The Little Academy | Quality Childcare Harrow

Encouraging children to develop and learn

Curriculum

We aim to cultivate a child’s natural desire for discovery and learning and to encourage them to be confident, independent and inquisitive in their adult led activities and independent play.

The staff will help them most of all as they progress through their education. Children who are enjoying learning will always succeed. Children learn through exploring and experimenting and at the little academy the child chooses what they want to play with and the adult extends the learning by tapping into your child’s interest.

Our nursery staff are focused on providing fun by helping your child to develop as an individual, whilst helping to nurture and encourage learning through discovery and enjoyment.

We expect all our staff to engage in skilful and sensitive interactions to support a child’s learning. This ensures that play opportunities, resources and interactions indoors and outdoors are appropriate to the level of competence and maturity of the child.

Our curriculum is based on the Development Matters.

This curriculum is designed to help your child gain self confidence and self esteem. It enhances children social, language, emotional and physical skills which also encourages children to develop with the staffs help by extending their learning.

The areas for Development Matters are:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

We help children to develop a positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behaviour in groups; and to have confidence in their own abilities.

Communication and Language

It involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations.

Physical Development

It involves providing opportunities for young children to be active and interactive; and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement. Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

Literacy

It involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest.

Mathematics

It involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures.

Understanding the World

It involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.

Expressive Arts and Design

It involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and technology.

Extra Curriculum Activities:

To further enrich the curriculum, we offer additional sessions run by experts for a small fee. Come and talk to us for more information.

Testimonials

Happy Parents

My son attends in the toddler room at the Little Academy where he is always greeted with a smile and a warming cuddle. He loves going to nursery and I feel he is safe and provided with the best care possible. The girls are amazing at what they do and the management team is always accommodating and friendly.

All three of my kids have attended The Little Academy Day Nursery and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I have had no issue with this nursery. Very good service and the teachers are very good. I would also like to point out that one particular member of staff at The Little Academy has been brilliant to the kids, she is very energetic, fun and enthusiastic, the kids love being around her. Overall, it's a good nursery and I am glad to have sent all three of my kids there

The Nursery staff are friendly, welcoming and professional and have been very supportive in my son's development and keep me up to date with his progress which I can also see for myself via the elog app. My son has become a lot more confident and interacts well with other children. It is a safe and happy environment!

Curriculum

The areas for Development Matters are:

Extra Curriculum Activities:

Kids Lingo

Shakes Kids

Tiny Mites

Happy Parents