Welcome to Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre

We are a charity run Centre and we are managed by a voluntary committee, our aim is to provide high quality childcare for the children Thorpe Willoughby and surrounding areas.

The Centre has a professional dedicated team who care for the children, we offer a diverse and inclusive setting.

Values & Aims

At Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre we:

• Are continually striving to create a warm and nurturing environment in which the children feel physically and emotionally safe.
• We aim to create a homely atmosphere in which every child’s individual needs are identified, valued and met in order to support them in reaching their full potential.
• We will provide the children with unique and exciting play and learning activities and experiences which will promote development in all areas of learning.
• We aim to develop a close and supportive relationship with parents and carers to ensure that we work together in partnership to meet the needs of their children.
• We will support children in developing confidence in their own abilities.
• We will ensure our Centre works within a framework that promotes equal opportunity regardless of religion, size, ability, gender, culture, age, sex, and disability.
• We will deliver balanced, healthy and nutritional snacks.
• We will incorporate the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework throughout the Centre.
• We track all children’s progress through Tapestry, this is communicated to parents weekly and termly.
• We work in partnership with outside agencies and organisations to support our children and their needs.

Key Person

Once each child has started to settle into the Centre they will be allocated a Key Person. This is a member of our team who is responsible for;

Assessing their developing needs and interests, this is recorded on Tapestry, keeping you updated with your child’s learning and journey. This gives you the opportunity to witness key moments in your child’s development and you can upload your own photos and observations at home on to share with the Key person.

The key person will form strong bonds with their Key children which will ensure the child’s individual developmental needs are met. The Key Person will also plan next steps and activities for their children based on needs and developments. This will be reviewed at the end of each half term. Childeren’s next steps are supported by observations on Tapestry.

Being the point of contact for the parents if they have any questions.

Our Vision

Is to provide a setting that consistently provides exceptional standards of care and education for each child within the Centre.

Mission

At Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre we understand and value the importance of Early Years education in its own right and not just in preparation for starting school. We believe that each child is unique and therefore strive to ensure that each child is valued through our warm and nurturing environment, an environment in which each child can flourish and reach their full potential.

Ethos

Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre is dedicated to providing individual care and education for children. We aim to provide a warm and nurturing environment in which each child can flourish and reach their full potential in which, our parents are also invited to be involved every step of the way. We endeavor to support every child in our care in order to ensure they achieve their utmost, develop confidence and independence.

We recognise the importance of good manners and respect for others and believe that this in itself enables our children to be well prepared for life outside the Early Years environment. We are dedicated to providing the children in our care with a strong foundation for life, and believe that a quality Early Years education provides children with the best opportunity to achieve their full potential.

It is clear that by focusing on the child’s strengths, passions and interests, as they emerge, our staff can develop an insight into that child’s potential and ensure that appropriate activities are planned in order to promote and celebrate these abilities.

We encourage and reward children’s willingness to try new things, to question their knowledge and abilities and more importantly to feel pride in their attempts and to develop an ability to learn. This approach allows children to develop and build the confidence needed in order to be able to make their own decisions and judgements.

Our Centre environment is calm and nurturing and the children’s safety and happiness is our always number one priority. Our home-from-home atmosphere enables the children to develop a sense of security and allows them to excel in all areas of their development.

We are a nut free setting as we have children that attend with severe allergies. Please refer to our nut policy that can be found on our policies page.

Call us: 01757 291 186

We are located at Londesborough Grove, Thorpe Willoughby YO8 9NX

Email: admin@twcc.org.uk