Blossom and Bloom Day Nursery

About this day nursery

Blossom and Bloom Day Nursery, established in Yapton in 2022, offers a nurturing environment for children aged 0-3. The nursery's approach is deeply rooted in fostering curiosity and child-led exploration, with a Scandinavian-inspired baby room designed to stimulate young minds.

The dedicated team comprises highly qualified and experienced childcare practitioners who are passionate about child development and understand the profound impact they have on a child's early education. The curriculum is built upon five pillars: the nursery's ethos, cultural capital, statutory guidelines, strong parent partnerships, and the 3i's (Intent, Implementation, Impact).

The ethos is based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, ensuring children's physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualisation are met. The nursery emphasises outdoor learning and exploration, utilising its garden space and local community for enriching experiences.

They also provide SEN provision, including a sensory room. Blossom and Bloom works closely with parents, valuing their intuition and providing regular updates through an app called Famly, ensuring a holistic approach to childcare that supports the entire family.

Our ethos

Our ethos is largely based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the understanding that there are 5 essential needs that have to be met in order for children to thrive. Children’s physiological needs have to be met - they need to feel physically comfortable, this means managing any aspects that prevent that, ensuring they are not hungry, thirsty, cold or hot or tired. Their basic physiological needs have to be met first and foremost. Safety - Children have the right, need and are entitled to feel safe and secure both physically and emotionally - we can achieve this by ensuring risk assessments and policies are in place as well as ensuring the environment is warm, inviting and promotes curiosity. Love and Belonging - Children need connection and warmth in order to feel comforted and promote strong emotional security. We can achieve this with a well thought out key worker system and ensuring every child/ family has a key person whose responsibility it is to love and care for them. Esteem - Children find confidence in our trust in them, they need to be trusted to be curious and allowed the freedom to safely explore their surroundings. We achieve this by offering an environment which focuses on developing curiosity, wonder and awe. We use positive affirmations to promote children’s self esteem and we show we are proud of their achievements. Self Actualisation - Fostering children’s creative needs and problem solving, this is something that develops over time and deals with a sense of contentment - it requires practitioners to be responsive to children’s interests and needs and reactive to their communication.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at the setting. Staff greet them with warmth and care, helping them detach from their parents with ease, and are responsive to children's cues, recognising when they need rest. Staff incorporate stories and rhymes into children's play, engaging babies' interest and supporting early language development.