Little Leaders, we understand that
choosing the right childcare for your little one is one of the most important decisions you will make as a parent. Our dedicated team is here to provide a warm, fun and enabling environment where your child can learn, play, and grow.
Why Choose Little Leaders?
- All the staff have a DBS (police check) and training in safeguarding children, online safety, prevent duty (against terrorism and radicalisation) with monthly refreshers and quizzes.
- Our food hygiene rating is 5, the highest rating given by the Food Standards Agency.
- We have CCTV in all the room and outdoors. We have a video intercom entry system with a code.
- All staff members hold Paediatric First Aid certificates and there is a first aid kit in every room.
- We have a Fire Marshal who does fire drills once a month.
- Most of our staff members are qualified to a level 2 or 3 as Early Years Educators, teaching the Early Years Foundation Stage.
- All our staff members hold Paediatric First Aid certificates, having regular training in safeguarding, food hygiene, prevent duty, fire awareness, sleep, nutrition, behaviour, child development, Phonics etc . They are trained annually in a variety of topics related to Early Years, some online and some face-to-face training from the local authority, Barnet.
- At Little Leaders Nursery we encourage learning through play, in meaningful and stimulating ways.
- We have a wealth of fun, age-appropriate resources to teach Phonics and numeracy to children of all ages, in a fun way.
- To get our children ready for school, we teach them to be independent (eating by themselves, getting dressed/ undressed by themselves, using the toilet independently), polite and well-behaved (we promote British values in our nursery) and we provide an environment in which they can learn new things every day.
- The children enjoy the following extracurricular activities twice a week: Boogie Mites Phonics, Zumba, Yoga, Small circles (language enrichment group), cooking, Busy Feet music, gardening in our allotment.
- We employ a full-time chef who cooks healthy, nutritious meals for under 5s. We serve fish, halal chicken and vegetarian options. Our food hygiene rating is 5, the highest rating given by the Food Standards Agency.
- Using online learning journals enables strong partnership with our parents. Parents receive daily feed-back at the end of each day, verbally and on the Famly app. Parents` meetings are held once a child reaches a milestone (every half a year) when the key workers write reports on their children and track their development, which is then shared with the parents at the meeting.
- We have a library open – children and parents can borrow books, story bags and nursery rhymes boxes.
- We invite our parents and carers to have an active role in the nursery by coming in and talking about their jobs, reading stories and conducting singing sessions, both in English and in their home languages. We celebrate all major religious festivals by having parties which the parents are invited to attend. We hold regular parent information evenings on a variety of child development topics.
- Every first week of each month is our Open Nursery Week. During this week we welcome parents, grandparents, siblings, friends and extended family members to come in and lead activities with our children. They can do singing, story times, art activities, cooking and whatever other activity they desire, in English or in their home language.
We meet children at their level.
In our baby room
The routine in our baby room is highly flexible, depending on each baby`s routine at home, which we aim to follow as closely as possible, as advised by the parents.
On a daily basis there are a variety of activities prepared: sensory activities (messy play – flour, sand, foam, cereals; light table; natural materials) , music (Baby Boogie Mites programme of music and movement, nursery rhymes with props), movement (baby yoga, baby Zumba, obstacle courses, ball pit), mark making with paint, crayons, chalk.
In our toddler room
The focus in this age group is developing independence and language skills. Daily activities include painting, messy play, sand and water play, role play and dressing up, singing, dancing, PE, arts and crafts , story telling, using a multitude of sensory books and props, outdoor play.
Our toddlers share the same room as our Pre-schoolers so have access to the same exciting extracurricular activities
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In our preschool room
Our Pre-schoolers will work in all the 7 areas of learning to get them ready for school. Daily activities include letters, sounds and numbers practice, writing, board games, science activities and many more. The children enjoy a range of weekly extracurricular activities: Jolly Phonics and Boogie Mites phonics, Busy Feet music, woodwork, cooking, Zumba, yoga. The nursery has an allotment and does weekly gardening activities.
over and take a look.
Choosing Little Leaders means choosing a home away from home for your child. We invite you to schedule a visit to Little Leaders to experience our loving atmosphere firsthand. Meet our caring staff, explore our facilities, and see why families in our community trust us with the care of their precious ones.
We always invite the parents and the child to come for a show round. While the parents are shown the nursery, the child will have the great opportunity for a stay and play session so they too get a feel of our nursery, playing and interacting with the other children and our friendly teachers.
Opening hours:
Mon - Fri: 08:00 - 18:00
Sat-Sun: Closed
Phone:
0208 432 9629
Email:
info@littleleaders.org.uk
Why choose us?
1. Smart Classrooms
The rooms are set up to support children in the 7 areas of learning of the EYFS. There is free-flow to the outdoor space, a separate sleep room/ sensory room and a dedicated room for the babies.
2. Secure Environment
Our nurseries are safe places to be in. Every morning our staff members do detailed risk assessments on all the rooms and the garden to ensure that the environment is safe, before the children come in. We have CCTV in all the room and outdoors. We have a video intercom entry system with a code.
3. Outdoor Exploration Spaces
There is free-flow to a fully equipped outdoor space. The children also benefit from regular outings in the local community - shopping, gardening, posting letters, exploring thegreen spaces in the vicinity of the nursery.
4. Healthy Eating
We serve Halal and vegetarian food, cooked freshly on-site by our full-time chef. We are a nut-free nursery. All our staff members have Food Hygiene training certificates. Our food hygiene rating is 5, the highest rating given by the Food Standards Agency. The children regularly do cooking, preparing snacks and puddings that they then have for meal times.
Educational Programmes
Maths and Technology
We will teach the children about Maths – sizes, shapes, numbers up to 10, spatial awareness in fun, interactive activities, such as shape sorting, matching quantities, sorting colours, measuring, counting songs, number games, board games and many others. They also learn about technology, how things work. They do woodwork using real tools and have a busy board with real life objects, such as locks and switches.
Literacy and Language Development
We offer a language-rich environment, with many songs, stories, nursery rhymes and conversations. By encouraging free play and intervening sensitively, we support the children to talk and exchange ideas. The teachers have training in supporting children with special education needs and do frequent language enrichment intervention activities to develop listening and attention. We support children with English as an additional language and use their home language for key words, we use Makaton (signs) and visual aids to help communication. We have a letter of the week which we practise in a variety of ways. We do Jolly Phonics, Boogie Mites and Busy Feet, all supporting Phase 1 phonics.
Art, Creativity and Personal Development
The children are encouraged to be creative and imaginative and they do this in a variety of ways by singing, dancing, role play and dressing up in the home corner, doing arts and crafts activities and so many more.
We teach the children to be polite, independent, to respect and help each other and to work together. We do this by implementing Golden Rules of behaviour, being good role models, applying age-appropriate strategies for managing behaviour, doing activities about feelings, planning activities that teach the children to work together and to take turns. We create a fun, positive atmosphere, giving the children freedom and choices, which builds their self-confidence and readiness for school.
Ofsted report
All the Little Leaders branches are Ofsted- rated “Good” in all areas. Here are some ideas taken from our latest inspection reports:
“Children enjoy attending this welcoming nursery. They quickly develop self-confidence and are motivated and engaged in their learning.”
“Managers foster a relationship-based approach for both children and their families. Practice is developed to ensure children and their families form strong bonds with key workers.”
“Parents describe the nursery as a real community asset.”
“Communication from face-to-face handovers newsletters and emails make parents feel connected with the setting and involved with their child’s learning.” |
