Dolls House Nursery

71 Havant Road, Portsmouth, PO6 2JD | tel: 02392 385858 | 7.30am to 6.00pm | email: [email protected]

Our Ethos

Here at Dolls House Nursery we strive for our children to be kind, independent and resilient. We want them to have a love for themselves, other people and for learning. It is our passion to enable young children to thrive in a learning and caring environment; encourage parent partnership and active participation to optimise the child’s growth and development to reach their full potential. We aim to give the care and affection to the standards we would expect if placing our own children. We pride ourselves on being their home away from home – a place where they can come to explore, be challenged, use their imagination and become inspired. We celebrate the whole child and lay the foundations to become well-rounded, healthy individuals, and include this in our curriculum.

Our Curriculum

Dolls House Nursery’s approach to development is through child centred, play-based fun. We love to enhance children’s curiosity through stimulating, yet open-ended activities, using authentic resources and an enabling environment.
Practitioners focus on, and centre activities around different Educational Programmes from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to ensure that children are being given opportunities to thrive in all seven areas of learning. They have excellent knowledge of child development and are skilled in knowing when to let children play independently, or, sensitively get involved to develop play and learning.

Dolls House Nursery provides quality childcare and early years education for babies and children in Portsmouth.

All resources at the nursery are age appropriate and allow for easy access to help the children develop their own interests and preferences. We then follow the child’s interest, promote independence and encourage the child to become a successful learner, effective contributor and a confident individual.

A range of indoor rooms that develop with your child:

Flexible age/ability appropriate rooms
Homely atmosphere
Qualified staff
stimulating age appropriate toys and equipment

A large garden for the children to play and explore:

Decked area for riding bikes
Astro turf for crawling, climbing and balancing
Lawn for relaxing and exploring
Sensory garden for growing and planting
Pets corner, with much loved guinea pigs

BUSY BEES
3 months – 2 years

Getting to know you and your baby, their needs and personality. Once your child is walking we provide new experiences according to their individual needs, encouraging them to explore their environment. We encourage parents to share and discuss any achievements or concerns.

• Large play room
• Wide variety of age appropriate toys and equipment
• Sensory room
• Art room
• Separate feeding & changing rooms, kitchenette
• Separate changing area
• Separate sleep room
• Home book to share routines and achievements

BUTTERFLIES
2 – 3 years

Helping your child to grow and develop as an individual.

• 6 areas of learning through play
• Children are encouraged to explore and make choices
• Arts and craft area
• Working with you and your child to potty train when ready
• Home book to share routines and achievements

DRAGONFLIES
3 – 4 years

Following the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum we help your child get ready for their next steps.

• Six areas of Early Years Foundation Stage learning.
• Relevant and stimulating
• Structured and independent activities.
• Preparing your child for their departure to 'big school'.

Day-to-day routine

• Breakfast 07.30 – 08.30am, choice of cereals available
• Mid-morning drink and snack 10am, healthy snacks provided
• Lunch 12pm, please provide a packed-lunch. Re-heating facilities available
• Mid-afternoon drink
• Nursery Tea 4pm, healthy, light tea

Safeguarding

Dolls House Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and we ask parents to support us too.

Safeguarding Children Policy

Safeguarding Notice