made available to the parents/carers each term. Parents will have a one to one interview with the key worker twice each year.
Our staff child ratio is at least 1 to 5 and all our key staff are qualified in childcare.
Booking and fees
We have a Breakfast Club 8.30 to 9.00 if an earlier start is needed costing an extra £6 per day. Breakfast is included.
There are two session options, which can be combined together:
Short Day is 9.00 to 3.00
Long Day is 9.00 to 6.00
The nursery is closed for the last 2 weeks of August and for 2 weeks at Christmas, and 5 other days (bank holidays or staff training days). Children can attend at all other times.
In this age group we also offer a term time only option. Please ask regarding fees.
Fees and funding
All children will receive 15 hours childcare free (570 hours per year) in the term after they turn 3 years old.
Please apply to HMRC to see if you are eligible for the free 30 hours childcare. Eligible working parents can qualify for 30 hour free childcare per week for 38 weeks in the year (equating to 1140 hours per year).
We ask that you book a minimum of 4 short days if you receive the funding. The free hours will be spread over the year. This equates to 24 hours per week.
The monthly fees shown below are over 12 months to be paid by standing order
Please see the Terms & Conditions.There is a 5% discount on 5 long days
Monthly Fees from Sept 2025
Fees 30 hours fundingShort day Long Day Fees 15 hours funding Short day Long Day |
3 days0 144 336 720 |
4 days0 576 672 1152
|
5 days336 958 958 1505 |
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
