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 (also the Nursery Manager) and Julie and Les Harris.
Tiny Tots is registered for children aged 0-8 years and offers a before and after school club for children attending Welbeck Road Infant and Nursery School as well as a holiday club for children up to the age of 8.
Government funded sessions are also available for all 3 and 4 year olds as well as eligible 2 year olds (please see fees and funding page for more info).
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. The manager holds a BA Hons in Child and Youth Studies as Well as the Early Years Teacher Status and Several other members of the Team hold foundation degrees.
We have several members of the team trained to support children with Special Educational Needs and also those needing support with their speech and language.
Every member of staff holds a first aid qualification; this includes our cook and kitchen/housekeeping assistant.
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.
