The Old Station Nursery Taplow

At The Old Station Nursery Taplow we offer Organic Food, Languages and Cooking Lessons

Organic

As a group we have always cared about the food we serve every day and the positive impact this has on our children’s mental and physical health.  Our chefs care about where their ingredients come from and are passionate about great, varied menus that minimise processed foods and unhealthy additives.  It is a natural step for your nursery to also think about the impact our served food has on nature and the environment, providing even more learning opportunities for the children whilst championing good practice where the customer and environment are placed together.

Our children will learn how to grow, tend and harvest their own produce in our Grow Our Own Club.  Key learnings include:

• The different environments plants need in order to grow
• The different types of fruit and vegetables that grow at certain times of the year
• How to cook and use their produce for eating.

Languages
At the heart of our Brighter Learning Approach is our commitment to fortifying the foundations of lifelong learning. Your nursery offers focus on Languages via Baby Sing and Sign classes, Spanish language lessons and interactive multilingual books as part of an overall engaging curriculum instilling curiosity, creativity and well-being.

Cookery

Our Cooking Club nursery offers the skills, smells and tastes achieved from home cooking that instils a lifelong pleasure in making and enjoying delicious foods to support well-being and all-round health.

Learning to cook at a young age is thoroughly enjoyed by the children and is an excellent, engaging way to build basic math skills such as counting eggs or measuring water.  By exploring their senses, an adventurous palate grows, along-with confidence and a whole host of homemade goodies that are proudly brought home for everyone to enjoy.

Your nursery is equipped with specialist children’s cooking and baking equipment that are designed for the budding chef, meaning they are safe and have easy grip handles, ready to support the children’s culinary adventures.

Montessori 

As part of our long-term commitment to improve the experiences and outcomes of all children in our care we are delighted to be introducing a Montessori learning enhancement into your child’s nursery.

The Montessori method emphasizes five key learning areas, each of which uses specific learning materials and practises, and which will be introduced in phases to your child.

• Practical Life: Focuses on daily tasks develop independence and fine/gross motor skills. Encourages care of self, care of environment and care of others.
• Sensorial: Engages the senses through activities like matching colours, grading shapes, and exploring textures to refine sensory perception.
• Language: Encourages language development through vocabulary building, phonetic exercises, and storytelling.
• Mathematics: Introduces mathematical concepts through hands-on activities with counting, sorting, and exploring patterns.
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World: Broadens understanding of the world through activities related to geography, history, science, and the arts.