ABOUT US
ALL ABOUT US
The nursery was originally established in 1998, called Stepping Stones and situated in Duckmanton, before moving to Bolsover in 2007.
It became Tiny Tots in June 2015 and is now owned by Becky King (Managing Director) and Julie and Les Harris. The nursery is managed by our lovely Elaine Handley, who has worked at the setting since 2017.
Tiny Tots is registered for children aged 0-8 years and offers a holiday club for children up to the age of 8.
Government funded sessions are available for eligible children from the term after they turn 9 months (please see fees and funding page for more info on eligibility).
To read our Ofsted report, click the image below:
OUR TEAM
The Tiny Tots Team is made up of an amazing group of practitioners with varied experience and extensive qualifications & training. Our team are encouraged, and supported to access further training or qualifications regularly to ensure they are keeping their own knowledge up to date.
The managing director, Becky, holds a BA Hons in Child and Youth Studies as Well as the Early Years Teacher Status. The Manager, Elaine, also holds a foundation degree. Both have extensive training on various subjects such as Safeguarding, communication and SEND, and are both working towards the National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL).
Several other members of the team are also trained to support children with Special Educational Needs as well as those needing support with their speech and language.
Almost every member of staff holds a first aid qualification, and we aim to train up any new staff members within their first few months with us if they don't have a first aid qualification when they join the team.
Our Ethos... Love to Learn
Here at Tiny Tots, we believe that children learn best through experiences which follow their interests and we therefore provide a child-led environment
which creates independent, confident learners.
We follow an 'in the moment'
approach with our teaching and learning which allows children to make choices and take charge of their own learning. In practice this means that staff respond to children's interests and build on their next steps... right in that moment... instead of providing pre-planned activities which children may not be interest in.
By doing so, children enjoy their learning because they are interested, motivated, having fun and taking the lead.
Parent Partnership
Parent partnership is hugely important to us as we recognise that you know your child best and
we therefore encourage you to be involved with their learning as much as possible. Here are just some of the ways we involve parents here at Tiny Tots...
- Sharing your child's learning/experiences at nursery and at home on our online learning journal (Tapestry)
- Gaining your ideas for their next steps
- Parent's meeting 3 times per year
- Providing you with ideas on how you can support your child's learning at home...
Our effective key person systems means that you will always have a specific member of staff that you know you can talk to about your child's needs. This person gets to know your child and your family from as soon as they start until the progress into the next room and gain a new key person.
