Vision | Windsor Nursery

Vision

At a recent Staff Development Day, our team of Educators reflected on our vision/intention. We considered our whole school community. (Autumn 2023)

Our Ambitions for all children: We want our children to be: courageous, creative, expressive, independent, motivated, playful, respectful and valued.

These attributes drive the content of curriculum and the delivery of our curriculum:

We value courage: To be brave, take risks and persevere. To withstand difficulty.
We value creativity: To use imagination. To generate ideas and possibilities.
We value expression: To express thoughts or feelings through words, emotions, face and body expressions or the creative arts.
We value independence: To have the belief that they are competent and capable. To act for oneself.
We value motivation: To have the desire, want or drive to do something.
We value play and playfulness: To be light-hearted. To be fond of playing, games and amusement.
We value respect: To be regarded for own feelings, wishes and rights. To be admired for own abilities, qualities or achievements.
We see huge value in children feeling important, and to be and feel cherished (valued).
Our provision is non-discriminatory, accessible and sensitive to race, gender, religion, culture, language, disability, sexuality and differing patterns of family life.

We want our staff to be: Listened to, supported, valued, respected, have access to training opportunities, to continue to develop knowledge and expertise, appreciated, praised, to work as a team, to communicate with one another, to support one another’s emotional wellbeing, to develop positive relationships, to be happy.

We want our families to be: Included, to be welcomed, listened to, involved, to know their children are safe and happy, to feel like we are a safety net, to be informed on all aspects of their child’s learning, respected, feel confident to approach and ask questions, to be offered support (ESOL/Family Support) to support us by respecting timekeeping etc., to be our partners.

What makes Windsor Nursery school Unique?

(Completed alongside staff and parents Autumn 2023)

Our nursery is in an SOA with extremely high levels of deprivation.

A high number of our children are eligible for pupil premium

We have a high number of children with additional needs, rights and entitlements (SEND) and a dedicated Inclusive provision (IP).

Our families come from all over the world and we value the experiences and cultures of all families.

We recognise our global responsibility and have a commitment to appreciating the “lived experience” of our families

We recognise that a language rich environment helps children to succeed in whatever they choose to do.

We have at least 15 languages at any given time within the setting.

Staff are experienced in non verbal communication strategies and supporting children to develop verbal and non verbal communication.

Daily interaction with all families allows for a constant sharing of information with parents and carers as partners in their children’s learning and development.

Strong respectful relationships with a number of professionals who we can learn from and seek support to ensure the best outcomes for families and children.

Trusting relationships with parents and recognition of them as their child’s first teacher. Also, a strong understanding of families needs to provide non-judgemental support.

Strong key worker relationships with children which ensures that we know them well and provide bespoke support.

Links with other nurseries, local schools and the local authority which allows for moderation, smooth transitions and support between schools.

We have an expansive outdoor space with a variety of gross motor challenges and undulating ground to develop balance and coordination.

We encourage children to explore their physicality and encourage risk taking.

Many of our children have little outdoor space or access to safe outdoor spaces.

We believe that there is no such thing as bad weather-just bad clothing. Daily access to outdoors and school provides waterproof clothing.

On site forest school area for group sessions.

We actively embrace every opportunity to enrich children’s opportunities for learning We recognise that cultural capital presents in many different ways; our children are multi linguistic, belong to faith based communities and travel widely to visit family members. Our celebration of faiths and our richly diverse culture, enhances cultural capital , provoking many opportunities for children and staff to learn with and from one another. Every half term we invite our families into nursery to enable us to celebrate and learn together.