Our Nursery Rooms

Teenies & Tinies

0-1.5 years

Our Teenies Room is led by Ashleigh, a highly experienced caring and compassionate practitioner. Ashleigh is also a Mummy and is our Physical Activity and Nutrition Coordinator. Ashleigh has been a member of our team since 2014 and is a strong and experienced leader and mentor.

Tinies, the second of our two baby rooms is led by Liberty, who has been an influential member of baby room team for over four years. Liberty is a warm and nurturing practitioner who is committed to her continuous professional development.

Teenies & Tinies

0-1.5 years

Our knowledgeable team understand the importance of building secure attachments, with children and also their families. This is why we offer both an initial home visit, where a family feels most comfortable and a minimum of three weeks of free settling in sessions before each family starts at nursery.

Family Focused

As a setting we acknowledge parents as a child’s first educator and we ensure we work closely with our families throughout their time here, to provide a collaborative and consistent learning approach

Community

We are dedicated to supporting our wonderful community, developing partnerships and being actively involved within our local area. Our community provides children with a wide range of first-hand experiences, building their character whilst instilling a lifelong love of community involvement.

Home Visits

We offer both an initial home visit, where a family feels most comfortable and a minimum of three weeks of free settling in sessions before each family starts at nursery.

Babies Garden

Here at Canterbury Road Day Nursery our babies have a separate outdoor environment solely for their use. The space is tailored to meet the needs of our youngest learners, aged from 0-1.5 years, to promote their physical and intellectual development.

The outdoor environment is surrounded by beautiful flowers and a herb garden, providing our babies with a stimulating, multi-sensory environment. This provides opportunities for the babies to learn about the world around them and to learn through doing and experimenting.

We aim to foster children’s curiosity and imagination through providing an array of creative opportunities to support babies’ sensory skills in our designated creative area. Our soft play equipment encourages babies to improve their muscle strength, balance and confidence, all whilst having fun alongside their peers.

Tots

1.5-2.5 years

Our Tots Room has been created with everything a curious toddler would need and provides an environment that encourages children to become independent and investigative learners.

The curriculum is carefully planned to challenge and extend upon what children know, through their personal interests.

Our Tots team is led by Kerry, a fun and dynamic practitioner who has been a member of the Canterbury Family since 2018. Kerry and her team have designed the room with open-ended and authentic resources that allow children to learn through first-hand experiences. All equipment is easily accessible at the child’s level, to promote independence and offer free choice.

Tots Garden

1.5 - 2.5 years

Our Tots Garden has been created with our curious and adventurous toddlers in mind. The large play space designed for children aged 1.5 -2.5 years has soft flooring and is separated into designated spaces that support all aspects of children’s development.

We believe outdoor play establishes a healthy and active lifestyle and supports children’s overall wellbeing. We have a large canopy that covers our toddlers garden, protecting us from the sun and providing some shelter from the rain.

Our climbing equipment allows children to develop their gross motor skills and manage their own risks in a fun and safe way, whilst supporting their balance and coordination skills.

We have our very own mud kitchen in the Tots Garden, allowing children to connect with nature, develop their sensory skills and broaden their language and communication. Our large playhouse supports children’s imaginative skills and is equipped with real life resources to enable children to learn through first-hand experiences.

Our water station is not only fun! It also develops mathematic skills through pouring and filling and builds upon children’s imaginative skills.

Lower Pre School

2.5 -5 years

Our Lower Pre School Room is led by Beth, a long standing and highly experienced practitioner. Beth joined us in 2016 and has continuously grown in knowledge and ability.

Activities

Activities in Lower Pre School are challenging and inspiring and planned completely around the interests and needs of the children within the room.

Homely atmosphere

Children learn within a homely atmosphere, where the resources allow children to experience the authenticity of those found in the home and world around them.

Community

Lower Pre School take pride in having close links with the community, where children can experience the awe and wonder of the world around them, by having trips to our local allotment, visits from emergency services as well as outings to the local shop to purchase cooking ingredients. Strong links with the community allow children to experience the real world in a safe way and have the self confidence to be an active learner.

Upper Pre School

2.5 -5 years

Upper Pre-School is the second of our Pre-School Rooms and is led by Laura, our Curriculum Lead. Laura excels at creating a high-quality learning environment that truly fosters children’s creativity and supports their growing independence. Her thoughtful approach ensures that every child is encouraged to explore, express themselves, and develop a real love for learning.

Challenging And Stimulating Curriculum

The Upper Pre School Room provides a challenging and stimulating curriculum that is carefully planned around the children’s interests and needs, in order to prepare children for the next stage of learning and transition to school. Social learning and collaboration is encouraged through children working with their peers, knowledgeable adults and the local community.

The natural and inspiring environment allow children to develop independent thinking, language and communication, problem solving, imagination, respect and curiosity.

Pre School Garden

Our Pre School Garden provides unique opportunities for our eldest learners to explore, use their imagination and develop a love for the outdoors. We have a purpose-built mud kitchen where children can investigate and get messy while developing language, communication and mathematical skills.

We have a large, paved road where children can use their gross motor skills on the bikes or practice their balancing skills on the scooters while developing skills around spatial awareness. Our built in traffic lights allows children to learn about road safety and manage their own risks.

We have a potion station where children can explore and use their imagination while concocting a variety of new smells and textures. This allows children to experience the versatility of natural resources found in the environment and develop their sensory skills.

We also have a rabbit called Lew who lives in our pre school garden in his own large hutch. Children are able to learn about looking after small animals, as well as experiencing the importance of care routines such as feeding, fresh water and clean bedding. This allows our children to be independent thinkers and have responsibility for living things.

"Melita loves her time at the nursery, she gets up to all sorts of different and imaginative things every day. She has developed so much over the last few years and a lot of that has come from the time and effort that the nursery puts in each an every day. All the girls are really friendly, and they put a lot of effort into caring for the children. Laura, Ash, Frankie and the rest of the team are amazing. Would definitely recommend to other parents in the area."

"We love CRDN! They are like second family! Both our boys love it here! And we love the ease and assurance our boys are being looked after in a child centred child focused environment where my children form real bonds and real relationships with Staff."

"We have two children at Canterbury Road and are extremely happy with the nursery. When our youngest daughter started in September 2020, she had been in lockdown for most of her life and, as a result, was very wary of new people and places. However, the practitioners were incredibly patient and attentive to her emotional needs and she soon settled in and formed strong relationships with them. We would recommend Canterbury Road to anyone looking for a caring and family focused nursery."

"I chose your nursery because my daughter loves being outside. She has a curious mind and really thrives from outdoor activities such as waterplay, bug hunting, climbing and riding bikes. In addition to this she has endless energy and I felt she would never get bored with all the the learning activities and how they are delivered by staff in such an enthusiastic way."