Gloryville Creche is an Infant school for children from 3months to about 3years. Our teaching staff are experienced early years educators. We offer the British Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum with excellent links with the Nigerian Curriculum.
Our Creche staff all work together as a team and our children get to choose from a wide range of activities with strong emphasis on learning through play.We believe "Play is the work of young children".
We work towards providing practical opportunities and experiences because we know that children learn by "doing". Our plans are shared with parents through our Resumption Updates and Parents Seminar which comes up at the beginning of every term. Our staff keep records and observation of the children's development. We have Open Days when parents come in and talk about their children's progress.
All day long, our children take part in lots of activities such as:
- Stories
- Songs
- Listening
- Counting
- Dance
- Building blocks
- Mark making
- Speaking
- Sports
- Music and movement
- Painting
- Watching a video
- Arts and craft
- Practical life activities
- Reading
- Drama
- Science
THE NURSERY CURRICULUM
The Nursery curriculum has been developed and refined over the years. It is perfect blended of the British Childhood Education System with our traditional childhood education and has its emphasis on allowing the child to lead the learning process, which has been proven world-wide to lead to early development of the 3Rs and other skills.
The Academic Programme
Our first priority in the nurseries is to provide a friendly, relaxed atmosphere combined with a sense of order and security. Once children feel 'at home' in the classroom situation and also understand acceptable behaviour, the purpose of acquiring necessary skills and concepts can begin.
By the end of their two-year period in the nursery, many children will have already learned to read. They will have learnt to recognise and spell common words and read them in sentences and learnt to use books for enjoyment and reference. They will have begun to write simple stories by themselves and developed a good understanding of numbers
and shapes. They will have learnt songs and listened to stories, often acting out simpler versions.
HOMEWORK
Children in the nursery, are given homework, and we expect parents to supervise their homework.