The Nursery at West Hill is situated in an attractive, self-contained building within a spacious, fenced garden.

A structured programme is designed to establish good foundations for future learning. Within the Early Learning Goals the children are introduced to a wide variety of
pre-reading, pre-writing and mathematical skills, moving on as they progress to a wide variety of reading, writing and number activities. This helps to develop the children's dexterity, social behaviour, numeracy and literacy skills.

Children learn through play and constructive and creative work. We provide a happy, safe environment for the children to develop at their own rate, to ensure a solid foundation for future learning.

Planned creative work, group activities, free play and more formal learning sessions are all part of the nursery day. The children's capabilities are wide at this age, and the children benefit enormously from the one-to-one sessions with the staff.

Different topics are studied each term, for example, “People who help us” and “Animals”. In connection with the topics we ask people to come and visit us and talk about their particular subject with the children.

Each morning the children come together, as a group, where they have the opportunity to discuss their news and talk about various topics. During this time the children learn to listen, and gain confidence by standing up and talking in front of the group.