Hurworth Little Acorns

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Little Acorns Day Nursery has been a part of the fabric of Hurworth for 20 years, we are a family nursery serving the local community looking after children aged 2-5 years, we are located on site at Hurworth Primary School

23/09/2026

🌱✨ WE’RE HIRING! JOIN OUR LITTLE ACORNS FAMILY! ✨🌱

💛 Experienced Nursery Practitioner wanted 💛
📍 Little Acorns Nursery, Hurworth
⏰ Minimum 25 hours per week during term time
📅 One-year contract initially

Are you passionate about helping little people learn, grow and flourish? 🌟

Little Acorns Nursery is looking for a flexible, experienced Nursery Practitioner to join our friendly team as soon as possible.

We provide outstanding early years experiences for children aged 2–4 years, with opportunities to work with children aged 5–11 years through our after-school club and school holiday provision.

🌈 WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO…
✔️ Has recent experience working in an early years setting
✔️ Holds a relevant Level 3 qualification or above
✔️ Has a strong understanding of EYFS and the Characteristics of Effective Learning
✔️ Is caring, enthusiastic and creative
✔️ Communicates brilliantly with children, parents, colleagues and other professionals
✔️ Can use their initiative to create safe, stimulating and educational experiences
✔️ Is ready to become a fantastic key worker for a group of children

🎨 WHAT’S LIFE LIKE AT LITTLE ACORNS?
It’s fun. It’s rewarding. It’s sometimes messy! 😂

Expect plenty of paint, singing, creativity, laughter and learning — and yes, you may occasionally need those famous “eyes in the back of your head”! 👀

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real difference to children's lives every day, we'd love to hear from you. 💕

🕐 THE HOURS
Term time: Minimum 25 hours per week with fixed hours.

School holidays: More flexible hours, including opportunities to work with children aged 5–11.

📩 INTERESTED?
Send your full CV to:

📧 [email protected]
📞 01325 720396

📅 Closing date: Friday 9th October
🤝 Interviews: Week commencing Monday 19th October

🌟 Could you be the next little acorn to join our team?

Please share with anyone who you think might be interested!!

It has been lovely to welcome new and existing children into nursery over the last couple of weeks.The children have all...
17/09/2026

It has been lovely to welcome new and existing children into nursery over the last couple of weeks.
The children have all been amazing and have settled really well despite some initial short lived tears.
It has been great getting to know each one, building relationships with them and find out their interests and motivators.
We have all had great fun exploring a range of activities both inside and outside in the gardens.
Existing friendships are continuing to develop alongside new ones being made.
We are so excited to see where this next year takes us and what adventures we go on.

30/08/2026

Further to our earlier post ALL CHILDREN BOOKED IN TO ATTEND NURSERY ON WEDNESDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER WILL NEED A PACKED LUNCH.
The school are having an extra training day so the kitchen is closed. Normal school lunches will resume from Thursday 3rd September.

30/08/2026

We hope that you have all had a lovely summer and we are looking forward to opening our doors for the start of the Autumn term on WEDNESDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER. (Please note we are closed on Tuesday 1st September due to staff training.)

17/07/2026

We can’t believe that another academic year is coming to an end - they seem to go faster and faster!

It is always a difficult time as we have to say goodbye to the children who are leaving us to embark on the next step of their educational journey. We wish them all the best and know they will fully embrace it and continue to fly high.

We all love our jobs and are honoured that we get to play such an important part in the lives and education of young children.

We would like to give a special thank you to all the parents who have worked with us and supported us over the last year, we could not do it without you.

We are sorry about the frequent stained, dirty, food covered and wet clothes that have come home, but would like you to know that each mark or scuff has represented a learning experience, a memory made, a friendship developed and a moment of happiness.

Thank you very much for all the thoughtful cards and gifts we have received.

Wishing you all a summer full of fun and making memories. ☀️

We all had a fantastic water week last week.Some of the children loved playing in the paddling pools and splashing one a...
29/06/2026

We all had a fantastic water week last week.
Some of the children loved playing in the paddling pools and splashing one another while some children preferred slightly less wet activities.
In addition to the paddling pools and water slides, the children used water and cloths to wash the big and little vehicles, explored different coloured water, investigated floating and sinking, held boat races, practised filling, emptying and pouring but most of all they all had fun, deepened their friendships with their peers through mutual interests and made some fantastic memories.

21/06/2026

This week we are having a water week in nursery to coincide with the forecasted hot weather.
During the week we will exploring a range of water themed activities, having fun and making memories.
Please can all children bring a water/sunsuit/costume, water shoes/crocs, a towel and spare clothes.
Let the fun begin 💦🔫🚿🐳

21/06/2026

With the weather looking very warm for the coming week, please can we ask that all children come to nursery with sunscreen applied and a named bottle handed to staff so it can be reapplied during the day.
All children must also bring a sunhat and suitable spare clothes.
Many thanks for your continued support.

Over the last few weeks our Caterpillar children have continued to explore The Secret Garden. The children have loved pa...
18/06/2026

Over the last few weeks our Caterpillar children have continued to explore The Secret Garden. The children have loved painting around one of the big trees using sticks, leaves, hands and brushes to create a range of marks and investigating colour mixing.
In addition to painting in the garden the children loved printing and creating some colourful symmetrical butterflies.
Our focus story has been The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We have explored different fruits and foods from the story and practised our counting skills, watched and made observations about our caterpillars turning into butterflies before we released them in our allotment area, retold the story using a story sack and hunted for mini beasts outside.
The children have also been transferring their play and skills from the indoor kitchen to the outdoor mud kitchen using some fantastic vocabulary and demonstrating their friendships.

Just thought this might be of interest if anyone is looking for something to do next Saturday.
24/05/2026

Just thought this might be of interest if anyone is looking for something to do next Saturday.

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Little Acorns, Hurworth Primary School, Westfield Drive
Darlington
DL22ET

Opening Hours

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

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