Our Story
About Early Years Educare
Our Story
When it comes to growing healthy minds, the work of Early Years Educare goes far beyond just helping children flourish.
The pre-schools have become an integral part of their North East Lincolnshire communities, providing opportunities for parents, extended families and the wider communities to learn and grow together.
It is this approach that awarded Early Years Educare the Solid Gold Service award at eFactor's first ever Solid Gold Service Awards. The award recognised businesses that go above and beyond to support their local community.
Our Settings
Our educational settings don't just enable the children to flourish and fill their worlds with awe and wonder, we ensure the parents and extended family become a huge part of the work we do. We work with communities and want the best for them as well as our children. We are continuously striving for innovative ways to support and develop our children and their families.
Our Forest Schools
Early Years Educare was founded on the ethos of forest schools. Forest School encourages children to develop a love and respect for the outdoors, to nurture their understanding of growth, the weather, the seasons, nature and all that the great outdoors has to offer. First developed in Denmark in the 1950s, the approach is designed to develop confidence, self-esteem, communication and physical skills through outdoor learning.
Parents are often invited along to help cook over a campfire or continue the nurturing of homegrown vegetables and children's physical skills are developed from the work of pushing wheelbarrows and pulling and transporting logs. Communication is louder, clearer and more spontaneous and everything is shared with parents.
Our setting aims to:
Provide high quality care and education for children below statutory school age
Work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop
Add to the life and well-being of the local community
Offer children and their parents a service that promotes equality and values diversity
Equip our children with the skills to grow healthy minds and bodies
Develop an awareness of sustainability and encourage our families to reduce their carbon footprint
The Story of Our Settings
Following the popularity of Humberston Pre-School, we opened Grant Thorold Forest School in Grimsby's East Marsh in 2019 and it quickly became an integral part of the community. The pre-school has already provided education and care for over 150 children and acquired 'outstanding' status from OFSTED in June 2021, which reported the 'partnership with parents was inspirational.'
The team and I are now embarking on new collaborations, i.e. linking with local industry leaders in both manufacturing and retail, to provide access for some of our East Marsh parents to potentially secure employment. This is just one of the innovative ideas the pre-school has developed for their community.
Sport is also high on the Educare agenda, with signs that the pandemic has had an impact on some children's physical development. With this in mind, a third pre-school was opened within the Bannatyne Health Club in Humberston providing access to sports such as swimming, tennis and yoga.
During the pandemic we expected children to return with language delays due to not mixing with people outside their homes. We were pleasantly surprised, children have in fact returned with greater language skills and this is thanks to parents doing more activities and spending more time with their children.
This year also sees a new partnership with Cleethorpes Golf Club for children and their parents to enjoy 'little linksters' and discover a new sport.
Our intention is to grow healthy minds. We are doing that, not solely within our children's education, but across the wider community for parents, families and the business community.
We offer you and your child:
A specially tailored curriculum based upon the Government's Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum incorporating Forest School activities and outdoor learning
The support of two personal key-workers, one being an Early Years Teacher
Opportunities for parents to be directly involved in the activities of the group and in the progress of their children
A secure and respectful settling in procedure
An outdoor program of activities led by qualified Forest School Leaders
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