At The Olive Tree we believe that every child should feel accepted, confident, and valued. The Olive Tree team ensures that a warm and accepting atmosphere is created at all times where children feel loved and supported. We interact with children sensitively, encouraging the children to express their emotions safely by being empathetic and understanding.
We create positive experiences that are enriching and inspirational in a stimulating and supportive environment.
Start NowAn enabling environment plays a key role in supporting children’s learning and development across all seven areas of the EYFS, which we deliver.
At The Olive Tree Nursery, our indoor environment provides a varied and safe space in which children can play, explore and learn. Giving children the physical and mental space in which to enable learning in a safe environment which is key to their growth.
We believe that children learn and develop best in caring, supportive environments which respond to their individual needs. Our enabling environment ensures that children grow and develop to be ‘resilient, capable, confident and self-assured’.
Our indoor space has been planned carefully to allow flexibility to accommodate children’s changing interests and needs. A suitable environment for a young child will be very different from a suitable environment for a four or five year old although some features will be the same.
Our Baby Room will provide a calming and homely environment, supporting your baby’s first steps into Nursery and helping your baby to settle into a routine that supports them to grow and flourish. Each baby has a named key person who knows them well and understands and plans for their individual needs.
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Our Sprouting Olives Room will be our next step from our baby room. In this room we will focus on the developmental changes in babies between the age of 12 months and two years and supports the children into their further transition to our Little Olives 2-3 year old room.
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Our Little Olives Room is set in a sensitively stimulating and safe environment where children are supported and encouraged to learn and develop at their own pace. The room consists of defined areas which are well resourced and suitable for the age and stage of the children in the room.
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The Preschool room provides an environment that encourages curiosity and exploration, where children can take their own ideas and follow their own interests whilst our Early Years team teach and enable children to extend their knowledge and skills.
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“Adults admire their environment; they can remember it and think about it – but a child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul. He incarnates in himself all in the world about him that his eyes see and his ears hear”.
Start NowEnsure the indoor environment feels comfortable, safe and homely.
Use the highest quality resources.
Ensure the indoor environment feels comfortable, safe and homely.
Create specific areas for different types of play so that children can easily access and distinguish between activities on their own.
Ensure the indoor environment feels comfortable, safe and homely.
Encourage children to find the things they want to play with.
Home corner
Painting
Music and dance
Creative workshop
Construction or block play
Book area
Role play
Mark making
Quiet space
Sensory play
Exploration and discovery
At The Olive Tree, we provide a rich outdoor environment full of irresistible stimuli, a variety of contexts for play, exploration, storytelling, along with plenty of real experiences and contact with the natural world. Water play, sand digging pit, mud kitchen, fortress slide, tunnels, bridges, bike play areas, playhouses, living roofs, outdoor loose parts play, trees and shrubs and much more. We don’t shy away from using our fantastic outdoor space in different types of weather! We love experiencing the different elements as it is fantastic learning and play opportunity, whether it be stamping in puddles, playing with snow or playing safely out in the sunshine and enjoying our shaded areas.
Water, Garden plots, Mud kitchen, Sand, Digging pit, Shrubs and trees, Fortress Mound and slide, Bridge and tunnel, Living roofs, Pergola, Wet pour rubber surfaces.
“Adults admire their environment; they can remember it and think about it – but a child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul. He incarnates in himself all in the world about him that his eyes see and his ears hear”.
Start NowWater
Digging pit
Living Roofs
Wet Pour Rubber Surfaces
Garden Plots
Shrubs and Trees
Pergola
Mud kitchen
Fortress Mound and Slide
Sand
Bridge and Tunnel
At The Olive Tree, we are passionate about providing positive snack time experiences to support and educate children in developing healthy lifestyles.
We have a varied menu so children get the opportunity to try a range of different foods. Children in our preschool room can even watch our trained staff in action! The quality and nutritional value of ALL foods provided to the children are monitored and audited carefully.
Get In TouchOur menus aim to:
Enrich children’s experiences
Encourage children to try new foods
Celebrate and share diversity
Promote our own cultures and an understanding of others
Develop and encourage parent partnership
At The Olive Tree we believe that every child should feel accepted, confident, and valued. The Olive Tree team ensures that a warm and accepting atmosphere is created at all times where children feel loved and supported. We interact with children sensitively, encouraging the children to express their emotions safely by being empathetic and understanding.
An enabling environment plays a key role in supporting children’s learning and development across all seven areas of the EYFS, which we deliver.
At The Olive Tree Nursery, our indoor environment provides a varied and safe space in which children can play, explore and learn. Giving children the physical and mental space in which to enable learning in a safe environment which is key to their growth.
We believe that children learn and develop best in caring, supportive environments which respond to their individual needs. Our enabling environment ensures that children grow and develop to be ‘resilient, capable, confident and self-assured’.
Our indoor space has been planned carefully to allow flexibility to accommodate children’s changing interests and needs. A suitable environment for a young child will be very different from a suitable environment for a four or five year old although some features will be the same.
Our Baby Room will provide a calming and homely environment, supporting your baby’s first steps into Nursery and helping your baby to settle into a routine that supports them to grow and flourish. Each baby has a named key person who knows them well and understands and plans for their individual needs.
Get In Touch Our Sprouting Olives Room will be our next step from our baby room. In this room we will focus on the developmental changes in babies between the age of 12 months and two years and supports the children into their further transition to our Little Olives 2-3 year old room.
Get In Touch Our Little Olives Room is set in a sensitively stimulating and safe environment where children are supported and encouraged to learn and develop at their own pace. The room consists of defined areas which are well resourced and suitable for the age and stage of the children in the room.
Get In Touch The Preschool room provides an environment that encourages curiosity and exploration, where children can take their own ideas and follow their own interests whilst our Early Years team teach and enable children to extend their knowledge and skills.
Get In TouchEnsure the indoor environment feels comfortable, safe and homely.
Use the highest quality resources.
Ensure the indoor environment feels comfortable, safe and homely.
Create specific areas for different types of play so that children can easily access and distinguish between activities on their own.
Ensure the indoor environment feels comfortable, safe and homely.
Encourage children to find the things they want to play with.
“Adults admire their environment; they can remember it and think about it – but a child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul. He incarnates in himself all in the world about him that his eyes see and his ears hear”.
Start NowHome corner
Painting
Music and dance
Construction or block play
Role play
Mark making
Quiet space
Exploration and discovery
Creative workshop
Sensory play
Book area
Water
Digging pit
Living Roofs
Wet Pour Rubber Surfaces
Garden Plots
Shrubs and Trees
Pergola
Mud kitchen
Fortress Mound and Slide
Sand
Bridge and Tunnel
We don’t shy away from using the outdoor space in different types of weather! We love experiencing the different elements as it is a fantastic learning and play opportunity whether it be stamping in puddles, playing with snow or playing safely out in the sunshine.
“Adults admire their environment; they can remember it and think about it – but a child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul. He incarnates in himself all in the world about him that his eyes see and his ears hear”.
Start NowWe have a varied menu so children get the opportunity to try a range of different foods. Children in our preschool room can even watch our trained staff in action! The quality and nutritional value of ALL foods provided to the children are monitored and audited carefully.
Get In TouchEnrich children’s experiences
Encourage children to try new foods
Celebrate and share diversity
Promote our own cultures and an understanding of others
Develop and encourage parent partnership