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Welcome to the Granby Nurseries Blog, for all the latest news for our Rotherham and Worksop based children’s nurseries. We operate an open doors policy, whereby parents and or carers are always welcome to see our fabulous resources and happy, nurturing environment for themselves.

We are OUTSTANDING – Granby Parkgate

We are absolutely delighted, but not at all surprised, to announce that our Granby Parkgate nursery

Emotions – Granby Carlton

Children learn to identify two major emotions, ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ at an early

Subitising – Granby Parkgate

Young children have a remarkable skill: they can recognise numbers of things without counting.  Thi

Online safety – Granby Carlton

Granby Nurseries takes the safety of our children very seriously and this includes their online safe

Supporting Communication – Granby Parkgate

To be effective communicators, we need to be able to use language and speech, but what do these term

Before they read words, children are reading pictures – Granby Wickersley

At Granby, we have developed a library of ‘core books’ to encourage an early love of reading. Th

mikolajki saint nicholas – Granby Carlton

This week we have learnt about Mikołajki. Ala one of Granby Carlton’s practitioner’s sh

Autumn Treasures – Granby Wickersley

Autumn is such an exciting time in nursery with the opportunity of using lots of natural resources t

Benefits of bilingual practitioners – Granby Carlton

Granby Carlton are very lucky to have a member of staff that speaks two languages. Children benefit

Early Years Foundation Stage – September 2021

Early Years Foundation Stage – September 2021 The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) se

Granby Ethos

Seven key features of effective practice 1.                   THE BEST FOR EVERY C

Oral Health – All Granby’s – written by Granby Parkgate

One of the most important ways of reducing tooth decay in children is to reduce the amount of foods

Exciting Changes are on the horizon – All Granby’s – written by Granby Wickersley

Exciting Changes are on the horizon   Within Granby Nurseries, we follow the Early Years Founda

Outdoor sleeping – Granby Carlton

The summer months allows the children at Granby Carlton to take advantage of the wonderful large tre

Learning and Development – Granby Parkgate

Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil the

Fostering creativity – Granby Wickersley

Fostering creativity in children is important. During this type of play, children manipulate a range

Extending learning – Granby Carlton

At Granby, the children are at the centre of everything that we do. We let children learn through pl

Speech, Language and Communication Development – Helping our children to TALK – Granby Parkgate

Having a good vocabulary (knowing and understanding words) is important for children when they are l

Outdoor environment – Granby Wickersley

Children’s physical development is important to focus on and now, during a pandemic, it is even mo

Taking Risks – Granby Carlton

At Granby we focus on children being the centre of everything we do, we tailor their learning to the

Wellbeing – Granby Parkgate

  Wellbeing is a term we are hearing a lot due to the way Covid-19 has changed our life’s rec

Loose parts – Granby Wickersley

One of the challenges we have faced in recent times was the advice by Public health due to Covid to

Continued Professional Development – Granby Carlton

At Granby we encourage our practitioners to build on their knowledge and keep up to date with the ev

Transition to School – Granby Parkgate

July and August are the months that we see many of our children leave us to go to ‘BIG’ school.

Settling back into Nursery – Granby Wickersley

  We reopened our doors to families on Monday 1st June 2020 and we are amazed at how well the c

The World changed – Granby Carlton

Granby Nurseries has been open now for over 25 years, and the past 11 weeks have been like no other

What difference can I make as a parent? – Granby Parkgate

Listening and Attention It is essential for a child to master attention and listening skills in orde

Granby fact – All Granby settings

Granby fact: At Granby we are very passionate about building the right staff team, to deliver inspir

Lending Library – Granby Wickersly

        We have introduced a   to encourage children and families to share and

Kung Hei Fat Choi 恭喜發財 – Granby Carlton

Kung Hei Fat Choi 恭喜發財 🐀 Open ended activities leading to discussions about holiday

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