Nestlings- Baby Room
6 months to 2 years
A calm, nurturing home-from-home environment for babies, offering gentle support between home and nursery life.
A Home-from-home environment.
The Nestlings room has been carefully designed to feel calm, cosy and reassuring, providing a gentle stepping stone between home and nursery life.
Our environment builds on the learning experiences babies already have within the home, supporting development through familiar routines, natural materials and unhurried exploration.
Individual Care and Routines:
We recognise that every baby is unique. In our Nestlings room, care routines are led by each child’s individual needs, ensuring they feel secure, understood and supported throughout the day.
- Babies follow their own individual routines for sleep, feeds and care;
- Formula feeding is fully supported, with expressed breast milk welcomed in line with nursery procedures;
- Developmentally appropriate food is offered when babies are ready, in partnership with parents;
- Babies sleep when they are tired, supported by a calm, responsive approach;
- Care routines are unhurried, reassuring and guided by each baby’s cues.
Learning and Development:
Learning in the Nestlings room is rooted in everyday experiences, relationships and play. We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in a way that is responsive, age-appropriate and led by each baby’s interests.
Our experienced practitioners support babies’ development through:
- Strong key person relationships and secure attachments;
- Early communication, including talking through care routines and responding to babies’ sounds and gestures;
- Sensory exploration using natural and everyday materials;
- Physical development through floor-based play and early movement;
- Singing, rhymes and shared stories to build early language;
- Careful observation, following each baby’s interests and developmental stage.
Outdoor Experiences and Nursery Life:
We believe that time spent outdoors is an important part of babies’ early experiences. In the Nestlings room, outdoor opportunities are thoughtfully planned to support wellbeing, curiosity and gentle exploration.
They will benefit from:
- Regular access to fresh air and outdoor spaces;
Outdoor sensory experiences offered in a calm, age-appropriate way; - Opportunities for short walks in pushchairs;
Gentle opportunities to see and hear older children, supporting familiarity and a sense of belonging; - Seasonal experiences and routines that follow each baby’s pace and comfort.