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📣📣. Job opportunity 📣📣

We are looking for a qualified member of staff although we may consider an apprentice or unqualified for the right applicant.

Nursery practitioner to work with 2-4 year old’s primarily.
· Ideally Level 2 or above
· All year round
· To start asap

Approx 25 hours per week between 8am -6pm

We are looking for hard working passionate person who loves working with young children aged 6 months & up who is able to work well within a team or on their own, is able to use their own initiative and bring new ideas & experiences to the team.

The successful candidates will be required to;
1) Have a sound understanding of a play-based approach to children's learning and development.
2) Have good basic knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
3) Have good knowledge of the Key Person system & be able to carry out observations, assessments and planning for several Key Children.
4) Have a positive attitude, be motivated, adaptable, kind & caring.
5) To be enthusiastic, use own initiative and able to think creatively to enhance children’s learning and development.
6) To want to grow in experience, be able to reflect on and expand their own practice & professional development.
7) To have good communication skills both written and verbal.
8 ) To work well within a staff team to provide a caring and happy, safe and stimulating environment.
9) Work in closely in partnership with the parents/carers.
10) Ensure confidentiality is always upheld.

Successful candidates will be subject to references and DBS checks

For further information or to apply for this position, please email your CV to [email protected]

👶🏼🍼Baby Room Leader 🍼👶🏼

Are you looking for a new challenge?

We are looking for a baby room leader, to work with babies 6mnth+

· Must be level 3 or above
· 38 hrs per week approx
· Experience of leading/managing a team
· Experience working with babies essential
· Good organisational skills
· To be able to work between 8-6pm all year round
· To start June/July 2025


We are looking for hard working passionate person who loves working with young children aged 6 months & up, who is able to lead a small team, to work well within a team or on their own, able to use their own initiative and bring new ideas & experiences to the team.

The successful candidates will be required to;
1. Have a sound understanding of a play-based approach to children's learning and development.
2. Have good basic knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
3. Have good knowledge of the Key Person system & be able to carry out observations, assessments and planning for several Key Children.
4. Have a positive attitude, be motivated, adaptable, kind & caring.
5. To be enthusiastic, use own initiative and able to think creatively to enhance children’s learning and development.
6. To want to grow in experience, be able to reflect on and expand their own practice & professional development.
7. To have good communication skills both written and verbal.
8. To work well within a staff team to provide a caring and happy, safe and stimulating environment.
9. Work in closely in partnership with the parents/carers.
10. Ensure confidentiality is always upheld.

Successful candidates will be subject to references and DBS checks

For further information or to apply for this position, please email your CV to [email protected]

This morning we have had a visit from Sir Roger Gale. We invited him in to discuss the current issues around the under funding for Early Years.
He really liked our setting and understood our concerns and has gone away with a better understanding of the challenges being faced by the Early Years sector.

We are looking to fill the following positions, on this occasion we are looking for qualified staff and unable to take any apprentices or unqualified.

We are looking for a baby room leader, to work with babies 6mnth+
· Must be level 3 or above
· 38 hrs per week
· Experience of leading/managing a team
· Experience working with babies essential
· Good organisational skills
· To be able to work between 8-6pm all year round
· To start June 2025

Baby room practitioner to work with babies 6mnth+
· Must be level 2 or above
· 26 hrs per week
· Good team player
· To be able to work between 8-6pm all year round
· Experience with babies ideal
· To start July 2025

Practitioner to work with 2-4 year old’s all year round.
· Level 2 or above
· We would consider 2 part time positions or 1 full time (hrs to be confirmed)
· All year round
· To start September 2025


We are looking for hard working passionate people who love working with young children aged 6 months & up who are able to work well within a team or on their own, are able to use their own initiative and bring new ideas & experiences to the team.

The successful candidates will be required to;
1) Have a sound understanding of a play-based approach to children's learning and development.
2) Have good basic knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
3) Have good knowledge of the Key Person system & be able to carry out observations, assessments and planning for several Key Children.
4) Have a positive attitude, be motivated, adaptable, kind & caring.
5) To be enthusiastic, use own initiative and able to think creatively to enhance children’s learning and development.
6) To want to grow in experience, be able to reflect on and expand their own practice & professional development.
7) To have good communication skills both written and verbal.
😎 To work well within a staff team to provide a caring and happy, safe and stimulating environment.
9) Work in closely in partnership with the parents/carers.
10) Ensure confidentiality is always upheld.

Successful candidates will be subject to references and DBS checks

For further information or to apply for this position, please email your CV to [email protected]

We would like to wish everyone a very Happy and Prosperous New 🎉🎉

📕🤩Stick Man Tuff Tray🤩📕

Our bears have been loving the story ‘Stick Man’ recently so one of our staff done this lovely extension activity!

The children used their imaginations to recreate parts of the story and repeated some of the phrases they’ve learnt from the story. Our younger children fully emersed themselves in the sensory experience, using their hands to feel the various textures🤩

🪐🌏🌕Space themed tuff tray🌕🌏🪐

Our bears were fully engrossed when exploring this space tuff tray🪐 it was great for developing language, curiosity for the natural world, cause and effect and fine motor skills. And of course, letting their imaginations go wild!

Our bears had lots of things to say:
“I see planet earth and the moon all the way up to the sky”
“I saw an alien yesterday”
“At night time there’s stars in the sky”
“Rocket is really fast he crashed into the giant mud pit”
“This planet has a big ring around the circle”

📚Trip to the Libary📚

Children developing a love for books is so important! Reading to them helps them to build language skills, improve their literacy skills, develop deeper concentration and enhance imagination!❤️

👨‍🎨🎨Shape Painting🎨👨‍🎨

•Learning shapes
•Exploring & experimenting with colour
•Enhancing creativity
•Building relationships
•Sharing & turn taking skills
•Strengthening fine motor skills
•Developing hand eye coordination

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY & EXPLORATION!