In Banana Moon World our babies are known as Baby Moons, and our baby rooms cater for children from the age of three months until they are confidently mobile. Each nursery has a separate sleeping room and changing facilities.

We work on a maximum of 3:1 children to staff ratio with the continuity of staff being a priority.

Our baby rooms are bright, cheerful and stimulating, offering a caring environment. The emphasis is very much on providing home-from-home care with lots of play, love and attention.

Children are encouraged to explore the world of colour, shape and texture through the use of natural light, toys, adult interaction and lots of sensory experiences.

Here at Banana Moon, we work closely with you to ensure your baby’s home routine is followed. This provides continuity and stability for you and your child.

To ensure a smooth, stress-free transition from home to nursery life, convenient settling-in sessions are always arranged. During these sessions, which you will attend, your baby’s needs and any special requirements can be discussed with nursery staff.

Once your little one is actively up and about with confidence and ready to move on, joining our Teenie Moons would be their next step.

These rooms are bright, colourful, busy rooms catering for children up to the age of two years old, working on a maximum of 3:1 children to staff ratio.

As children begin to explore, they will gain confidence and then be able to participate in a wide range of educational and fun activities, all of which will be planned in advance and will include colouring, painting, messy play, singing etc., to create a fun-filled day for your child.

At two years of age, your child will enter the world of our Mini Moons. These rooms cater for children aged two to three years of age with a maximum of 4:1 children to staff ratio.

These rooms are full of busy energy as by this stage, your child will be able to experience a wider range of educational yet fun activities that have been carefully selected to stimulate their ever-expanding minds.

When it comes to potty training, we will encourage your child to be as independent as possible. All we ask is that you bring in lots of spare clothes in case they have a little accident, so they will have their own clothes ready to be changed into.

With the EYFS planning and observation system in place, the nursery staff will be actively encouraging your child’s interests, offering them further opportunities to explore.

Within these rooms, they start to prepare for pre-school, so self-selection of activities and independence is encouraged throughout the day.

Our Full Moons are our pre-schoolers; children aged three years to school age who are looked after by our team with an 8:1 children to staff ratio.

With the children’s interests being at the centre of all planning, the day passes by quickly, as the fun never stops! Children learn through play.

During free play sessions, children are encouraged to be independent and to make their own choices from a wide range of different activities. A structured day is centred on individual learning where progress is carefully observed and recorded by your child’s Key Person. This, coupled with lots of fresh air, provides a busy day for all in the Pre-School Rooms.

At the end of their time in pre-school, the children will have increased levels of confidence and be socially interactive, thus they experience a smooth transition to full-time schooling and a logical progression of their continued learning.