Creative Explorers Day Nursery

Kindness starts small and grows when a community comes together. 💚

This year Creative Explorers will be supporting five incredible charities through our events and fundraising across the year:






And of couse - a cause close to our hearts as a Nursery community -

If you'd like to support our efforts for 2026, simply scan the QR code to visit our JustGiving page or talk to us at our next nursery event.

Together we can turn small acts of generosity into a big impact.

A Week of Wellbeing, Culture & Connection

Last week at Creative Explorers was filled with meaningful moments.

We explored emotions and calm during Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, celebrated reflection and renewal through Maha Shivaratri, and finished on a high with Valentine’s Day, focusing on kindness, friendship, and a little extra love for our amazing team (love abd lattes included ☕💗).

It’s weeks like this that remind us why we do what we do, going beyond the expected to create a nurturing, connected, and joyful environment for children, families, and staff.

This is early years… and then there’s Creative Explorers.

Sneak peek at our extras & curriculum enrichment;
– active learning for our preschoolers!

Little Star Sports is one of the specialist enrichment sessions our preschool children enjoy each week at Creative Explorers. Through fun sports games, movement challenges and team activities, children develop coordination, confidence and social skills — all while staying active and having fun.

We also offer a variety of enrichment activities across our baby and toddler rooms each week, with sneak peeks of those coming very soon

Five-Star Standards at Preschool 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Rita impressed the inspector with outstanding cleanliness, professionalism, and our Nourish initiative menu.

We’re delighted to share that our Preschool received 5 out of 5 in an unannounced food and hygiene inspection today!
A special thank you to our Head Chef at Crouch End, Rita, who was (as always!) calm, confident, and meticulous. The inspector was extremely impressed by her professionalism, high standards of cleanliness, and the quality of our Nourish initiative menu.
Brilliant work, Rita!

Little Birds, Big Learning

We are taking part in the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch

We are busy taking part in the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch.

Why let the learning stop at nursery? Try these age-based birdwatching ideas at home this weekend, take a few photos, and send them to your child’s team, we’d love to see them!

Recipe of the Month: Mince Pie Crumble

A festive favourite with a gentler sweetness

This comforting Mince Pie Crumble brings all the warmth of Christmas with a thoughtful twist. We’ve swapped refined sugar for a natural alternative, using date syrup for gentle sweetness. Packed with fruity goodness and topped with a golden oat crumble, it’s a cosy, family-friendly dessert that feels indulgent while keeping things simple and wholesome.

What an incredible day we had at our Hawaiian-themed Summer Party! ☀️

🌴Our families, children and staff came together to celebrate, have fun, and raise money for a cause very close to our hearts.

✨ Together, we raised an amazing £2,583.25 for the The Oliver Steeper Foundation This amazing total will go on to provide around 20 wall-mounted life-saving kits to nurseries across the country – a truly lasting impact

We are so proud of our wonderful Creative Explorers community, thank you to everyone who joined us, donated prizes, and purchased raffle tickets.

A massive thankyou to Creative Explorers Day Nursery who raised a phenomenal £2120 plus £463.25 in Gift Aid. Thank you to all the staff, parents and children who made amazing total for our charity. 💙💙

Raffle Update – We've Hit Our Target! 🎉

We’re thrilled to share that thanks to your incredible support, we’ve already hit our initial fundraising target of £1,000 for The Oliver Steeper Foundation

💛 But we’re not stopping there… With over £2,000 worth of amazing prizes now up for grabs (and more being added!), we’d love to keep the momentum going and raise even more for this important cause (and we may have extended our target!)

A HUGE thank you to all those who have donated prizes!

🎟️ You can still buy raffle tickets here:

👉 https://www.justgiving.com/page/creative-explorers

Tickets are £1 each or £5 for a strip. Just donate the amount you'd like in exchange for tickets, and they will be delivered directly to your child's site in due course.

✨ Thank you for being part of something so special — let’s keep going and raise as much as we can together!