Day Nursery — Birmingham City Centre
The curriculum, and in fact the entire learning and development programme at Teenie Weenies Day Nursery, adheres to the Early Years Foundation Stage ('EYFS'). This is a defined framework for early years provision in England, as prescribed by the Department for Education. It's an excellent framework, which Teenie Weenies is very happy to use as the basis for the curriculum at our Birmingham city centre nursery.
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There are 7 defined areas in the EYFS approach to learning and development at Teenie Weenies Day Nursery. The first three are seen as prime areas, rather like foundations, with the remaining four being built upon them.
This first prime area helps children to develop their listening, comprehension and speaking skills in a variety of different situations. They're also encouraged to ask relevant questions and to respond in appropriate ways, using the correct tense, and ultimately to be able to express themselves confidently in any situation.
This second prime area is all about helping children to develop their skills around movement, coordination and control, as well as learning the importance of health, exercise and a healthy diet. As they improve their fine and gross motor skills they are also encouraged to dress themselves and to become more independent physically.
The third of the three prime areas aims for children to become more self-confident, aware of their own feelings and those of others and to be sensitive to those needs. This is done through development of their personal, social and emotional skills. Through achieving these aims, better relationships are fostered, behaviour improves and a feeling of mutual respect will develop with the child's peers.
In the literacy module, children familiarise themselves with phonics, learn to recognise letters and words, and begin their reading and writing journey. Soon, they'll be able to comprehend, read and write entire sentences.
The EYFS mathematics module helps children with their counting, numeracy, problem-solving, simple arithmetic, comprehension and understanding of shapes, spaces and volumes. They'll be able to do simple addition and subtraction and understand the concept of doubling, halving and so on.
This area of the curriculum covers technology, the physical world, people and communities. Children will have an increasing awareness of the different people, cultures and communities around them and their traditions and beliefs. They'll also become more aware of nature and the world itself, and be able to articulate their understanding of it.
This module is all about the children using their imaginations and being creative. They explore different media and materials through art, design, technology, music, dance, singing, role-play and creative writing.
Teenie Weenies accepts most childcare vouchers and currently supports funded hours for children aged 6 months to 4 years old, subject to eligibility and available nursery places. Let us know if you need our nursery registration number for your childcare funding application and we'll be happy to help.
Healthy Eating at Teenie Weenies
At Teenie Weenies, we ensure that mealtimes are a happy and social occasion for children. We follow the Startwell menu guidance to support healthy, balanced eating. We provide fresh, balanced meals (breakfast, lunch and tea as appropriate), two healthy snacks and either milk or water to drink, as preferred.
Our meals are prepared in our own on-site kitchen, using only fresh, quality ingredients. All individual dietary requirements are catered for and recorded in visible sight for staff to check.
Teenie Weenies is an Ofsted-registered day nursery on Park Street, Birmingham B5, directly opposite the Bullring, with parking in Moor Street Car Park.
