Playdays Nursery Farnborough

Three weeks to go… 31 August is the deadline to have applied for Working Families funded childcare to start from September.

Apply now for your pre-school child to take up their funded hours from September.https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/childcare-early-years-education/

Huge congratulations to Sophie on the safe arrival of baby Leo. I’m sure you will join us in wishing them both a beautiful and smooth recovery in their new baby bubble 🫧🩵

Welcome to the world baby Leo 💙🩵

☀️ Newsletter: Week commencing 20th April 2026

Wow, what a fun and creative week we have had ✨

Providing opportunities for creativity in early years fosters critical thinking skills, provides opportunities for emotional expression, and cognitive growth.

It involves exploring, imagining, and problem-solving through play rather than focusing on a finished product.

We nurture this by providing open-ended materials, time for exploration, and a supportive, low-pressure environment ✨

We hope you all had a fantastic Easter and half term 🐣🐰🥚

We are excited for a fun filled Summer term! ✨

✨ Exploring Our Senses ✨

Sensory exploration helps children understand how their actions affect what’s around them. It also supports brain development, enhances memory, complex tasks and develops problem solving skills.

Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving and creativity. It helps to build nerve connections in the brain and encourages the development of language and motor skills ✨

🐚 Summer Term Upcoming Events 🐚

☘️ Newsletter: Week commencing 16th March 2026

🧑‍🔬🧫🔬 Science Week 🧬🧪🥼

We had so much fun during science week!

Science in the early years is vital as it builds critical thinking, resilience, and problem-solving skills through natural curiosity.
By exploring how things work, not just memorising facts, children develop scientific habits like observing, questioning, and testing ideas.

Our play-based approach teaches them that mistakes are part of learning, boosts their vocabulary, and establishes a positive, lifelong relationship with discovery and the world around them 🧑‍🔬

(PSED, CL, PD, M, UW, EAD)

🌷 Newsletter: week commencement 9th March 2026