Nant y Cwm
Kindergarten

‘’The children are extremely happy and engaged and have a strong sense of belonging. They have formed close relationships with their peers and staff and their feelings and needs are acknowledged and valued”

– Care Inspectorate Wales

A foundation for learning:

For ages 3 to 6

Kindergarten at Nant-y-Cwm offers children the best possible start to life. With nurturing and dedicated staff, a natural and gentle home-from-home setting, and days full of play and wonder, it’s the perfect first step into the world outside of the family home.

Play centered

Our early childhood provision creates a nurturing play-based atmosphere of wonder, beauty, respect and security for children to begin their life-long process of engagement with the world.

Play is the natural work of early childhood.At every stage of development, play improves a child’s IQ, social-emotional growth, learning, and academic performance. Different forms of play—whether movement, object, imaginative, social, storytelling, or creative—uniquely support the child’s physical development, social awareness, and cognitive growth.

Nature connection

In nature-based play, children learn about themselves in relation to their environment, which includes an awareness of others.

Our Kindergartens have incredible outdoor spaces, featuring beautiful trees, climbing areas, hammocks, sand-pits, slides and dens, to provide the children with opportunities to explore imaginatively and become confident in their bodies.

The children play outdoors in all weather, and once a week Kindergarten groups go for a nature walk in the woodlands surrounding the school. These activities, along with kindergarten’s seasonal festivals, help the children build a connection with the natural world, and the changing seasons of the year.

Natural and inspiring

Creative, unstructured play provides opportunities to practice problem-solving, compromise, and even conflict resolution. Imaginative play helps cultivate critical thinking skills for later life. As simple materials like wood transform from a loaf of bread one day to a toy dog the next, children learn to see how imagination can reshape the world around them. Their play, often involving logs, rocks, fabric, and crates, can last for long, uninterrupted periods, nurturing deeper thinking and sustained focus..

A birthday cake made from fabrics, set up in front of a window with sunlight streaming in

A home from home setting

Our enchanting classrooms further support children’s developing senses. Soft wall colors, natural light, and simple, natural materials—like stones, wooden logs, and organic textures—invite meaningful play. Teachers honour children’s natural tendency to imitate by offering themselves as worthy role models, creating space for the healthy unfolding of each child’s inner world.

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