The Old Barn Day Nursery & Pre-Prep

🌟 If you know anyone who is interested in joining our growing team. Please forward them our details so we can arrange an interview. I have full time and lunch cover positions available. 🌟

🌟 WE’RE HIRING! 🌟
Level 3 Early Years Practitioner – Full Time
📍 Banstead, Surrey

💷 £30,160 – £33,930 per year
💰 Monthly pay + Employee of the Month bonuses

The Old Barn Day Nursery & Forest School is growing and we’re looking for a passionate, caring Level 3 practitioner to join our warm and supportive team 🌱

✨ Why join us?
• Friendly, supportive team
• Beautifully listed building setting
• Unique spaces like Forest School & Baby Suite
• Ongoing training & progression opportunities
• A setting that truly values staff

🌈 Your role:
• Deliver high-quality care & learning
• Build positive relationships with children & families
• Plan exciting, child-led activities
• Complete observations & learning journeys (EY App)
• Create a safe, inclusive environment

📌 You’ll need:
✔️ Full & relevant Level 3 qualification
✔️ Strong EYFS knowledge
✔️ Live DBS
✔️ EYFS experience

📩 Apply now:
Send your CV to [email protected] or message our page directly

✨ Come and be part of The Old Barn Family ✨

Today at The Old Barn Day Nursery & Forest School, the Pre School children took part in a special fire activity during their forest school session. Over the past few weeks, the children have been learning important fire safety rules to help them feel confident and prepared. One key rule they practised was to not walk inside the fire circle when the red rope is on the ground, helping everyone stay safe.

During the activity, the children took turns wearing the fire safety gloves so they could carefully hold the grill plates and toast their own bread over the fire. They listened well, followed the safety routines, and showed great responsibility.

The session ended with happy faces as the children enjoyed eating the warm toast they had cooked themselves for their snack. It was a wonderful opportunity for them to build confidence, independence, and respect for fire safety in the forest school environment.

This week at The Old Barn Day Nursery and Pre-Prep we have been celebrating Halloween through different activities throughout the week and then celebrated the occasion with parties for babies and one for toddlers and pre-prep. Great way to support parent partnership throughout the setting 🎃 Happy Halloween from us all 🎃

✨️Introducing our new baby room! Chayse and the team have worked together over the last month to pull together a new space for our babies to explore and enjoy. Having the focus of our minds being a home from home feel to the setting so children feel comfortable and confident within the nursery. Putting each child's individual routine at the centre of what we do. We have incorporated sensory spaces for the children to enjoy, a safe sleeping area, main learning space and a suitable meal time space. The building has been open for 2 weeks and it has been nothing but success. Happy Children = happy staff and happy families. This building is run by a team of practitioners that focus and specialise in baby practice. Chayse, the Deputy Manager holds years of experience within the sector looking after babies therefore she trains her team to focus solely on the importance of caring for children under the age of 2. To book a guided tour with the manager then please ring 01737 373715 and speak with Laura or Amber. ✨️

🥐☕ Busy Morning? We’ve Got You! ☕🥐

Our parents/carers have been treated to a grab and go breakfast! Laura the Manager put on a small spread for parents/carers to take from once they’ve dropped their children off for an engaging day! Making everyone’s morning that little bit easier! Thank you from Laura and the team for being a wonderful set of parents to look after. We hope you have all been enjoying the spread!

This week in the baby room at The Old Barn Day Nursery and Pre-Prep, we have been exploring activities based around different scenes of one of our core books, 'It's a little baby'. The babies participated in nature painting, using leaves and flowers to create different marks and patterns as well as animal printing with animals based from a scene in the book. The babies thoroughly enjoyed exploring these painting activities which has promoted single words such as "stomp", "leaf" and "boo", all words relating to the activities and the book itself. Throughout the week, we have successful supported all areas of development and learning.

Staff member Louise, of the baby room. Created her first display board adding props to support the intention, show casing the babies creations and linking this to the EYFS. 👶🐾

Today at The Old Barn Day Nursery and Pre-Prep, we held our annual Summer party, inviting the parents to come along to the nursery to join in exciting activities, have a bbq and to engage with other parents and staff, supporting parent partnership. Lorraine, Forest School Lead, created an engaging space for all children to participate within providing many opportunities for all ages to explore, receiving many compliments from parents!

It was great to see so many faces at this event and all of the staff at The Old Barn Day Nursery and Pre-Prep would like to thank all of the parents/carers that attended our Summer Party and we hope you all have a lovely weekend 🍍 🌻🌞

Today at The Old Barn Day Nursery and Pre-Prep, we held our graduation to celebrate our school leavers this year, inviting parents to watch their children graduate. The children took part in a series of songs that they sung to their parents. Followed by refreshments and a certificate presentation. On behalf of all the staff at The Old Barn Day Nursery & Pre-Prep we wish all our children the best of luck on their new adventure! We know you will all smash it!! 🎓

Over the last couple weeks at The Old Barn Pre -Prep the children have been learning about the Pantosaurus, through songs, stories and posters which has taught the children the importance of keeping safe. Georgia, Amber and Chloe have been speaking to the children about the understanding of our bodies belonging to us. Alongside this the children have also been exploring toilet rules and hygiene, learning how to wipe properly, wash hands throughly, and respect others privacy when using the toilet.

The Pre -Prep team are so proud of how confident and thoughtful the children have been while learning these important skills and remembering the Pantosaurus rules. 🦕🦖🚻

Over the last couple of weeks the preschool children have been learning and exploring the life cycle of a butterfly. Georgia and Chloe have both been supporting the children in looking after and learning the skills of taking care of living things. They have extended this through the core book of the very hungry caterpillar and the children have been providing a range of healthy fruits and vegetables for the caterpillars to munch on. They are now in their cocoons and the children come in enthusiastic everyday to see if they have hatched. Watch this space for the photos of the butterflies. 🐛 🦋

Today at The Old Barn Day Nursery and Pre-Prep, the senior team attended the Teddy bears picnic to promote child care spaces and recruitment opportunities. The day was a great success and we thank all of the parents that popped by to say hello. Have a lovely weekend 🐻