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
0-2 years old children
Our baby rooms are warm and homely environments with different spaces to crawl around and toddle in. They offer opportunties to explore safely and have cosy sleeping areas. Our qualified and experienced staff adhere to a 1:3 ratio and operate a key person system. Our baby rooms are well equipped with materials and toys that will interest and engage babies to stimulate their developing senses.
2-3 years old children
Our indoor and outdoor spaces for two year olds have plenty of areas to toddle and there are lots of fun, interesting, creative and messy resources to play with. There are lots of stories, rhymes and songs too. Two years old children who need to nap can relax in warm, comfy places. Our qualified and experienced staff adhere to a 1:4 ratio and operate a key person system.
3 & 4 years old children
Learning continues to be fun in our indoor and outdoor areas for children aged three and four. Learning is lead by children's interests and increasingly the activities and materials promote early reading, writing, mathematical and scientific experiences. Our qualified and experienced staff adhere to a 1:13 ratio when a qualified teacher is with them and at other times a 1:8 ratio is in place. We operate a key person system.