The 2 toddler rooms accommodate 24 children each. The adult-child ratio is 1:5. When children reach 3 years the ratio is 1:8. Our aim is to support the children to grow from a dependent toddler into independent 3-year-old.

In toddlers, we help children become keen movers and enthusiastic communicators who are able to make their own decisions. Throughout the day, the children have plenty of opportunities to play alongside others where adults sensitively model and encourage collaborative play promoting turn-taking and sharing. The areas provide children with access to bathrooms which allow them to explore potty training readiness and enable them to gain independence in self-care.

The ‘free flow’ allows children to access a variety of activities across different areas extending to the outdoor balcony and a garden where children can develop a fascination with nature. Furthermore, practitioners emphasize the development in Literacy, Maths, and Arts where children can explore practical mathematical problems, and express their creativity through mark-making, music, dancing, singing and building repertoire of favourite songs and stories. As children at this age begin to express themselves also through pretend play, we provide resources and spaces that allow them to imitate events from their own family life, so developing their self-identity.