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About  Us

Stepping Stones mission is to build on the already excellent reputation of the nursery and become the best Early Learning and Childcare service within the Helensburgh and Lomond area, where the wellbeing of every child is paramount and ensures they ‘get the right help, at the right time, from the right person’(GIRFEC, 2006). We strive to provide a home from home experience where the children feel loved, safe, enabled, nurtured and respected, and that every child is treated equally.

The well-being of children is affected by the world around them and by the various experiences they have at different stages in their life. To ensure every child is given the same experience within an Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) setting, well-being has been broken down into eight indicators. At Stepping Stones we will use these indicators of  Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurture, Active, Respected, Responsible, and Included (SHANARRI, GIRFEC, 2006) alongside individual care plans to evaluate and support each child's progress and development 

Progress is often uneven across areas of development, this is natural, and understanding this ensures experiences, opportunities and interactions are developmentally appropriate. We acknowledge that every child has differing needs and these will be accepted and met so that confidence is optimised, ensuring all children develop a positive attitude to learning, preparing them for their future. 


A Wee Glimpse At Our Stepping Stones Family

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