Creating a sensory garden is the latest stage in the transformation of what was deemed by Ofsted an inadequate setting. Cambridge Day Nursery was able to make the jump from 'inadequate' to 'good' between 2009 and 2010 and continues to raise the quality of its provision.
Now under-twos at the 51-place setting in Cambridge can enjoy free-flow access to a sensory area divided into eight sections with:
'The idea behind the garden was to create exploratory areas that not all our children can experience at home,' says manager Rachel Watson, who has overseen much of the nursery reforms. 'We have children with very different home environments. Some live on boats, some in high-rise flats and some come from deprived areas, so not all of them had had these experiences.'
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