Woodleys Farm

Woodleys Farm Woodleys Farm create a home from home environment, with the added special touch of animals, including sheep, ponies, goats, ducks and small animals.

Woodleys Farm is a magical place to be! Our strong, close knit team works hard to ensure our children are always happy and learning through play. The childrens interests are the centre of all our planning, so we can support their learning and development through the things they know and love! Find us in our Learning Library retelling scenes from The Gruffalo to our friends with props, mixing up some Frozen inspired playdough in our Messy Kitchen or even building sets from our favourite shows with small world materials in our Land of Imagination! The possibilities are endless here at Woodley’s Farm! We celebrate lots of different cultures to ensure our children have a rich, diverse start to life and explore many countries through our themed days and through special events going on around the world like the World Cup. Our vast outdoor space is used every day, with the children able to use both the front and back gardens. Our beautiful grassy, tree filled front garden is home to exploration and imaginative play as we search for fairies in the woodland areas, run, jump and climb with our friends. In the back garden we become builders in the construction area, train drivers on the role play train and chefs in the mud kitchen. We even love to eat our meals outdoors in the sunnier weather. Both outdoor areas are home to our animals friends, where the children can meet horses, bunnies, Guinea pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and goats! Why not give us a call and see if you love Woodleys Farm as much as we all do! Miss Lauren or Miss Kate will always be on the end of the line ready to discuss any questions you may have about our beautiful, free flow, home from home setting. We look forward to hearing from you!!

🌿🔥 Building Our Own Campfire! 🔥🌿Today, Miss Lucy and the toddlers headed outdoors to collect natural materials for their...
05/10/2026

🌿🔥 Building Our Own Campfire! 🔥🌿

Today, Miss Lucy and the toddlers headed outdoors to collect natural materials for their very own campfire. The children carefully searched for sticks, twigs and leaves, making choices and working together💚

This simple experience supported communication and language, physical development, problem-solving, independence and understanding of the natural world. Most importantly, the children were able to lead their own learning, make decisions and feel proud of their contribution. ❤️

🏡 At home
Why not go on a mini nature hunt together? Collect a few safe natural objects such as leaves, twigs and stones, then talk about their size, shape, texture and colour. Can your child sort them or create their own pretend campfire? 🔥🍂

05/10/2026

🌿 We’re Hiring! 🌿

Do you love muddy knees, messy play, big imaginations and even bigger smiles? 😍

Woodleys Farm Nursery is looking for a fun, caring Nursery Practitioner to join our team! 🐑🌳

✨ Rural farm setting
✨ Free childcare
✨ Fun, friendly team
✨ Plenty of fresh air & outdoor adventures

If you’re passionate about helping little ones learn, grow and have the best time doing it — we’d love to hear from you! 💚

📩 Get in touch to find out more!
[email protected]

Thank you Miss Lauryn for the dedication to this TikTok!🤩

🌿✨ COME AND DISCOVER OUR WONDERFUL OUTDOOR WORLD! ✨🌿At our nursery, we believe some of the best learning happens outdoor...
05/10/2026

🌿✨ COME AND DISCOVER OUR WONDERFUL OUTDOOR WORLD! ✨🌿

At our nursery, we believe some of the best learning happens outdoors! 💚

🍂 Our Mud Kitchen is always a favourite! 👩‍🍳

From mixing magical potions to creating delicious looking mud pies, our children can let their imaginations run wild while developing communication, creativity, problem solving and physical skills.

🌱 Why outdoor learning matters:

✨ Builds confidence and independence
✨ Encourages curiosity and exploration
✨ Develops gross and fine motor skills
✨ Supports communication and social development
✨ Inspires imaginative and creative play
✨ Provides wonderful opportunities to learn about nature and the world around us

We love creating spaces where children can get messy, get curious and have fun while learning! 💚

Enquire now to book your space❗️
Call us on : 01604 862248 📞
Email us : [email protected] 💌


🎨✨ A FACE FULL OF SYMMETRY! ✨🎨Today, Miss Rhiannon and our toddlers have been exploring the fascinating world of symmetr...
04/10/2026

🎨✨ A FACE FULL OF SYMMETRY! ✨🎨

Today, Miss Rhiannon and our toddlers have been exploring the fascinating world of symmetry through colour, creativity and a little bit of mathematical thinking! 🧠🌈

Each child was given a picture of half of their own face, with the other side left blank. Their challenge was to use wax crayons to carefully create the missing half. 🖍️👀

As they experimented, the children were encouraged to look closely at their own features, notice patterns and shapes, and think carefully about where each part of their face should go.

🔍 Developing observation skills
🧠 Exploring early mathematical concepts such as symmetry and pattern
🖍️ Strengthening fine motor control and pencil grip
🎨 Expressing creativity through colour and mark-making
🗣️ Developing language as we talked about facial features
🌟 Building concentration, confidence and perseverance

Miss Rhiannon supported the children with thoughtful questions and encouragement, allowing them to look, think, experiment and make their own discoveries.

It was wonderful to see the children so fascinated by their own faces and proud of their finished creations! 🥰

Who knew a little wax crayon could inspire so much thinking? 🖍️💭✨

At home: Choose a favourite family photograph, print it out. Can your child draw, paint or colour each family member? Encourage them to look closely at eyes, ears, noses, hair and facial features and talk about what they notice 💚

🧙‍♀️✨ ALL ABOARD THE BROOMSTICK! ✨🧹Miss Jo and our toddlers have been busy getting creative and thinking about how the w...
04/10/2026

🧙‍♀️✨ ALL ABOARD THE BROOMSTICK! ✨🧹

Miss Jo and our toddlers have been busy getting creative and thinking about how the witch could travel on her magical adventures! 🧙‍♀️🌙

With lots of imagination, teamwork and curiosity, the children transformed simple resources into broomsticks, cars, trains and all sorts of wonderful ways for the witch to travel! 🚂🚗🧹

But behind all the fun, there was some fantastic learning happening…

💭 Imagination & creativity – turning ideas into something tangible
🗣️ Communication & language – sharing ideas, describing creations and developing vocabulary
🤝 Social development – working alongside friends and sharing resources
🧠 Problem-solving – thinking about how their creations could work
💪 Physical development – building, carrying, balancing and manipulating materials
🌟 Confidence & independence – having their own ideas and seeing them come to life

Miss Jo followed the children’s ideas, giving them the time, space and encouragement to lead the play and take their imaginations wherever they wanted to go.

Because sometimes the best learning begins with a simple question…

“I wonder how the witch could get there?” 🧙‍♀️✨

And suddenly… all aboard! 🚂🧹💫

Home learning: Why not continue the adventure at home? Invite your child to create a vehicle for the witch using safe household items such as cardboard boxes, cushions, blankets, wooden spoons or recycled packaging. Ask questions such as:

🧙‍♀️ “How will the witch travel?”
🚂 “What could we use to make a train?”
🧹 “How will your broomstick move?”
🌟 “Who will travel with the witch?”

🌿✨ WHERE LITTLE ADVENTURES BEGIN… ✨🌿Looking for something different for your little one?Tucked away in the beautiful cou...
03/10/2026

🌿✨ WHERE LITTLE ADVENTURES BEGIN… ✨🌿

Looking for something different for your little one?

Tucked away in the beautiful countryside just on the outskirts of Roade and Blisworth, our outdoor nursery offers children the freedom to explore, discover, get muddy, take manageable risks and learn through real experiences. 🌳🪵🐞

Here, the outdoors isn’t simply somewhere we visit…

It’s where our learning happens. 💚

Enquire now to book your space❗️
Call us on : 01604 862248 📞
Email us : [email protected] 💌

✨ From Feather & Ink to Laptops! A Journey Through Time! 🪶💻Today in our Learning Library, Miss Ellie-Rose sparked a wond...
03/10/2026

✨ From Feather & Ink to Laptops! A Journey Through Time! 🪶💻

Today in our Learning Library, Miss Ellie-Rose sparked a wonderful journey of discovery as our preschool children investigated a very special piece of history — an old-fashioned typewriter! 🔎📖

We began by wondering together: “How did people write before computers and laptops?” 🤔

Miss Ellie-Rose showed the children a fascinating video from the 1950s, watching closely as a typewriter was used. The children were encouraged to notice what was different from the technology we use today and to think about how the way we write has changed over the years.

💭 “Where are the letters?”
💭 “Why does it make that noise?”
💭 “How do you delete it?”

These wonderful questions opened up rich conversations about change, technology and the past, helping the children make connections between what they could see and their own experiences of writing today.

💻 Miss Kelly then brought the learning into the present, demonstrating how we now use laptops to write. The children could see just how much technology has changed from pressing individual keys on a typewriter to creating and editing words digitally!

But our investigation didn’t stop there… 👀✨

🪶 We travelled even further back in time!

The children discovered that before typewriters, people wrote using ink and feathers. They had the opportunity to become historical writers themselves, using ink pads and feathers to make their own marks and experience a very different way of recording 💡

This hands on experience encouraged the children to explore cause and effect, develop fine-motor control, practise mark-making and understand that the tools we use today have changed significantly over time.🕰️

Most importantly, the children were not simply told about history! They experienced it, questioned it, compared it and explored it for themselves. 🌟

From feather → typewriter → laptop, our little learners discovered that the way we communicate has a fascinating story to tell. 📜➡️⌨️➡️💻

What an incredible morning of curiosity, conversation, investigation and discovery in our Learning Library! ❤️✨

👩‍🍳🥣 COOKING UP A STORM! 🥣👶💕Today, Miss Jenny and our babies have been getting busy in our role play kitchen, cooking up...
03/10/2026

👩‍🍳🥣 COOKING UP A STORM! 🥣👶💕

Today, Miss Jenny and our babies have been getting busy in our role play kitchen, cooking up some wonderful imaginary creations! 🍳🥕🍰

For our babies, role play is so much more than simply pretending. It gives them opportunities to explore, imitate, communicate and make sense of the world around them. 🌱

As Miss Jenny joined in with their play, the babies were encouraged to explore the different resources, copy familiar actions and develop their own little ideas.

👀 Exploring and making choices
👐 Developing fine motor skills through handling resources
🗣️ Building early communication and vocabulary
🧠 Developing curiosity and understanding of everyday experiences
🤝 Beginning to develop social interaction through shared play
💛 Building confidence through warm, responsive interactions

We love following our babies’ interests and giving them the freedom to explore at their own pace, while our practitioners provide the encouragement, language and support that helps their learning grow.

And, of course, no visit to the role play kitchen is complete without a delicious imaginary dinner! 😋👩‍🍳

Home learning: Create a simple role-play kitchen using items such as bowls, wooden spoons and empty food containers. Talk about actions using words like “stir,” “pour,” “more” and “finished.”💚

Our Baby Room provides a warm and welcoming space where babies can explore, play, and develop at their own pace with the...
02/10/2026

Our Baby Room provides a warm and welcoming space where babies can explore, play, and develop at their own pace with the support of our caring and experienced team. 🧸✨

We offer:
🍼 Individualised care tailored to your baby’s needs
🎶 Sensory play and exploration
📚 Stories, songs, and interactive activities
🌈 Opportunities to support early development
💕 Strong partnerships with families to ensure every child feels happy and secure

🍼Your chosen formula milk provided by us

🍴Nutritious home cooked meals

We understand how important these early years are, and we are dedicated to creating a home-from-home environment where your baby can thrive. 🏡💖

🎉 Funded childcare options are available for eligible families.

📞 Limited spaces available – contact us today to arrange a visit and meet our wonderful team! 01604 862248

Address

London Road
Northampton
NN72LW

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 6pm
Tuesday 7am - 6pm
Wednesday 7am - 6pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
Friday 7am - 6pm

Telephone

01604 862248

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