Marina's Amigos Home

This morning the babies enjoyed a messy play session, exploring a variety of textures, colours, and sensory experiences. Messy play supports creativity, curiosity, and early developmental skills while providing lots of fun! 🌈✨😊

✨ Ofsted Report ✨

A few weeks ago, we had our Ofsted inspection, and we couldn't be prouder of our team, who did an amazing job throughout. 💚

We have now received our final report! 🎉 It will be published on the Ofsted website within the next 5 working days, but we're delighted to finally be able to share our report card with you all. 🙌🏻

Under Ofsted's new inspection framework, assessments have become much stricter, so we are especially proud to have achieved Strong Standard in:
⭐ Children's Welfare and Wellbeing
⭐ Inclusion

The remaining areas were rated Expected Standard, reflecting the high-quality care and education we provide every day, with many individual elements also recognised as strong.

A huge thank you to our incredible team, children and families for your continued support. 💚

Here are some of the highlights from our report – the full report will be available soon! 🤩👇

🐚🌊 Beach adventure! Our babies had a lovely time collecting seashells along the beach today. They explored the sights, sounds, and textures of the beach, developing their curiosity and sensory awareness through hands-on play. ☀️

Our toddlers had a fantastic day today! 🌳☀️

This morning we visited the park, where the children enjoyed exploring nature, searching for bugs, and learning about the world around them. They also practised climbing, running and balancing, developing their physical skills through outdoor play.

In the afternoon, the children took part in an obstacle course, building their coordination, confidence and resilience.

A fun-filled day supporting Physical Development, Understanding the World, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, and Communication and Language through hands-on learning. 💫

🌍🌿 World Environment Day 🌿🌍

Our little learners explored different habitats through sensory play, developing communication, fine motor, maths, creativity, and understanding of the world around them. 💚

Learning today, caring for tomorrow. 🌱

Our amazing Ellie, Baby Room Leader at Marina's Amigos Home, has recently completed Makaton training for Early Years settings! 👏🎉 Thank you Lauren Young Makaton Tutor

Makaton helps young children develop communication, language, and confidence by using signs, symbols, and speech together. It can be especially beneficial for supporting understanding, inclusion, and early communication skills for all children.

We're so proud of Ellie's commitment to enhancing children's learning and development. Well done, Ellie! 💛

Today we celebrated International Dinosaur Day by creating lots of fun dinosaur crafts! The children enjoyed exploring different dinosaurs, getting creative with art activities, and showing off their fantastic dinosaur creations. What a roar-some day of learning and fun! 🌟🦴

Tiny hands, big smiles, and lots of sweet memories 🍪🧁 Our toddlers had so much fun baking today — mixing, pouring, and decorating their tasty treats! Baking helps build confidence, creativity, and fine motor skills while making learning extra delicious 💛👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

Sunshine, smiles, and little adventures in the garden ☀️🌸 Our babies and toddlers loved soaking up the fresh air and having fun outdoors today 💛

Today our babies and toddlers enjoyed a lovely walk to the shops to buy some ice lollies 🍦 We then sat together on the grass in the sunshine to enjoy our treats and chat with friends. ☀️🌿

We also had lots of fun celebrating World Turtle Day by exploring turtles through activities and stories! 🐢💚