Day Nursery Fulwood
About Our Day Nursery in Fulwood
Opening Times
7.45am – 6.15pm Monday to Friday 51 Weeks a Year
Age
3 months -5 yearsBabies, Toddlers and Pre-school
Location
We are based in FulwoodA lovely leafy suburb of Sheffield.
Our Aim
Highly Qualified Staff provide top quality child care and education whilst ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children is of paramount importance. We are based in Fulwood, a lovely leafy suburb of Sheffield on a fantastic bus route. The nursery is easily accessible and has ‘on street’ parking right outside. We have 5 lovely outdoor areas and free access to a gorgeous woodland area where the children benefit from ‘woodland’ sessions. The nursery is well established (over 30 years!) within the local community and comes highly recommended by all. The Garden House Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and requires all applicants to share this commitment.
Our Unique selling points
All staff have safeguarding children qualifications alongside those in paediatric first aid and food safety, handling and hygiene. The nursery has it’s own experienced housekeeper who pays particular attention to food safety and to the importance of meeting children’s special dietary requirements. All employed staff undergo a rigorous interview and induction process which includes DBS/suitable person and reference checks. The nursery ensures all staff are deemed fully suitable to work with children. The Garden House Nursery sees child protection and the safety of children as of paramount importance.
We benefit from 3 outdoor area which include:
- Main Garden with music wall, construction area, writing area, role play/mud kitchens, sensory trays and much more.
- Growing garden, where we grow all our own fruit, vegetables and herbs.
- Sensory garden, particularly for your youngest children. They enjoy a lovely sand and water boat, chalk board, mini mud kitchen, slides and much more
A wide variety of structured activities alongside continuous play are available. A local tennis coach runs sessions twice weekly and Zoolab (who provide hands on animal handling encounters) and Groovestars (who provide music and movement sessions) also visit us.
Healthy eating is always encouraged and the breakfasts/snacks provided are organically sourced wherever possible. Children are encouraged to make healthy choices with such as carrot/cucumber sticks, slices of fresh fruit, wholemeal bread/cereal, rice cakes etc. being made available. We are happy to source ‘free from’ options.
Every year the staff and the children grow organic fruit, herbs and vegetables which are then used for cooking and snacks. Children also have the opportunity to care for and nurture small creatures.
We have an outdoor class room which children use to do their garden/nature planning and, with staff having experience in forest schools, we make good use of the woodland area behind the nursery.
We benefit from highly qualified staff – 93% our of staff team are qualified in Child Care, 6 have BA HONS in Early Childhood studies, 3 with Early Years Teacher Status.
We benefit from staff who speak many languages and Language groups feature weekly in our early years curriculum – this is based on the children we have attending.
Safe, Stimulating and fun facilities
We have 4 specially designed, age appropriate rooms to promote and encourage all aspects of children’s development. As children grow, they move between our Piglets, Tiggers and Christopher Robin rooms, each of which are age-appropriate and provides a new environment to learn and explore. We also have 5 outdoor play areas so children can enjoy lots of fresh air and have fun with the natural world. Weather permitting all children engage in outdoor play every day and enjoy the opportunity for fresh-air and exercise. The main outdoor play area concentrates on promoting children’s gross motor skills and gives them the opportunity to become involved in physical play and group games. This area has a water wall, wooden boat, sensory trays, a reading and mark making corner and lots more.
We offer a full and half day care service for 3 month to 5-year-olds in a homely atmosphere with the highest quality childcare. Operating 51 weeks of the year from 7.45am – 6.15pm, Monday to Friday. Our half day session break is at 1pm.
Within the daily rate are lots of extra fun and varied activities for the children to enjoy. Including dance and movement classes, music and language groups and short tennis coaching. We also have external guest visits from Zoolab, Minimovez, Mini Professors, Farmers, Vets, Fire Service.
All Garden House team members are experienced and highly qualified early years practitioners. All have safeguarding children qualifications alongside those in paediatric first aid and food safety, handling and hygiene. All employed staff undergo a rigorous interview and induction process which includes DBS/police checks. The nursery ensures all staff have undertaken thorough security checks and are deemed fully suitable to work with children to ensure we can provide outstanding quality childcare in a happy, friendly and stimulating environment.
Childcare you can rely on
The Garden House is a long established nursery in a lovely setting in Sheffield. We value the importance of nature and outdoor classrooms and children have daily access to five outdoor areas, two of which provide free-flow access for the children in the Tigger and Christopher Robin room. All children engage in outdoor play every day and enjoy the opportunity for fresh-air and exercise. The main outdoor play area concentrates on promoting children’s gross motor skills and gives them the opportunity to become involved in physical play and group games. This area has a water wall, wooden boat, sensory trays, a reading and mark making corner and lots more.