Stone Bay Montessori and Beach School

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A traditional, small & nurturing Montessori setting, inspiring independence and a love for learning | Montessori Learning 💛 | Beach Adventures 🌊 | Outdoor Learning 🌿

04/09/2026

🌿 Join our team at Stone Bay Montessori and Beach School!

We’re looking for a warm, enthusiastic and experienced Early Years Assistant to join our lovely team in Broadstairs.

This is an additional role within our team, providing extra support for the children’s learning, play and everyday adventures. It’s a wonderful opportunity for someone who loves early years education, enjoys being outdoors and is interested in the Montessori approach. 🌊

📍 Broadstairs, Kent
🗓️ Term-time only — full-time preferred, but part-time applications are very welcome.
✨ Immediate start available, with applications welcomed now.

If you’re a caring, creative team player who would love to help children build confidence, independence and a love of learning, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply, please send your CV and a short introduction to [email protected], including your preferred working days and availability.

Stone Bay Montessori and Beach School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Appointment is subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Please share with anyone who might be a lovely addition to our team! 💛

24/08/2026

💃✨ DANCE TEACHER WANTED! ✨💃

Are you a qualified and experienced dance teacher who loves inspiring young children through movement, music and creativity?

Stone Bay Montessori & Beach School is looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Dance Teacher to join our wonderful team and lead engaging dance sessions for our nursery children.

🌟 The Role

Term-time only
1 morning per week
9:00am – 11:45am
Teaching dance to young children in a fun, nurturing and age-appropriate environment
Planning and delivering engaging sessions that encourage movement, rhythm, coordination, confidence and self-expression

💫 We’re Looking For Someone Who:

Is qualified and experienced in teaching dance to children
Has a warm, enthusiastic and encouraging personality
Is confident working with young children
Can create fun, engaging and developmentally appropriate dance sessions
Is reliable, professional and passionate about working with children
Shares our belief that learning should be creative, joyful and child-led

🌿 About Us

At Stone Bay Montessori & Beach School, we provide a nurturing and inspiring environment where children are encouraged to explore, discover and develop through meaningful experiences.

Our enrichment sessions are an important part of our curriculum, and we are looking for someone who can bring energy, creativity and a love of dance to our nursery community. 💛

📩 Interested?

If you are passionate about dance and love working with young children, we would love to hear from you!

Please send your CV and a brief introduction telling us about your experience teaching dance to children to [email protected]

Stone Bay Montessori & Beach School
📍 Broadstairs, Kent
💃 1 morning per week | Term-time only | 9:00am–11:45am

🌿 Learning, Exploring & Growing in Our Garden 🌱✨At Stone Bay Montessori, our garden is a vibrant outdoor classroom where...
03/08/2026

🌿 Learning, Exploring & Growing in Our Garden 🌱✨

At Stone Bay Montessori, our garden is a vibrant outdoor classroom where children are free to explore, imagine, create and grow.

From running, skipping and balancing on beams and bucket stilts to climbing on our frames, children develop confidence, coordination, balance and a love of movement. 🌳

Our outdoor space also sparks endless opportunities for imaginative play — from pirates to doctors — while our mud kitchen becomes a hub of creativity, with recipes, potions and imaginative tea parties taking shape. 🥣✨

Through planting and harvesting vegetables, as well as caring for our apple and pear trees, children develop an understanding of nature, growth and responsibility. Our herb garden adds another wonderful sensory experience, inspiring potion-making, exploration and discovery. 🌿

In our garden, learning comes to life through freedom, creativity, movement and a deep connection with the natural world. 💚

🌍 Exploring the World at Stone Bay Montessori ✨In our Cultural Area at Stone Bay Montessori, learning goes far beyond th...
03/08/2026

🌍 Exploring the World at Stone Bay Montessori ✨

In our Cultural Area at Stone Bay Montessori, learning goes far beyond the classroom walls. Through hands-on activities, meaningful discussions and curiosity-led exploration, our children discover the beauty and diversity of the world around them.

From celebrating traditions such as Chinese New Year 🧧 to piecing together human body puzzles, every activity helps to deepen their understanding of people, cultures and the world we live in.

Our land and water trays introduce new vocabulary such as “archipelago”, while our interactive globe helps children locate continents and learn songs that bring geography to life. 🌎🎶

We also explore important topics such as recycling and waste management ♻️, helping children understand how we can all care for and protect our planet. Alongside this, children learn about body parts, classify animals and observe the ever-changing weather 🌦️ — building knowledge through meaningful, real-world connections.

At Stone Bay Montessori, we nurture global awareness, independence and a lifelong love of learning — one discovery at a time. 💛

🌈 Exploring Through the Senses at Stone Bay Montessori ✨At Stone Bay Montessori, our Sensorial Area is a calm and engagi...
03/08/2026

🌈 Exploring Through the Senses at Stone Bay Montessori ✨

At Stone Bay Montessori, our Sensorial Area is a calm and engaging space where children learn through their senses. With a range of carefully chosen, hands-on materials, children explore textures, colours, sounds and shapes in a way that encourages curiosity, concentration and independence.

The Sensorial Area supports the development of fine motor skills, coordination, concentration and early problem-solving skills, while providing a calm and inviting environment where children can feel settled, secure and ready to learn.

Through child-led exploration and purposeful activities, we encourage children to discover, investigate and make connections at their own pace — nurturing a lifelong love of learning from an early age. 💛

🧩 Exploring with Montessori Cylinders ✨Montessori knobbed and unknobbed cylinders are classic Sensorial materials that h...
03/08/2026

🧩 Exploring with Montessori Cylinders ✨

Montessori knobbed and unknobbed cylinders are classic Sensorial materials that help children develop visual discrimination, coordination and fine motor skills through hands-on exploration.

Knobbed cylinders are wooden blocks containing cylinders that fit into matching sockets. Children carefully remove and replace each cylinder, strengthening their pincer grip while developing their ability to recognise and compare differences in size and dimension.

As children progress, unknobbed cylinders build upon these skills. Without sockets to guide them, children are encouraged to independently sort and arrange the cylinders according to size and dimension, supporting deeper concentration, problem-solving and logical thinking.

Together, these activities help develop concentration, coordination, independence and early mathematical understanding, while encouraging children to learn through purposeful, hands-on discovery. 💛

🔢 Exploring Maths at Stone Bay Montessori ✨At Stone Bay Montessori, our Maths Area is a calm and engaging space where ch...
03/08/2026

🔢 Exploring Maths at Stone Bay Montessori ✨

At Stone Bay Montessori, our Maths Area is a calm and engaging space where children explore early mathematical concepts through hands-on learning. We believe maths is about understanding patterns, order, quantity and the world around us — not simply numbers.

Children begin with concrete materials such as number rods, beads and counting objects, allowing them to see, touch and experience quantities before moving on to numerals and simple mathematical operations. Activities are carefully sequenced, supporting each child to build their understanding and confidence step by step.

Independence is at the heart of our approach. Children can choose activities, work at their own pace and use self-correcting materials, helping them to develop problem-solving skills, concentration and resilience.

Through this supportive and purposeful environment, we nurture a love of mathematics while encouraging curiosity, confidence and a strong foundation for future learning. 💛

📚 Exploring Language at Stone Bay Montessori ✨Language is a key part of a child’s development, helping children communic...
03/08/2026

📚 Exploring Language at Stone Bay Montessori ✨

Language is a key part of a child’s development, helping children communicate, express their ideas and understand the world around them. At Stone Bay Montessori, our Language Area is carefully prepared to support children as they naturally develop their speaking, listening, reading and early writing skills.

Children are immersed in a rich language environment throughout the day. Through conversations with educators and peers, storytelling and sharing experiences, children continually develop their vocabulary, communication skills and confidence in expressing themselves.

Rhymes, songs and sound games are also an important part of our classroom. These fun and engaging activities help children to listen carefully, recognise patterns in language and become aware of the sounds within words — all important foundations for future reading and writing. 🎶🔤

Through purposeful activities and meaningful interactions, we nurture a love of language while giving children the confidence and skills they need to become enthusiastic communicators and lifelong learners. 💛

🌱 The Practical Life Area — More Than Just Activities ✨Practical Life is about so much more than simply completing activ...
03/08/2026

🌱 The Practical Life Area — More Than Just Activities ✨

Practical Life is about so much more than simply completing activities. It lays important foundations for independence, concentration, coordination, confidence and emotional development, while helping children develop skills that support learning throughout life.

Through purposeful movement and meaningful, everyday tasks, children learn to care for themselves, others and their environment. Activities such as pouring, transferring, cleaning, dressing and food preparation give children opportunities to practise real-life skills while developing focus, coordination and a growing sense of responsibility.

In Montessori, we don’t simply teach children how to do things — we create an environment where they can try, practise, problem-solve and become increasingly independent.

We nurture capable, confident and caring individuals, giving children the foundations they need to engage positively with the world around them. 💛

🌿 The Montessori Practical Life Area: Where Independence Begins ✨One of the most beautiful and purposeful areas in a Mon...
03/08/2026

🌿 The Montessori Practical Life Area: Where Independence Begins ✨

One of the most beautiful and purposeful areas in a Montessori classroom is the Practical Life Area. At first glance, it may look simple — pouring water, polishing a mirror, buttoning a frame or sweeping the floor — but these everyday activities are powerful building blocks for a child’s development.

🌿 What is Practical Life?

Within the Montessori philosophy, developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, Practical Life activities are everyday tasks that help children learn to care for themselves, care for their environment and interact respectfully with others.

These activities are carefully designed to develop independence, concentration, coordination, confidence and a sense of responsibility.

Because each activity has a clear beginning, middle and end, children are encouraged to concentrate deeply, follow a sequence and complete a task independently. These skills become important foundations for learning across all areas of the Montessori classroom and beyond.

At Stone Bay Montessori, we give children the time, space and freedom to practise these meaningful skills at their own pace — helping them discover, “I can do it myself!” 💛

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Holy Trinity Church Hall, Church Road
Broadstairs
CT101EZ

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 3:30pm
Thursday 8am - 3:30pm
Friday 8am - 3:30pm

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