Pitta Patta can offer childcare for children aged between 3 months and 5 years. We have four very well equipped rooms each thought out so that they really do cater for the children's needs.

Koala's room

This is our baby room so takes children from 3 months to 1 year. The room is divided into two areas one being the play area and the other the sleeping area.

All the equipment within the room is bright and stimulating. Our ethos here at Pitta Patta is that all children need to be stimulated from the moment that they are born. For children aged under one we offer lots of sensory play which includes treasure baskets. These are very simply baskets that are full of items that the babies can touch, feel, and explore. Treasure baskets are something that the children explore with a team member, as it is important that they hear describing words such are rough, smooth, cold, or soft.

As the children get older then we will introduce things that they can explore using fine motor skills such as paint and cornflour. These can be used to make basic mark making or just to explore the texture of them through their fingers. It is important that we understand that, it is not the end product that is important, but the experiences the children have during the activity.

Whatever the activity the children need to be supported by the team who at all times are using positive language and modelling positive behaviour.

In the Koalas room, we try to follow the children's home routines. Babies respond well to routine and a change from the home one can not only be unsettling for the child but also hard work for the parents as it could affect the child's evening sleep routine, and just as much as the children need sleep we are all to aware that parents need their sleep too!

Panda's room

Pandas are our 1 to 2 room and again we can take up to six children. As with the Koalas, this is a bright, warm, and stimulating environment, which is set out in to different areas.

Each day the Pandas have planned activities and again they are very much about exploring using our senses. We follow the birth to three-frame work and as with the Koalas; it is about the process of exploring rather than what they produce at the end. To show what we do with the children we take many photos to go on our display boards. This gives the parents the chance to have an insight into what their children have been doing and it shows them exploring and in many cases making a mess!

The under 2's have access to the garden and are encouraged to go out at least twice a day. As well as being able to use the grassed and lower decked area of the garden, the under twos have a separate area which they can use if the older children are out. This area is equipped with bright and stimulating equipment such as a playhouse, sit and ride car plus much more.

Tiger's room

The children in this room are aged 2 to 3 and are now becoming much more social. We have space for up 16 children within this room and again it has been separated in to different areas for the children to explore.

We have a home corner area, which all the children can access. This area is for wonderful for observations as you can really see the children acting out real life scenarios, which they see every day. We encourage the team to use this area when planning as it can be changed in too many different role-play situations. By asking, the children for their ideas of what they would like it to be, you are encouraging them to use their imagination. Children seem to love role-playing hospitals, post office, and shops. 

Here at Pitta Patta we feel that if we are offering a variety of activities in the room daily then the children should not get bored and although we do have our daily planning we are very aware that you always need to be aware of the mood of the children. The team are encouraged to be flexible with their routines. if it is days when the children have lots of energy, the team need to make sure that they have more access to the garden. The team need to set outside out like they would do in their rooms, this means we rotate the activities making sure we are including mathematics, Language and literacy and all other areas of the curriculum.

When the children are getting to age, three we would then start introducing them to the pre-school. We would take them upstairs for story and circle time and then increase the time that they spent there so that they feel comfortable with the new routine.

Giraffe's room

This is our pre-school and we take children up to age five. In our other rooms, we have worked within the birth to three framework but in pre-school we start working with the foundation stage. The foundation stage begins when the children reach the age of 3. Many children first attend some form of pre-school or nursery soon after their third birthday.

Cick here for curriculum on foundation stage.