Little Stars Nursery Mancetter

*** LITTLE STARS SHINE FOR A LIFETIME ***

Little Stars Mission Statement

Successful individuals-
Children learn through play with an effective balance of free choice and adult led activities, giving children chances and choices becoming confident learners.

To work in partnership with parents and outside professionals.
Little Stars value parents as children's first educators and understand the importance of working together.

A warm, homely welcoming environment.
Little Stars ensure children feel safe and secure yet challenged within or indoor and outdoor environments.

Respect and value each other.
Little Stars value and respects the diversity of all children and their families and are inclusive of their needs.

Support the unique child
Practitioners at Little Stars recognise the needs of each child and to put their interests central to the learning process.

Little Stars nursery is a well-established nursery based in Mancetter, Atherstone. OFSTED has graded Little Stars Outstanding in their 2008 & 2015 inspections.

OFTSED 2015- “Children's safety is given high priority. Children are safeguarded exceptionally well as staff have a thorough understanding of how to implement policies, procedures and safe working practices to ensure that children are kept safe.”

“There are highly effective systems in place for sharing information and involving parents, careers and other professionals in children's learning. This successfully promotes a consistent approach to children's care and development.”

Parent- Zoe Driver- “Recently, my son had a minor accident at home which resulted in minor treatment from A & E. The staff followed very robust safeguarding procedures to clarify this incident- as a professional within education- I was reassured that my child is safe, that the staff have my child’s safety and well-being at the core of their practice. Thank you.”

Little Stars Mancetter is a team of 18 staff who are all qualified, or working towards a Childcare qualification. All staff have great experience and good knowledge of the Early Years foundation stage.

OFSTED 2015- “Staff have an excellent understanding of how children learn through play, exploration and investigation. They provide a very broad range of interesting and rich experiences to promote babies' and children's learning.”

OFTED 2015-“Staff are calm, caring and attentive. They understand the importance of strong attachments and form excellent relationships with children. Babies and children settle quickly, develop confidence and are very happy in the setting.”

Little Stars are a child led learning setting, this is called ‘in the moment learning’. This is very simple to understand it is all about capturing the children’s current interests at that particular time. This form of planning is based on what the child is doing and our practitioners interact with the child to build on what the child is already doing (in the moment). Our outstanding practitioners have the necessary skills to identify the child’s interests and know when and how to intervene to help move the child’s learning on. Our practitioner, parents, children and Ofsted think that ‘in the moment’ is a fantastic and great way for children to learn and develop.Little Stars regularly review both the indoor and outdoor environments and ensure these are adapted to meet the children’s level of involvement in their activity. The core areas need to be engaging, stimulating and contain plenty of resources.

The Early Years Foundation Framework 2014 states-
“1.6. Practitioners must consider the individual needs, interests, and stage of development of each child in their care, and must use this information to plan a challenging and enjoyable experience for each child in all of the areas of learning and development.”
Parent- Victoria Beech- “Dear ladies, I just wanted to say how happy it made me to find how seriously you take child-led. Last week at nursery, Sophia drew a picture for her Daddy and asked to send it to him, so Lena took her to the office to get her an envelope on which she wrote his name. Lena then added the address and a stamp and went with Sophia and another child to the post box to post it! How brilliant is that? Such a good way to use a great child-initiated learning opportunity. Please thank your team for all the observing and listening they do. Please encourage them to continue to make the most of child-led opportunities for all the children at Little Stars.”