Our Learning Environments
Our learning environments are carefully designed and planned to reflect children’s needs and interests and their natural curiosity to play, explore and find out about the world around them!
Visit our nursery rooms and you will find happy, friendly spaces where children know exactly where everything is so that they can play independently and can do things for themselves. From areas to be quiet and relax in, to larger spaces to explore and be physically active, our learning environments provide lots of opportunities to play and explore both indoors and outdoors.
With communication and early language at the core of everything we do, spaces and resources are organised to offer lots of hands-on learning experiences, along with plenty of opportunities to talk, listen and communicate.
Buttercup
Buttercup Room is for our youngest babies, up to the age of 15 months. Our baby room is a cosy, inviting space which encourages babies to play and explore to their hearts content! With a designated soft play area, nursery gym and nursery garden, our youngest babies can develop their physical skills through endless opportunities to crawl, walk and climb! With a separate 'Sleeping Bunnies Room', milk kitchen and nappy room, our carefully planned environments allows babies to feel safe and secure.
Daisy
Daisy Room is our second baby room for babies aged 15 months to 2 years. This room is welcoming and bright and enjoys it's own nursery gym and nursery garden, perfect for our youngest explorers! With lots of sensory play and opportunities for hands-on learning, our babies can explore and take risks in a safe and secure environment. This room also has its own separate milk kitchen and nappy changing room.
Bluebell
Our Bluebell Room is for our younger toddlers and has direct access into its own small nursery garden. Physical play is an important part of the day, both indoors and out. Our Bluebell children also enjoy lots of exploratory play, and we have a strong focus on developing children's independence skills with this age range, such as toilet training, learning to put on our coats, and self-serve at mealtimes, using cutlery independently.
Daffodil
Our Daffodil Room is for our older toddlers, between two and a half to three and a half years old. With a strong focus on developing children's independence skills and natural curiosity, our Daffodil children are encouraged to make lots of choices for themselves. We offer lots of opportunities for hands-on play and sensory experiences and have a strong focus on developing children's independence skills, such as toilet training, learning to put on and fasten our coats, and use cutlery independently. Our Daffodil room also enjoys direct access to its own nursery garden, which is safe and secure.
Sunflower
Located on the first floor of the building, Sunflower Room is a beautiful double-sided room offering bright, inviting play spaces for our pre-schoolers. Sunflower Room also offers its own kitchen area and separate toilet facilities. Positive social skills are encouraged and the children enjoy a balance of child-initiated and adult-led activities, based on their needs and interests. Children enjoy a wealth of language-rich experiences and early number skills in preparation for school. We encourage independence and problem solving through a range of activities and carefully planned resources. Our Sunflower children also enjoy access to the main nursery garden, perfect for developing their physical skills and learning through play!
Tulip
Located on the first floor of the building, Tulip Room is a welcoming and spacious room offering bright, inviting play spaces for our pre-schoolers. Tulip Room also offers its own kitchen area and separate toilet facilities. Positive social skills are encouraged and the children enjoy a balance of child-initiated and adult-led activities, based on their needs and interests. Children enjoy a wealth of language-rich experiences and early number skills in preparation for school. We encourage independence and problem solving through a range of activities and carefully planned resources. Our Tulip children also enjoy access to the main nursery garden, perfect for developing their physical skills and learning through play!
Wrap Around
Located on the first floor of the building, our Wrap-Around Care is provided within Tulip Room and caters for children aged 4-11 years. Tulip room is a welcoming and spacious room offering bright, inviting learning spaces for our school children, at both breakfast time and after school. With lots of fun activities on offer, from curling up with a favourite book, to arts and crafts or sharing a game, the children enjoy relaxing after a day at school with friends. Our Wrap Around room also enjoys access to the main nursery garden.
Garden
Our beautiful garden is just one aspect of what makes Cressington Manor so special. We believe that children thrive when they have access to a variety of experiences, including outdoor play. Our garden provides a safe and enriching environment where the children can explore and learn about nature while having fun.
