We are a local authority nursery based in the Bishopmill area of Elgin. We are located close to the Cooper park, river and have a large green space to the rear of the setting. Our base location allows us to regularly explore and learn in our local community.
Our nursery is purpose built and is a fantastic space to play, learn and work in. Our nursery was ready for us to move into in March 2016, and since then we have continued to enhance and develop our play spaces.
We work to ensure both our inside and outside learning environments provide infinite opportunities for children to play.
Children at Seafield nursery build positive relationships, explore, wonder, imagine, create and develop their skills and interests while learning and developing in our nursery environment and in our wider community.
We operate for 46 weeks of the year closing only for two weeks for the winter break, two weeks at the beginning of August, public holidays and in service days. We are open from 7:45am until 6:00pm.
We are registered with our regulatory body the Care Inspectorate, our registration number is CS2003016018, and inspection reports can be access on the care inspectorate website.
We have the capacity to provide Early Learning and childcare for up to 40 children at any one time.
A deep sense of community and belonging is important to us at Seafield Nursery and we put our children and their families at the heart of everything we do.
Our nursery team is committed to providing the very best early learning and childcare opportunities for our children and their families. We believe in creating a positive, nurturing environment and an ethos of patience, love, trust and support between everyone at Seafield nursery. This ensures everyone feels secure and is able to develop and learn within our nursery community. We truly value connection, engagement and the power of play.
The team are committed to continuous professional development and all play a vital role in our continuous learning journey. We are an ambitious team who consistently reflect on our practice as individuals and as a team. To ensure we keep abreast of local, national and international best practice. We seek to build on our learning culture as a team and continue to do everything we can to deliver the very best early learning and childcare experiences in our nursery.
Our highly skilled practitioners recognise the importance of rich meaningful play experiences and work to ensure they provide an environment that encourages curiosity, develops resilience, promotes independence and provides daily opportunities to develop skills for life, learning and work. Our thoughtfully curated environment provides rich experiences across the breadth and depth of the curriculum to challenge, excite, sparking interest and curiosity, which supports children in their learning and development journey.
We provide a calm and consistent space where children feel secure, loved and develop positive relationships. We take a developmental approach to each individual child, the team observe and know children intrinsically and support children’s learning and development through high quality adult child interactions, to naturally teach, scaffold and support learning opportunities in the moment, as they naturally happen.