When you're out to offer the highest-quality early years environment that you can, where children can thrive and families feel welcome, the first thing on your mind is probably not lighting. Yet this aspect of a setting can have a strong effect on the wellbeing of children and staff, and on achieving the outcomes everyone desires.
For Wendy Monaghan, who runs the 36-place Bedlington Bears day nursery in Northumberland, it's part of the nursery's USP that often seals the deal with new parents looking round the baby unit. She says, 'We chose our lighting because we wanted something that was restful and conducive to sleep, while also being attractive, yet not "distractive".
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