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Full Childcare Little Chums offers full day childcare, along with the flexibility of morning and afternoon sessions or even rota sessions if your work requires it! We also offer earlier starts and later finishes.
We are registered with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) to provide care for children aged 0 to 12.
Little Chums believes that learning through play and use of the outdoor environment is an essential part of children’s development. A range of activities will be provided to all of our children, with our planning displayed on our planning boards.
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Security Little Chums takes the safety of it’s children very seriously. We have 24 hour recording CCTV, bio-metric entry on our main door and buzzer/intercom systems.
Outdoor Space As well as various play areas, Little Chums has extensive use the of the land on which it occupies, totaling just under 2 acres. This includes a private nature trail, small woodland area and private, field areas.
Babies Our separate baby room provide a cosy, nurturing environment where parents can be reassured that their “precious little ones” are cared for by our qualified and experienced key workers.
We aim to follow your home routines to ensure continuity for your child. We have a separate sleep room and changing area for babies.
Tots Our separate tots room acts as a transition room between babies and toddlers. As with babies, home routines are followed.
Toddlers Our separate toddler room provides a warm relaxed environment for curious little minds to explore and develop with the aid of our qualified and experienced staff.
Our toddlers also enjoy the use of one of our outdoor areas, with age appropriate equipment.
Pre-School Our separate pre-school building offers a wide range of activities to extend development and to provide opportunities for various experiences.
We believe in placing great emphasis on learning through play and the outdoor environment. Our pre-school children have use of our outdoor areas, with age appropriate equipment.
Settling In Little Chums offers free “settling in” visits before your child’s official start date in order for you to meet your child’s key worker.
These visits enable you and, most importantly, your child to become familiar with their new and exciting environment as well as offering an opportunity to become acquainted with a friendly, caring member of staff.
Nursery Wrap Around Little Chums operates a wrap around service to selected nurseries and schools. We will take/collect your child to/from school for their morning or afternoon session and care for them at Little Chums for the rest of the day. This includes snacks and meals as necessary.
Please contact us for information about which schools we offer this service for.
Holiday Club Our holiday clubs are open to all, not just those whose siblings use our other services, and open all year round.
Activities are theme based using arts and crafts, outdoor games, visits to local libraries and other excursions will be incorporated into the programme according to weather conditions. Breakfast, lunch, small snacks and afternoon tea will be provided.
Breakfast and After School Clubs Little Chums can provide breakfast and then take your child to school and/or collect your child when their school day finishes and provide a light tea.
Arrival and departure between your chosen booked times are at your discretion.
Meals Little Chums recognises the importance of providing a well balanced and nutritious diet. All of our meals are prepared by our experienced cook, who is also a family member. No salt or sugar is added in the preparation or cooking of our meals. We ensure a varied menu which operates on a two-week rota and is displayed in the kitchen, or is available by email on request.
A full day care session includes breakfast, morning snack, lunch and dessert, afternoon snack and afternoon tea.
A morning session includes breakfast, morning snack and lunch and dessert. An afternoon session includes afternoon-snack and afternoon tea.
Fresh drinking water and milk is available throughout the day. Our snacks consist of fruit, crackers and bread sticks.
Special dietary requirements can be discussed directly with our cook, in conjunction with a senior member of staff.
As required by law, we are registered with the local authority, Torfaen, as a business that produces hot meals. We positively engage with and are inspected by their ‘Environmental Health’ team. We currently hold the highest rating of ‘5’.
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