Welcome to Our Monkey Club
We have two wonderful settings in Swadlincote and would love to meet you and your child as you make your decision to share their earliest years with us. We offer full day care, shorter sessions and out of school sessions and holiday care.
We believe all children have the right to play, learn and grow into independant, confident and amazing individuals. We can't wait to get to know you all and welcome you to Our Monkey Club.
Why choose us
Our Core Values
At Our Monkey Club we provide a wonderful place to play and learn and we work hard to make sure your child will get the best start in life
Creativity
Creativity is vital for children to learn who they are and about the world they live in. Creativity underpins problem solving, investigation and imagination. We prioritise the development of childrens creativity for long term success in learning.
Physical Development
Childrens bodies inform their brains about their capabilities and their environments and so need to be healthy, challenged and busy. Our children are physically challenged in all aspects of play and we focus on the development of healthy, strong bodies and minds.
Open Ended Resources
Children must learn to create, explore and learn how to learn. Many toys limit a childs choices in how to play with them offering prompts to direct play. Open ended resources allow a childs only limits to be their imagination! Remember the boxes at Christmas?
Interaction
We understand that our greatest learning resource is our practitioners. They play, love, challenge and communicate with your child and the better our practitioners the better the interactions which improves our childrens learning experiences.
What do parents say about us
Testimonials
Let's explore what Parents have to say about us...
Kelly Cyples
A childcare provider with the children’s happiness and development as the main priority, amazing opportunities and a variety of approaches to ensure your child has the best experience. My boys love attending the setting and the bonds they have made with staff and children are lovely to see.
What's Going on in our Blog?
Recent News
We love to share ideas and practices because the closer we work together the better our childrens lives become.
September 28, 2020
Learning How to Learn
Learning how to learn is vital to success in life and the understanding and actively supporting the development of the characteristics of…
September 28, 2020
Building Childrens Brains
Simply in evolutionary terms, children are vulnerable for a very long time. As a parent it feels like a massively long time…
September 28, 2020
The wonderful world of messy learning
“A child’s early experiences at touching and being touched, through their infancy, toddler and pre school years are incredibly important for not…
“A child’s early experiences at touching and being touched, through their infancy, toddler and pre school years are incredibly important for not…
July 26, 2020
Schema: The way children learn about their world
Each parent, watching their 2, 3 or 4-year-old, recognises the frenetic pace and fleeting attention they seem to apply to every activity…
May 31, 2020
A Secure Attachment: You and Your Baby
The term ‘attachment’ is used to describe ‘the special relationship a child develops with their main caregiver(s)’.1 According to ‘attachment theory’, there…
April 30, 2020
What does ‘Ready for School’ mean?
Cathy Nutbrown, Children’s Rights and Education (1996) <i>"There is a mischievous mistruth in the belief that doing certain things early helps children…
And what do Ofsted say about us...
Ofsted 2014
The quality and consistency of teaching is exceptional as practitioners have an excellent knowledge of how children learn. The management team effectively monitor the provision and support staff to ensure the very best outcomes for children's learning.
Ofsted 2014
Partnerships with parents are highly effective. They are fully involved in the care and learning of the children, which ensures the children receive excellent support and continuity in their learning and development.
Ofsted 2014
The inspirational management team and dedicated practitioners are committed to providing high quality care and learning for children. The rigorous monitoring of all aspects of the setting enables them to clearly target and strengthen practices.
Ofsted 2014
The key-person system is firmly embedded and great care is taken to build strong attachments with all children, which ensures that they feel extremely confident and secure in the setting.
Ofsted 2014
Robust partnerships with other professionals are highly effective in providing for children's needs. Children make excellent progress and transitions in and out of the setting are exceptionally well organised to promote continuity of care and learning.
Ofsted 2017
• Leaders and managers are good role models for staff. Managers help staff to analyse their observations of what children do. Staff then go on to think about how to extend the activity to support children's interests, curiosity and learning.
Ofsted 2017
Children become absorbed by
their creativity. They select from a varied range of mediums and experiment with these.
Staff use creative materials to encourage children to associate meaning to marks. For
example, children purposefully make marks as they slide their fingers through a thin layer
of clay on a table-top. Staff model language and use visual signing cues to support
younger children's developing communication.
Ofsted 2017
Children are kind to each other and patiently wait to take turns. Staff take care to observe,
listen and respond to children. Children's behaviour is good, with staff using positive
methods to support and manage behaviour.
We like to share our ideas and thoughts!
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Interested in good preschool education for your child? Our Monkey Club is the right decision!