Elflin's outdoor based early years childcare setting

Elflin's outdoor based early years childcare setting Ofsted Registered early years educator with 10+ years of childcare experience from birth onwards, wo We are based in Tidworth. Be warned it will get MESSY!

All day childcare available in our OFSTED Registered OUTSTANDING setting. Opening hours are 8:00 - 5:00pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and 8:00-4:00 on Wednesday and Fridays. We accept 15 and 30 hour funding, tax free childcare and childcare vouchers, please feel free to discuss requirements. We are one of the only outdoor based free flowing setting in the area. Allowing children to spend as much or as little time outside as they feel, all in a safe environment, with all learning resources extending and complementing the inside resouces and environment. Lots of messy play to aid development including digging in the sand and mud patch and growing vegetables! We aim to offer free range back to nature childcare. We enjoy lots of nature walks, exploring in the woods and trips to National trust and English heritage and other exciting places. We offer a flexible easy to follow routine which is designed to suit your individual child's needs. All invitations and provocations are inclusive and follow the EYFS and support your child's age and development following the curiosityapproach! However, we also fully support free play as it is crucial for children's development. We aim to insure that Elflin's feels like a home from home insuring your child feels safe and secure and loved therefore you will feel reassured that they are in a safe, loving and caring environment where their needs are always met and you know they feel loved and secure whilst you work. Any more details please don't hesitate to ask, viewings welcome and free settling in sessions included. I look forward to hearing from you. Prices start from Β£5.30 an hour.

This week the Elflin's have enjoyed lots of potions making. Which is fantastic for colour recognition, maths and colour ...
16/01/2026

This week the Elflin's have enjoyed lots of potions making. Which is fantastic for colour recognition, maths and colour mixing 🎨

If you have an invoice. It should be online with the normal payment date of the 1st. (With the 1st falling on the weekend. If you are using tax free childcare. To avoid late fees ensure it is put through before Saturday.) As otherwise it won't reach me until monday 3rd. Thank you.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend. Thank you, the Elflin team.

Welcome back and happy new year. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and made lots of precious families memories. ...
09/01/2026

Welcome back and happy new year. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and made lots of precious families memories.
This week we have been taking the time to settle back in and getting the Elflin's used to playing outside again.
With that in mind. Could all our Elflin's come in layered up and weather ready. Including our babies. We play outside everyday so they need to come in prepared. Also if hats and gloves could be named that would be great. Thank you.

We are now a term time only setting. So please follow the calendar on the notice board for closure dates.

We hope you all have a wondeful weekend. Thank you, the Elflin team.

We wish you all a wonderful Christmas. And a wonderful new year.πŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ„Thank you so much for our gifts we really appreciate ...
18/12/2025

We wish you all a wonderful Christmas. And a wonderful new year.πŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ„

Thank you so much for our gifts we really appreciate them.

*Invoices are online and due on the 1st.

Have a wondeful restful break. Thank you for another fantastic year. The Elflin team. πŸŽ„

16/12/2025

Here is a useful link sent to us by the Dr's. About coughs and how to treat them. It includes information on temperatures and when to see a Dr.

15/12/2025

Good afternoon,

We are asking parents to please keep an eye on their children's coughs and temperatures, please. As there are a lot of contagious coughs going around that are leading to URI in infants.

Also, with Christmas being around the corner, we are trying to contain it as much as we can. With a mixed age range, our babies are suffering the most and getting really poorly. When children are consistently sent in poorly. We would like to try and prevent them from being poorly for Christmas.

Thank you for your understanding. πŸŽ„

We started the week off decorating the setting. Which the Elflins really enjoyed. We have had a slow week this week with...
05/12/2025

We started the week off decorating the setting. Which the Elflins really enjoyed.
We have had a slow week this week with lots of our Elflin's being poorly.
Despite this we have still explored lots of Christmas invitations and provocations.

Please remember that the alexa doesn't come on until 8. I've done this as I've asked many times for parents not to come in the garden and press the doorbell before 8. If it's pressed before 8 it won't come through. Ideally don't press it before 8:01 as it doesn't seem to always come through. So we won't know you are there!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. The Elflin team.

This week we have been creeping into Christmas!! And enjoying the seasonal changes. On walk day we made a wish tree. Ful...
28/11/2025

This week we have been creeping into Christmas!! And enjoying the seasonal changes.

On walk day we made a wish tree. Full of Christmas wishes.

Thank you, for supporting your Elflins development at home. With fun games and activities. This is really important that we all work together to support our Elflin's.

Please remember invoices are due on the 1st.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. The Elflin team πŸ’œ

What a chilly week we have had this week ❄️ thank you for everyone who has wrapped their Elflin up. To keep their Elflin...
21/11/2025

What a chilly week we have had this week ❄️ thank you for everyone who has wrapped their Elflin up. To keep their Elflin warm.
This week we have been working on communication, focusing on speech and understanding. We have used lots of instruction games to encourage this. It would be great if families can also encourage this at home with lots of sharing stories and also fun games such as musical statues etc.

We didn't make it out on walk day due to a lot of grumpy and tired Elflin's. Instead we decided to stay in and make nature wands.

We finished off the week with an Elflin tea party. πŸ«–

Invoices should all be on baby's days. With the usual payment of the 1st. Just a polite reminder about messaging out of hours. I would really appreciate not having to answer messages when I'm not at work. If it is not urgent please pop it in the communication book. πŸ™

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Thank you, the Elflin team πŸ’œ

18/11/2025

Good evening,

As you all may have noticed, the weather has plummeted this week!! Please, could our Elflin's be sent in with a couple of layers of clothing on/thermals, etc. And a thick coat. Waterproofs are a great way to keep warm, too. I know a lot of children don't like keeping hats and gloves on, but please do send them in ready.

Thank you, the Elflin team ❄️

This week we have been learning about poppies. Recreating them with nature. Following a child's interest we made bird fe...
14/11/2025

This week we have been learning about poppies. Recreating them with nature.

Following a child's interest we made bird feeders in the woods.

We finished the week off jumping in puddles. In the pouring rain β˜”οΈ

To support independence we do ask that the Elflin's are carrying their own bags in. With the weather getting cold and wet. Please, could you make sure your Elflin is ready for the day when they come in. As we are finding that a lot of the Elflin's are not ready for the day. They should be in their puddle suits especially on rainy days. ( If your Elflins waterproofs are here obviously we will make sure they put them on 😊)

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. The Elflin team πŸ’œ

Address

North Tidworth
SP97JW

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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