Salterlee Under 5's

04/06/2026

✨ COMING SOON: SMARTIES NURSERY AT SALTERLEE ✨

September 2026 marks the start of an exciting new chapter, as Salterlee becomes home to the second Smarties Nursery!

This expansion strengthens the early years provision and creates a smooth, supportive pathway for the youngest learners across the Polaris Multi-Academy Trust.

Join us for our Open Evening and discover our nurturing environment, meet our team, and see what makes our nursery special. We can't wait to welcome you!

📅 Wednesday 8th July
⏰ 4pm - 5:30pm
📍 Smarties Nursery at Salterlee Primary School

01/06/2026

From September, Salterlee Under Fives will be known as Smarties at Salterlee. It is a very exciting time for our Early Years, please like and follow the new page to see our jounrey.
https://www.facebook.com/SmartiesSalterlee

*From September 2026, this page will no longer be active.

21/05/2026

22/04/2026

Salterlee School’s beautiful garden in full bloom this morning 🪻🌸🌼🌷🌺🌹

15/04/2026

Mud painting surrounded by beautiful bluebells!

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Exploring quantities and consistencies as the children mixed mud and water to create their paints. They found sticks to use as their mark making tools and created some amazing art work!

Lots of fine motor challenges as they dug up the mud with small handled tools, dipped their sticks into the mud and created their masterpieces!

12/12/2025

Christmas stay and play session with our families.

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The children went foraging for holly across the valley to prepare for a Christmas center piece activity, a wonderful learning experience linking nature with creativity.

There were also gingerbread decorations to be made and a delicious snack of mince pies and gingerbread.

Stay and play sessions are a great opportunity for children to foster their sense of self and identity and to share their learning with their families.

We wish all our families a very Merry Christmas. 🎅

11/09/2025

A lovely start to the new school year. ☀️

This week we have been blackberry picking across shibden valley, a fantastic seasonal activity that fosters children’s understanding of nature, growth and early science. And of course we popped in to say hello to the alpacas and sheep to introduce them to all our new children. 🦙

We have used the blackberries for mark making media, a great edible art experiences as children mash and squash the berries creating different shades of purple and pink. 🪻

We also added the blackberries to our play dough, enhancing the sensory experience of dough play with added colours, textures and scents. 🌸

Next week we will be making delicious blackberry crumble! 🥧

14/07/2025

Story time with Miss Watson at our woodlands den! 🌳 📕 🍃📚📖🍂 ☀️ 📖 📕 🌳 🍃 ☀️ 📖 📕
With transition round the corner for our older children we are creating lots of shared learning experiences with their new teacher to prepare them for their new exciting adventure at school!

17/06/2025

Meeting baby clover the alpaca 🦙 what a privilege!
We also got to feed the alpacas and watch them have a shower! Such a awe inspiring morning for the children ☀️
Back at school we had a special visit from ‘squirt!’ The tortoise 🐢! We have bathed him, fed him and observed his movements! He is much quicker than you think! ☀️🌳

11/06/2025

Saying ‘good morning’ to the alpacas 🦙

This morning we tested out our tree swing! It was very exciting and the children loved cheering each other on (and the teachers!).

Swinging is not only great fun but it also promotes many physical skills including strengthening core muscles, enhancing spatial awareness and developing the vestibular system, which is crucial for children’s balance and coordination.

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