Our Ethos of Learning

At Sandy Bears you will find a warm, loving, happy community where a huge focus is placed on the wellbeing of all, from children to parents to staff, in a home from home setting. 

We strive to support all children in their personal development, encouraging confident learners through effective, fun and rich experiences which honour the power of play. This develops into children with high self-esteem, great skills and a passion for learning. 

Through great teamwork and dedicated leadership every member of our Sandy Bears family – children and staff - will feel valued, and their individual needs and beliefs will be celebrated. We continue to seek out new knowledge on children’s early development and to reflect on how we can improve and provide new experiences and environments. 

Sandy Bears recognise how important it is to support the whole family and to support parents to trust in a child's learning process and be reassured that everything will develop exactly at the right time for each individual child. 

At Sandy Bears we want to nurture children who are curious to explore, to share and negotiate ideas. Our setting has strong ideas about how high-quality resources and amazing staff can provide the most exceptional experience for all children. We want children to follow instructions and have a go with resilience and confidence, even when things are hard to figure out! We want to make children who are excited to learn and who see adults and teachers as people who will support and facilitate this learning. 

At Sandy Bears children will feel safe and secure, they will be nurtured, and interests and quirks will be valued. Children will learn through their environment and through nature creating accessible learning for all, with children always at the heart of everything we do.  

“Children flourish when they have the time and space to explore their world without the constraints of too much”.