The beautiful indoor and outdoor environment we have planned around the children reflects our image of the child as capable and curious.
Our environment allows children to access open-ended, high quality resources to enable them to set about the task of learning. This allows them to select resources to support their chosen activity and to see themselves as ‘planners’, ‘thinkers’ and ‘learners’.
We have dedicated creative spaces at Back to the Garden Childcare that we call 'Ateliers', which encourage children to use a visual language including painting, sculpture, drawing and movement. This will help to develop their thoughts and feelings.
Our indoor environment has an emphasis on calm colours and natural resources, we incorporate music to relax or invigorate and we ensure we have spaces for the children to relax.
Our outdoor areas are a key part of our nurseries which allow children to engage with resources on a larger scale, such as sand and water play, large brick play, and to gain a deeper connection with nature, the elements and the changing of the seasons. In our potting shed children are involved in planting and harvesting.
Nature’s way of giving us the right nutrients that we need at the right time of year, seasonal food is the key to eating well. Especially important for children, the food that we eat has a direct impact on our health, our emotions, our ability to process information and the overall balance within our bodies.
Encouraging children to love their food from an early age, to taste it and experiment with it, is a key part of our approach. We encourage children to respect the food that they are given and understand where it comes from, that someone has grown it, nurtured it and lovingly prepared it before it arrives on their plates.
Our kitchens are state of the art commercial designs with stainless steel surfaces, steam ovens and induction hobs allowing us to provide the best meals for the children.
In a world where our way of life increasingly isolates us from the natural environment, we feel it is vital and beneficial for our children to have as much contact as possible with the wonders of the natural world.
This not only benefits children directly, exposing them to the stimulation which the natural world can offer, but, as they mature into citizens, it will help them acknowledge the importance of protecting the earth’s fragile ecosystems.
We are not saving the world since it will carry on for the foreseeable future with or without humans, animals, plants, atmosphere seas and rivers. The risk is to us, or rather our children and their future descendants. We are in serious danger of making the earth uninhabitable by our species. Therefore, our environmental policy is of huge importance and the education of our children to take care of their environment vital to their lives.
There is a need for children to become aware of their responsibilities towards the environment – to nurture resources such as water and heat. The habit of recycling materials is introduced at an early age, and one in which we hope will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
In our playing and learning activities, our children are brought into regular contact with trees and plants, animals, insects and other elements of the natural environment such as sand, soil, rocks and water.
They will become aware of the rhythms of the seasons and the elements of climate, wind, clouds and sunshine. They will marvel at the wonders of the sky, clouds, the sun, moon and stars and consider the motions of time and direction.
In our operation of the nursery our environmental task is to reduce our impact on the world around us and its populations through the use of the building, our choice of suppliers and our knowledge as to what things are made of and where they are sourced. As a company we strive to recycle wherever possible, use products that have limited impact on the environment.
Suppliers are checked for their environmental credentials and we ensure that hard woods are sustainably farmed and that we are not contributing to the depletion of the rainforests. We check that manufacturing processes meet the required standards. When sourcing consumables, soaps, creams etc. we check that there are no synthetic colourings and preservatives which could cause a reaction. By buying fresh food we reduce the use of packaging, but some is unavoidable. We recycle packaging and other materials wherever possible. We work to minimise waste and encourage children to be aware of conservation.
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