Welcome to Shine Nursery
Our Ethos: ‘Shine with self-confidence and self-expression and be ready for all adventures’
At Shine Nursery we want children to be safe, happy and learning. We promote children’s development through the 7 Areas of Learning found in the
Early Years Foundation Stage.
Our ethos, ‘Shine with self-confidence and self – expression’, reflects our aim which is to ensure our children do particularly well in their personal, social and emotional development and also in their communication and language skills, as these underpin all future learning and life skills. Our staff training and development has a strong focus on these key foundations of learning and in understanding and meeting every child’s individual needs.
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Our nursery is inclusive, and we can provide care and learning for all children with Special Educational Needs. If children’s needs are more complex, we can sometimes access additional funding, from the Local Authority, to provide extra staff or specialist resources.
Everyone has a place to Shine.
At Shine Nursery the directors and business manager take responsibility for key business functions to ensure all staff, including the manager, can focus on providing strong and exemplary childcare.
Leaders support all individual staff members to feel valued and highly engaged in their role. There is a particular focus on staff training and development, and everyone has opportunities to further their skills and apply them in practice. We employ staff that are committed to our values.
Our values underpin our practice:
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Skill development to provide outstanding childcare
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Honest communication
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Inclusive and respectful practice
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Nurturing relationships
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Energy, enthusiasm, effort, and excitement
There is a strong emphasis on nursery development and our embedded monitoring system enables staff to reflect and continually improve the environment, planning and resources, activities and their interactions for children’s learning. We have an ambitious, broad, and exciting themed curriculum that helps children make progress and build the skills they need ready for their next room or school. We also have celebration days and special events. Children’s interests and individual needs also drive the learning. You can see our curriculum here: Learning and Curriculum
Please do come and visit and see for yourself. Sam, our wonderful and experienced manager, will greet you, show you round and answer all your questions. You can check out what other parents say about Shine: Nursery Testimonials
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You can either call on 01384 566815 or fill in the visit request form below.
We offer places for babies from 6 months right through to children starting school in reception class (the September after their 4th birthday) We offer private places and fully funded free childcare. General Information page for more detail
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We are open Monday to Friday between 7.45 am and 5.45 pm.
We close for one week at Christmas.
