Developing the Future Minds
Nurturing confident, curious, and capable learners in a safe and inspiring environment.
Inspiring Young Minds Through Play
Westfield Nursery has a well-designed curriculum implemented through thematic and integrated learning. Learning is designed at developing a “holistic” learner; providing each child with extended learning opportunities, respecting every student’s individuality as well as creating an understanding for the culture and interests of others.
Your child won’t sit behind a desk at Westfield. They’ll build, splash, question, and discover, and our teachers guide that exploration with real intention, not by accident. This is what ‘play-based, inquiry-led learning’ looks like when you take the jargon out of it.
Every session is planned around the British EYFS framework‘s seven areas of learning, but planned loosely enough that a child’s own curiosity can lead the way.
Thematic & Integrated Learning
Learning is designed with a view to developing “holistic” learners who acquire academic abilities through an age-appropriate curriculum; well-balanced with extended learning opportunities that challenge and provide learners with purposeful heuristic activities. This is supported by appropriate resources that are related to all areas of learning, respecting every student’s individuality as well as creating an understanding of the culture and interests of others. Westfield Nursery also incorporates the Montessori philosophy which addresses all areas of development.
Quality of teaching is driven by our highly qualified early years specialized teachers, who are trained in understanding the children’s specific learning needs; regularly evaluating and recording students’ performances to drive instructions. Our daily plans are shared weekly with the parents of our children to provide a healthy home-school connection.
Your child won’t sit behind a desk at Westfield. They’ll build, splash, question, and discover, and our teachers guide that exploration with real intention, not by accident. This is what ‘play-based, inquiry-led learning’ looks like when you take the jargon out of it.
Every session is planned around the British EYFS framework’s seven areas of learning, but planned loosely enough that a child’s own curiosity can lead the way.
A day in the life
7:30 – 8:00: Warm welcome / Morning tub activities
8:00 – 8:20: Soft play time / Morning Movement
8:20 – 8:30: Washing hands / Getting ready for snack time
8:40 – 9:00: Morning snack time / Socializing with friends
9:00 – 9:20: Registration and Circle time
9:20 – 9:40: Structured learning with activities
9:40 – 10:00: Outdoor classroom / Common play areas
10:00 – 10:20: Story time
10:20 – 10:40: Circle time – theme focused
10:40 – 11:00: Activity time – fine motor skills
11:00 – 11:20: Child-led activities
11:20 – 12:00: Language lessons
12:00 – 2:00: Lunch / Music and Movement / Playdough time
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From 2:00 — Afternoon Snack time / Activities
The teacher’s role
Our staff are trained to observe before they intervene recording what a child is genuinely interested in, then building the next activity around it. Ratios are kept low deliberately, because this kind of attention doesn’t scale beyond a certain group size.
Developmental Areas
Class time tables cater for all developmental areas and include:
