Rushcliffe Montessori

Rushcliffe Montessori We provide high quality care and education, influenced by the Montessori method.

Forest Learning Fun! 🌲🪵Our busy board has been a big hit during our forest adventures! Made from a piece of wood and fea...
11/09/2026

Forest Learning Fun! 🌲🪵

Our busy board has been a big hit during our forest adventures! Made from a piece of wood and featuring everyday objects such as a door handle, key, lock, and soap pump, it offers children a wonderful opportunity to explore through hands-on play.

As they twist, turn, push, pull, and investigate, the children are developing their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, problem-solving abilities, and concentration. It also encourages curiosity and helps children make connections between the objects they see in their everyday lives.

Learning through exploration and play makes every forest visit an exciting discovery! 🍃✨

Photo of the Week! 🍅Over the summer, our preschoolers planted tomato plants in our allotment. When we returned after the...
10/09/2026

Photo of the Week! 🍅

Over the summer, our preschoolers planted tomato plants in our allotment. When we returned after the break, the children were delighted to discover how much they had grown!

We loved picking and enjoying our homegrown tomatoes as a snack. What a wonderful way to learn about nature, growing food, and healthy eating! 🌱

Practicing independence Today, the children practiced important life skills through hands-on play: using a child-safe kn...
09/09/2026

Practicing independence
Today, the children practiced important life skills through hands-on play: using a child-safe knife and fork with playdough, and carefully filling water bottles. 🥄💧

These simple activities encourage independence, concentration, coordination, and confidence. In the Montessori approach, children learn best when they are given meaningful opportunities to do things for themselves in a safe, prepared environment.

With patient guidance and close supervision, everyday tasks become valuable learning experiences—helping children develop practical skills while feeling capable and proud of their accomplishments. 🌱

01/09/2026

🔨🌿 Our Annual Maintenance Fortnight – What a Team! 🌿🔨

Whilst our children have been enjoying their summer break, behind the scenes our teams have been working incredibly hard to ensure our nurseries are looking their very best for the new term.

We place enormous value on providing beautiful, clean, safe and inspiring environments for our children and families. Whilst maintenance and improvements happen throughout the year, every summer we have a rather full-on maintenance fortnight when we tackle all those bigger jobs that simply can’t be carried out whilst the children are in!

This year has involved everything from complete garden resurfacing at Little Lambs, to what feels like miles of fence painting at Normanton (lots and lots of it! 😅), gutter, soffit and fascia cleaning and maintenance, garden improvements, equipment updates (and new purchases!).

We’ve filled two entire skips to the brim, made countless wheelbarrow journeys and spent two weeks lifting, clearing, painting, repairing, cleaning, landscaping and generally giving every corner of our settings some much-needed TLC!

A huge thank you and special mention must go to our very own incredible Site Managers, Steve, Mike and Jonnie, who have worked tirelessly and coordinated so much of the work, ably assisted by Michael and Nathaniel.

We’d also like to thank Reece and the team at , and Fernando from for their hard work and expertise.

It really does take a small army to keep our settings looking as lovely as they do!

We are incredibly proud of the environments we provide for our children and families, and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back to see the results of another very busy ‘shut down’ week!

12/08/2026

🎪 Today the circus came to town! 🎪
Bonkers the Clown joined us at Rushcliffe Montessori, bringing along lots of exciting circus equipment and some fantastic bubble-blowing activities. 🫧
All the children had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed the performance! 🎭✨

Our annual Summer Barbecue was a fantastic success, with a wonderful turnout from our families. We were delighted to wel...
24/07/2026

Our annual Summer Barbecue was a fantastic success, with a wonderful turnout from our families.

We were delighted to welcome Pet a Pony and The Dessert King, who helped make the day extra special.
A huge thank you also goes to Jonnie and Mike, who kept everyone well-fed manning the BBQ!

The Summer Barbecue is always a lovely opportunity for our families to come together, socialise, and celebrate the end of another wonderful year.

Here’s to a wonderful Summer!

23/07/2026

We celebrated our Maxi Montessorians today! 🎓 Wishing them all the best as they begin their next adventure, on their way they go🌟

08/07/2026

Did anyone see Mikey at the Keyworth Show?

🌟 We’re at the Keyworth Show today! 🌟Come and say hello to the Wolds Childcare team – we’ll be here all day! 💙We’ve got ...
04/07/2026

🌟 We’re at the Keyworth Show today! 🌟

Come and say hello to the Wolds Childcare team – we’ll be here all day! 💙

We’ve got lots of fun activities planned for the children, including:
✨ Glitter tattoos
🎵 Nursery rhyme time
🧘 Children’s yoga
⚽ Mini sports challenge
🍞 Dough disco

Whether you’re already part of the Wolds Childcare family or would like to find out more about what we offer, we’d love to meet you!

📍 Pop by our stand, say hello to the team, and join in the fun. We can’t wait to see you! 😊

26/06/2026

A huge Friday shout-out to our incredible staff team across all settings this week.

The heatwave has brought some real challenges, but our amazing team has gone above and beyond to make sure every child stayed as cool, calm and happy as possible.

From paddling pools and water play to ice lollies, shady activities and plenty of creative ideas, they turned soaring temperatures into fun-filled learning experiences while always putting the children’s wellbeing first.

Thank you to every single member of our team for your energy, dedication and creativity. We are so proud of everything you do – especially on days like these.

You really are amazing! 🩵





Address

Shepherds Corner, Stragglethorpe, Cotgrave
Nottingham
NG122JZ

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 6pm
Thursday 7:30am - 6pm
Friday 7:30am - 6pm

Telephone

+441159331933

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