Ruby room 0-2 years

Welcome to Ruby Room, our baby room

Ruby room is for children aged 3 months to approximately 2 years old. This self-contained room is warm and cosy with its own access to a garden area. This relaxing and nurturing environment consists of a main room and a side cot room. We use a combination of sensory, heuristic, and purpose-built resources to engage the babies and toddlers to support growing curiosity and independence. The children are introduced to the first stages of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, which provides guidance on stages of development all the way through to the end of reception year at school.

The babies have access to their own dedicated play space outside, providing lots of opportunities to explore the world and enhance their physical skills on their own climbing frame. They also have access to our larger nursery garden, playground area and separate mud kitchen and construction area which children throughout the nursery enjoy.

The experienced, qualified, and long serving staff team are passionate about the care and development of our youngest children and have been chosen to work with this age group because of their knowledge, experience, and expertise. Each child is allocated a staff member as a key person. In their role as key person, the staff ensure that routines such as nappy changing, feeding and settling to sleep are opportunities for ‘one to one’ time, and ensure that we follow a routine as close as possible to the one each individual child would enjoy at home.

The room provides many different learning opportunities which range from messy play to a quiet cosy corner. The staff plan activities to meet each of their key children’s next steps and will regularly update you via our online app ‘Blossom’ as to where they are developmentally. We use our own knowledge of the children combined with all the information shared by parents to ensure activities are tailored to meet each child’s developmental need and interests.

Staff record information for parents using our online daily diaries. This includes sleep times, meals, nappy changes, and the wonderful activities your child has enjoyed doing throughout the day. This information is shared with parents on collection and a copy of the diary can be accessed using the ‘Blossom’ app.

We believe it is important to support your child’s individual routine and therefore our room routines are not rigid, but instead flexible and reactive. This means every day is different and ensures each child receives the same opportunities for learning, play and exploration.

Experienced staff will use their expert knowledge to support your child and ensure they settle well into nursery life from the beginning. The time this takes will be quite different for each individual child, however staff will regularly engage with parents to encourage links between home and nursery that create familiarity for your child.

Before your child starts at nursery we provide settling in sessions.  These ensure each child becomes familiar with the environment and the staff, in particular their key person. During this time, we will discuss routines, likes and dislikes, and provide support for each family during this transition.