Crawlers

Babies start to crawl at varying ages, therefore there is no age specified in this category. Babies usually start crawling between the ages of 6 and 11 months.

Enrolment Form

Crawlers Offering

Our ratio in this classroom is 1:4 (The legal required ratio is 1:6). No baby is ever left unattended. There is constant supervision and interaction from our passionate and committed staff.

IMPORTANT: At The Nurtury we do not believe it is possible to spoil a baby! We strongly believe that babies do not cry for no reason. No baby is left to cry.

Development

Your crawling baby is given the opportunity to explore and develop at his/her own pace. There is no set routine and our staff accommodate each babies individual needs and individual routines.

Stimulation

Daily age-appropriate stimulation is provided to help your baby reach his/her developmental milestones. Your little one will discover and grow through fine motor activities, gross motor activities, cognitive activities and sensory activities. They have plenty opportunity to explore their world through sensory play, art and music.

Dedicated Cot

Each baby in the Infants and Crawlers are allocated their own cot which is fitted with its own changing station, offering a much more hygienic approach to nappy changing. This way we ensure the highest hygiene standards and avoid the possibility of the spread of germs.

Secure Camera Cot Interaction

Each cot is connected to a camera, allowing parents to access their baby’s cot via an app. All you need to do is log in with your parent login details and you can watch your baby as he/she sleeps soundly. Each cot will have its own login details and only the parent will have access to their own baby.

Our Menu

Parents provide the bottles and milk for their babies. Formula tins are labelled and kept at school, or parents can pre-pack formula daily.

Breastmilk is kept in the fridge and/or freezer as requested. Freshly pumped breastmilk will be kept at room temperature for up to 3 hours.

Our meals are freshly prepared daily by our own cook.

All dietary needs are catered for upon request.

We also cater for vegetarian and vegan meals upon request.

Children with allergies will be offered suitable alternatives.

The weekly menu will be posted every Friday for the following week.

Once your baby is ready to start solids, the following foods are introduced:

6-12month

– Rice Cereal	– Whole Milk Yoghurt
– Oat Cereal	– Beans
– Apples	– Chicken
– Avocado	– Turkey
– Bananas	– Potatoes
– Pears	– Pasta
– Plums	– Rice
– Sweet Potato	– Peas
– Butternut
– Carrots

Menu for 8-24 months olds

Week 1

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Breakfast	– Mielie Meal	– Oats – Pancakes with Brown Sugar & Cinnamon / Date Syrup	– Mielie Meal	– Maltabella	– Mielie Meal Flapjacks with Cream
Snack	– Cream Crackers & Bovril – Yoghurt & Fruit	– Beetroot Wrap with Eggs, Mushrooms and Spinach – Fruit	– Vanilla Muffin – Fruit	– Rice Cakes and Avo Fruit	– Crackers with bovril Cheese – Yoghurt
Lunch	– Mince & Spinach – Rice	– Chicken Fingers – Mashed Potato with Gravy	– Mince & Pasta – Broccoli	– Chicken Stew with Carrots, Potatoes and Broccoli	– The Beef Worse – Mashed Potato – Peas
Snack	– Bread & Cheese – Yoghurt and Fruit	– Toast – Baked Beans	– Bead & Bovril – Yoghurt and Raisins	– Yoghurt and Raisins – Fruit	– Treat Day! (Chips/Biscuits/Ice-cream/etc.)
Late pm Snack	– Fruit	– Fruit	– Fruit	– Fruit	– Fruit

Week 2

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Breakfast	– Oats	-Maltabella – Flapjacks with Cream	– Oats	– Mielie Meal	– Mielie Meal – Pancakes with Brown Suger & Cinnamon / Date Syrup.
Snack	– Fruit & Yoghurt – Avo on Toast	– Crackers, Fruit – Cheese, Raisins	– Blueberry Muffin – Fruit & Yoghurt	– Marie Biscuits – Banana & Cheese	– Rice cakes – Yoghurt & Fruit
Lunch	– Basmati Rice – Homemade Gravy – Chicken	– Plain Macaroni – Peas – Tomato slices	– Mashed Potato – Mince – Broccoli	– Chicken Stir Fry	– Spaghetti Bolognaise – Cucumber slices
Snack	– Fruit, Raisins – Grated Cheese & Yoghurt	– Toast with Bovril – Yoghurt & Fruit	– Crackers with Bovril – Fruit & Yoghurt	– Bread with Jam – Fruit, Yoghurt & Raisins	– Treat Day! (Chips/Biscuits/Ice-cream/etc.)
Late pm Snack	– Bread or Fruit	– Bread or Fruit	– Bread or Fruit	– Bread or Fruit	– Bread or Fruit