{"id":1075,"date":"2017-10-11T09:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T08:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/?page_id=1075"},"modified":"2024-09-05T21:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:05:19","slug":"learning-through-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/learning-through-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Through Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1075 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/child-on-bike\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Child-on-Bike.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/helping-rising-3s-in-garden\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Helping-Rising-3s-in-Garden.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/child-at-play\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Child-at-Play.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/toddler-and-rising-3s-garden\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Toddler-and-Rising-3s-Garden.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>BarBar Nursery firmly believe that children learn best by playing and we use the practice guidance <strong>Early Years Foundation Stage<\/strong> to plan and provide a range of play activities to help our children progress in each of the areas of learning and development:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #ee7f00 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 20px;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are three prime areas of learning:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">C&amp;L-communication and language-speaking &amp; listening<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PD-physical development-active and interactive opportunities, co-ordination, control and movement, healthy choices relating to food<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PSE-personal social and emotional development-positive sense of self and others, social skills, manage feelings, understand appropriate behaviour in groups, have confidence in own abilities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are four specific areas of learning<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LIT-literacy-linking sounds and letters, begin to read and write,- books, poems, magazines,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M-mathematics- counting, use of numbers, calculating, shapes, space and measure<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UW-understanding the world- physical world, community, exploration, people places, technology, ICT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EA&amp;D-expressive arts and design- media and materials, sharing thoughts, ideas and feelings through art, music, dance, movement, role play and design technology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our educational programmes cover all seven of these areas above<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We consider the individual needs, interests and stages of every child<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each area of learning is planned for through purposeful play<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our plans reflect the different ways in which children learn (playing and exploring\/active learning\/creating and thinking critically)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Key persons and your child<\/h3>\n<p>BarBar Nursery Ltd uses a key person approach. This means that of our nursery teachers has a group of children for whom he\/she is particularly responsible. Your child\u2019s key person will be the person who works with you to make sure that what we provide is right for your child\u2019s particular needs and interests. When your child first starts at the setting the nursery teacher will help your child to settle, and throughout your child\u2019s time at the setting, he\/she will help your child to benefit from the setting\u2019s activities. Each key person is supported by a buddy- who acts as the key person in their absence or for collaboration of ideas.<\/p>\n<h3>We Value Your Children\u2019s Needs<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1467 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pre-Schoolers-Ready-Steady-Go-290x121.jpg\" alt=\"Pre-Schoolers - Ready Steady Go\" width=\"290\" height=\"121\" \/>We value parents\/carers experience of your child\u2019s individual needs and appreciate your input on caring for your child. Pre admission visits are arranged for you to get to know us and for us to get to know you and your child. We also appreciate the importance of knowing what your child has learnt and experienced during their time here and we will keep you informed through daily informal chats, learning journeys and parent\u2019s evenings. Daily summaries will give information on sleep, toileting, food intake and activities undertaken through the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nBarBar Nursery firmly believe that children learn best by playing and we&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/learning-through-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Learning Through Play&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template\/_fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1075","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9207,"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/9207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbarnursery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}