Castle Kindergarten's Ethos

At Castle Kindergarten, our ethos is to integrate children's learning experiences between indoors and outdoors to give them the best experiences that our nursery environments can offer at 3 locations across the North East. We have day care nurseries in Washington, Sunderland and County Durham. Through play and learning we support your child's development using engaging naturalistic activities and explorations.

What matters to us...

By the time your children leave Castle Kindergarten for the next stage in their learning journey, we want them to have become confident, competent, curious, creative individuals who can communicate well.

Confidence

We believe in offering children first hand experiences to support the development of their understanding of the world.

Competence

We believe in providing children with practitioners who can support and guide the children’s explorations and stretch and challenge their learning opportunities further.

Communication

We believe in giving children the tools of listening, attention, speech and a wide vocabulary so they can be strong communicators.

Curiosity

We believe in providing open ended and intriguing resources that allow children to explore, investigate and master the world.

Creativity

We believe in providing a science based context for children’s learning where they can experience many natural materials including sand, water clay and mud

Food and Nutrition

We provide a range of snacks and drinks for your child during their part day or full day at the kindergarten. For those families paying for a full day of childcare lunch is included in the fees. Children who receive free childcare can have lunch bought for them or can bring a packed lunch from home. For children spending all day with us we will provide a light afternoon tea at around 4pm.

We know that eating healthily is extremely important for the development of young children. So, the food that we offer is planned carefully to minimise sugary foods, fatty foods or foods containing additives. We aim to influence and encourage children to try a wide range of foods, including organic and multi-cultural produce.

Snacks and meals are prepared freshly each day in our food preparation area and our menus for the week are displayed for families to read. As part of our initial and on-going care arrangements, we take specific note of a wide range of dietary needs and cultural preferences. We welcome suggestions from parents on any aspect of children’s meals and snacks so please tell us about your child’s special dietary needs.