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Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School, Saltdean

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Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School, Saltdean

“Small is Beautiful”
"Providing the best early years experiences for all children in our care." Funded spaces available.

Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School is an independent nursery school based in Saltdean, Brighton and founded upon the cornerstones of the internationally famous Montessori method of leadership and tuition. All children aged between 0 and 6 years old are warmly welcomed to our classroom, registration available from birth. We are proud to be a part of the Apple Tree Nursery Schools group.

17/07/2026

Tiny hands, big hearts, endless potential. 💛
It has been a privilege to watch you learn, grow and flourish. As you take your next steps into school, know that you will always be a part of the Apple Tree Montessori family. 🌳✨
Good luck, Class of 2026. We are so proud of you. 🎓🥹💛

04/06/2026

What a busy and exciting week at nursery! 🌟

Our little learners enjoyed a variety of activities, including taste testing different flavours, exploring sensory experiences, creating their own colourful hats, and practising their cutting skills. ✂️🎩🍎

It was wonderful to see their confidence, creativity, and curiosity shining through in every activity. Of course, there was plenty of laughter, play, and fun in between too! 😊

Every day is an opportunity to learn, discover, and make special memories together. ❤️

18/05/2026

We’ve been very busy at nursery lately! 🌍💚

The children had lots of fun celebrating Earth Day by exploring nature, planting in the garden, and learning how to care for our planet. 🌱🪴

Our story topics have also inspired some wonderful activities and crafts, from creating colourful caterpillars with The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐛🍎 to diving under the sea with Commotion in the Ocean 🐠🌊

Between gardening, messy play, crafts, and lots of smiles, we’ve packed in so much learning and fun along the way! ✨

05/03/2026

📚✨ World Book Day ✨📚

Today we celebrated World Book Day by sharing our favourite stories and characters. The children loved dressing up, listening to stories, and exploring different books together.

Reading helps to build language, imagination, and a lifelong love of books — and today was full of excitement and storytelling! 📖💫

19/02/2026

Our children have continued expanding their learning around our “All About Me” topic today, exploring what makes each of us unique and special.

We began by cutting and sorting pictures of things we like and dislike. This encouraged lots of lovely conversations as the children confidently shared their preferences, listened to their friends’ ideas and celebrated how we can all enjoy different things – and that’s okay! ✂️💬

Next, we created self-portraits on paper plates. The children carefully thought about their features, looking closely at themselves and adding details to represent who they are. It was wonderful to see their concentration and pride as they designed their own special faces 🎨🖍️

Later in the day, we introduced the 5 senses. Through discussion and hands-on learning, the children explored how we use our eyes, ears, nose, mouth and hands to understand the world around us. To bring our learning together, we created our very own Mr Potato Head, carefully adding each feature and talking about which sense it represents 👀👂👃👄✋

A fantastic day full of creativity, communication and confidence building – celebrating what makes each and every one of us unique 💛

18/02/2026

As part of our new topic “All About Me”, the children have been creating their very own eyes using collage materials 🎨

The children carefully selected colours to match their own eye colour, using glue and tissue paper to design the iris and adding details around the outside. They showed fantastic concentration, sitting so intently as they placed each piece with care — developing their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination along the way.

What was especially lovely to see was how they supported one another 🥰 The children helped their friends by talking about eye colours, telling each other “Your eyes are blue!” or “Mine are brown!” This encouraged lots of discussion about our similarities and differences, building confidence and awareness of what makes us unique.

We are so proud of how engaged and thoughtful they were throughout this activity. Celebrating our individuality is such an important part of our nursery community 💛

13/02/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day ! 💌
Love from our little ones at Apple Tree 🩷

27/01/2026

Our little ones have been exploring The Colour Monster 💛💙❤️💚🖤

The children have been learning to identify and name different emotions, understand that it’s okay to feel all kinds of feelings, and begin to talk about how emotions affect us.

Through stories, play, and discussion, they’re developing emotional awareness, empathy, confidence, and communication skills 💬💖

Our older children have also been busy practicing their pen grip and early writing skills, using mark-making and drawing to represent the Colour Monster and his feelings ✍️🎨 This helps build fine motor skills, hand strength, focus, and early literacy, all while linking learning to emotions in a fun and meaningful way.

Big feelings, busy hands, and lots of colourful learning happening every day 🌈✨

22/01/2026

Our Rising Fives have been busy little learners, practising their writing skills and sounding out the letters in their names. Such a big step in their learning journey! 🌟✍️

10/12/2025

🎄Christmas has arrived at our nursery!🎄

The children have been busy getting into the festive spirit this week — creating beautiful decorations, exploring sparkly sensory trays, and helping us turn the nursery into a cosy winter wonderland. ❄️✨

We’ve loved seeing their creativity shine through every bauble, snowflake and sprinkle of glitter! ❤️

Keep an eye out over the next couple of weeks as we continue our Christmas activities, crafts and celebrations. It’s truly the most magical time of the year, and we’re so excited to share it with our little ones. 🌟

Address

The Oval Park, Arundel Drive West, Saltdean
Brighton And Hove
BN28SJ

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm

Website

https://appletreenurseryschools.co.uk/

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