Headstart Nursery

This morning Upper Pre School went on a bus journey around Grantham, the children were all very excited, they loved catching the bus at the bus station and travelling around looking at different parts of Grantham. The very kind bus driver allowed all the children to have a go at sitting in the bus drivers seat.

On their return the children had some snack at Morrisons cafe before walking back to Pre School 🙂

Today Upper Pre School were invited to the Library to listen to an author reading of the book "The Adventures of Millie and the Easter Bunny".
The children enjoyed listening to the story read by the author, and doing an Easter bunny Hokey Cokey!
The children enjoyed colouring Millie and the Easter bunny pictures and they all got to take home a bookmark!

Upper Pre School have been bringing in their Easter bonnets they have made at home ready to take part in the Easter bonnet parades this week!

These are some of the creations from the children that attended this morning. In order for every child in Upper Pre School to take part they do two parades a day in the playground to music, in front of the other children and staff in the nursery who love to clap, cheer and dance along.

Our Easter bonnet parade tradition has been going for nearly 20 years now 🐣🐰👒

🌍📚World Book Day 2026 🌍📚

Today the children have been celebrating World Book Day, every room from Babies to Pre School took part with each room focusing on one of their favourite stories!

The Baby Room - "We're going on a Bear Hunt" 🐻

The Pre Toddler Room - "Dear Zoo" 🦒

The Toddler Room - "What the Ladybird Heard"🐞

Lower Pre School - "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" 🐛🦋

Upper Pre School 1 - "Meg and Mog"🧙🏻‍♀️🐱

Upper Pre School 2 - " The Tiger Who Came to Tea" 🐯

The children love going out on trips, Lower Pre-School have recently visited the Library to choose some books 📚 for story time.

On the way back to nursery they walked along the river and looked at the swans 🦢

Upper Pre-School 1 and the Baby room have been focussing on sensory water play.

Upper Pre School's water play was based around the colour red and the water contained red glitter and red flower petals. The children used syringes and pans to make potions with the water and petals.

In the baby room, their water play was based on smell, they had slices of orange and lemon in their water and pots and pans for emptying and filling.

Today in our Upper Pre School 2 room Teacher Viv made the children a shop.
The children learnt about taking turns, weighing out fruits and vegetables and following lists.
The children wrote lists of the items they wanted to buy from the shops using the words on the table to help them with their letters.

We have a few spaces left in our baby room for a September 2026 start. We have also started taking bookings for babies starting in January and April 2027.
If you are thinking of booking a place with us please get in touch as spaces are going quickly!
More information can be found on our website

www.granthamnurseries.co.uk

🇬🇧 VE DAY - 80 years 🇬🇧
Headstart celebrated today with a party whilst wearing the colours red, white and blue 🇬🇧

🎈🎟 Carnival Day 🎟🎈
On Monday this week the whole nursery joined together to enjoy a carnival day, after the children had handed in their tickets at the ticket booth they played different games, as well as having tattoos done and dancing to music. The children then had popcorn and watched a puppet show.

🎈Headstart’s 30 Year Anniversary🎈

Since the nursery first opened it’s doors on the 7th April 1994 we have cared for over 3,900 children and out of the 23 staff members we have currently working at the nursery, 6 staff members have worked at the nursery for 10+ years and 7 staff members have worked at the nursery for 20+ plus years.

To celebrate this magnificent achievement we had a party last Friday at nursery to celebrate 30 years of caring for children at Headstart!
The children enjoyed party games, party food and cake.
The nursery owner Di Smith gave a speech to the staff explaining how their care and commitment to keep the children safe and happy are what keeps the nursery thriving!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the families that have been through our doors over the last 30 years for your support, and for choosing us to be trusted with your children 🎈