Chubby Cheeks Nursery, Discovery Gardens

Chubby Cheeks Nursery is an Award Winning, British Curriculum Nursery with 7 conveniently located branches in UAE. The nursery is highly reputed for its warm, friendly and qualified staff, excellent facilities and healthy, safe and secure environment. It is a parent’s first choice and a child’s second home; a place where every child gets an enriching learning experience and an environment where they 'Grow with Love'!

Chubby Cheeks is an inclusive nursery – we open our arms to children from all over the world, who speak different languages and have different abilities. Our full day and year round program suit the need of working parents, while providing their precious child an environment where they can 'Grow with Love'!

At Chubby Cheeks Nursery we believe that a child must be 'Hugged First, Then Taught'. We recognize that the first five years of a child, is a time of enormous growth in linguistic, conceptual, and social competence. We focus not only on 'learning' and not only on 'play'; instead we focus on 'learning through play'.

Chubby Cheeks Nursery gives prime importance to your child's health, safety and security. The premises are designed using the guidelines provided by the UK Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED). The nursery is equipped with a clinic with a full time DHA registered nurse. The nursery is monitored via CCTV and a security system (also security guard) is installed at the entrance.

We offer French and Arabic as extra language classes. At Chubby Cheeks Nursery, we have children from over 60 different countries. We hire multinational, qualified and caring. At Chubby Cheeks Nursery we focus not only on 'learning' and not only on 'play'; instead we focus on 'learning through play'. Children will surely enjoy activities such as Music and Dance, Arts and Crafts, Junior Gym, Junior Yoga, Junior Chef, Junior Scientist, Public Speaking, Story Time, Dress Up Days, Field Trips, Concerts, Puppet Shows, Drumming lessons and many many more.

We believe parents are our partners in their child's education and hence encourage open lines of communication. Parents are sent weekly emails by teachers explaining the schedule and activities they conducted for the week. Parent-Teacher Meetings are held at the end of each term to discuss the progress of the child and a Baseline Assessment is given to assess the performance of the child.

Chubby Cheeks Nursery follows the British Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum delivered using best practices from different early years education philosophies such as the Montessori approach and Reggio Emilia approach. We realize that every child is different; no two children even from the same family are alike. Hence our curriculum itself is diverse - where sky is the limit.

The Early Years Foundation Stage ( EYFS ) is a preschool education framework established by the British Government, it was launched in 2002, and has been recently updated. The EYFS programme has seven primary focus areas.

We encourage children to become independent and self confident, and make positive relationships with their peers and adults. Successful personal, social and emotional development is critical for young children for success in all other areas of learning and development.

Chubby Cheeks Nursery provides a language rich learning environment which gives children opportunities for speaking and listening and for sharing their ideas and feelings.

Through listening to stories and sharing a wide range of books the children will develop a love of reading. At the same time they will learn about the shapes and sounds of letters through songs, rhymes and our Jolly Phonics programme.

This area of learning includes working with numbers, shapes, space and measures, and counting, sorting and matching. Children are encouraged to develop their experience of numbers, pattern, shapes and measurement through structured play.

Young children are inquisitive to find out more and more about the world they live in and the people they encounter. Children at Chubby Cheeks Nursery are encouraged to explore and investigate materials and to question how things work. This area of learning and development forms the foundation for later work in science, design and technology, history, geography, and information and communication technology (ICT).

Chubby Cheeks Nursery gives children ample opportunities for the healthy development of body and physical skills. Activities to promote gross motor skills include running, climbing, jumping, hopping, skipping, riding tricycles, throwing and catching balls and bean bags and watering plants. Fine motor skills are encouraged using a variety of resources including play dough, paint, crayons, scissors, beads and puzzles.

Creative development ( CD ) / Visual / Spatial - Creativity is fundamental to successful learning. We give our children opportunities to share their thoughts, ideas and feelings through art, music, movement, dance, imaginative and role play activities.

Our CCN SOUL ( Spirit of Universal Love ) Programme is devoted to nurture children with the objective of developing them as socially responsible citizens by instilling love for the environment and society in their hearts. It aims to encourage children to be empathetic and tolerant of people from diverse cultures and background and increase their self-esteem and confidence.

The Programme introduces children to various responsive projects where children learn about the world around them and participate in charitable causes and support the community around them!