Bella Toddlers


“growing, playing, learning......and making friends”

The toddler rooms provide large, bright, stimulating and airy environments to develop your child’s exploration and acquire discovery through play and enjoyment. At this age, children learn to co operate, express themselves and their needs, and show sensitivity to one another.

Our staff adopt a positive approach to introduce more structured activities, alongside the fun, free play and choice. This ensures the toddlers are continually learning and are being stimulated by new things whilst having the freedom to choose what to play with.

In Waddler room the children begin to form friendships with those of their own age and this social interaction is a very important part of every child's development. In the Toddler room, our staff support children to form friendships and convey feelings and emotions with confidence and self assurance. The foundations for friendships are cemented in Toddler Room and good manners, turn taking and sharing are reinforced. The staff in this room will sit with the children and eat snack with them as this is a fantastic opportunity for our Bella toddlers to build on these skills and learn from how the staff behave and interact with them.

A key worker system is also in place in the toddler room to ensure  individual needs and abilities are being catered for through a supportive environment and stimulating opportunities.

Bella Toddlers also follow the 4 areas of development which are; Social, Emotional, Intellectual and Physical. Curriculum planning focused on these 4 areas now becomes a little more complex and sophisticated versions of what they have previously done. Staff change activities, resources and the layout of the room on a weekly basis enhancing stimulation for your child. A large selection of play opportunities are available including, art easels, train sets, cars and road mat, dough/clay and small and large construction. Group time will be further expanded upon and progressed including rhymes and stories to promote concentration skills and language development.

Outdoor play and exploration is widely available for toddlers and our staff provide an extensive array of resources and activities to promote gross motor skills, challenge co-ordination and develop social awareness. Toddlers favourite word at this stage is 'why' and we appreciate your child’s desire to question their world therefore staff provide activities both inside and outside for your child to examine, analyse and investigate with support and guidance from adults, to motivate responsive play.

As with all age groups, you as the parents will be given daily updates on your child's day through their daily dairy as well as verbal feedback from staff.

  • Families First After-school of the Year 2018
  • Day Nursery of the Year 2017
  • Families First Award 2016
  • Ni4Kids Family Awards 2013
  • Daynurses TOP 10 award 2015
  • Early Years
  • Playboard Northern Ireland
  • Families First Award 2015
  • Key Worker Awards
  • Day Nurseries Top 20
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Opening hours

Mon - Fri 07.15 - 18.00
Sat Closed
Sun Closed

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