Our Ethos
At Hippy Kids we pride ourselves on our Child Led, free flow approach. We encourage children to explore, ask questions make choices and take risks (within limits!). We love nature and like to be outside as much as we can exploring the world around us.
We use our environments every day for sensory experiences that often lead to imaginative games the children invent themselves. We have learned that often there is no need for toys and children have the best adventure when guided in a heuristic way.
We use a variety of loose parts and open ended resources to encourage problem solving and critical thinking.
Our curriculum is quite unique to many nurseries as we implement ‘in the moment planning’. This means that we do not plan many activities in advance, instead our team uses our in depth knowledge of each child to scaffold learning and provide what is needed at that time to develop skills and understanding of the world.
We believe in guiding children to make healthy choices and to look after themselves. Emphasis is placed on healthy eating and exercise. The children help to grow fruit and vegetables in our garden and love getting involved in the kitchen too, discovering new smells, textures, tastes and cookery skills.
We positively welcome children from different backgrounds and with any additional needs. We celebrate diversity at Hippy Kids and do not segregate different age ranges and abilities of children unless we feel there is a purpose for a particular activity. We feel children have much to learn from others and like to encourage the family feeling of a ‘Home from Home’ environment.
Read our Ofsted Reports here and here.
The Learning Journey
We are committed to providing what we can to enrich your child’s learning journey in a ‘Home from Home’ environment. We strongly believe in support, encouragement and praise.
We document your child’s journey, gently guiding them towards milestones and provide a journal full of photos, news and observations of their progress. We do this using our app. During the registration process, we will send each parent a login for Famly and you are able communicate with us throughout the day to check progress and keep up to date with what we have been doing.
We endeavour to fulfil the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage in an organic and natural way. We are confident that we cover all areas of learning in a fun and imaginative way to prepare children for school.
