Children 1st Acorns Nursery School

Children 1st Acorns Nursery School Children 1st @ Acorns is a children's day nursery in Upper Tean, Staffordshire.

We are part of Children 1st Day Nurseries, one of the UK's leading childcare providers. Children 1st Acorns welcomes children from six weeks to five years in a warm, nurturing environment designed to help them grow with confidence and curiosity. Our caring team provides a calm and supportive space for learning and exploration, both indoors and out. We work closely with families to build strong relationships and offer flexible childcare options, including 15 and 30 hours funded childcare for eligible families.

⭐ What another fantastic week!! ⭐ Jemimas have been exploring new resources to support some of their schemas! They have ...
02/10/2026

⭐ What another fantastic week!! ⭐

Jemimas have been exploring new resources to support some of their schemas! They have been posting the coins and pulling the materials from the box! Endless fun!!

Bobtails have been covering the book 'car, car, truck, jeep' book, where they have been saving the cars from the sticky gloop and pushing cars through paint to leave behind marks.

Ben Bunnies have been on an adventure, they have ventures out to the big forest school area where they have read stories. They have also created some fabulous Lion masks to go with the book 'Dear Zoo'.

Peter Rabbits have also been on an adventure to the forest school area where they have explored the woodland area with excitement and also have dug for worms! They also got to sit on the big Tractor!

Early Years have been creating their own caterpillar for their book of the week 'The Hungry Caterpillar', they have been practicing their cutting skills by cutting up the paper to sit onto their caterpillar and then adding eyes.

The Barn have created Zoo animal masks, and then went on a safari to see what animals they could see. Well done to Yeng and Michelle who came looking the part with their Safari outfits!!

We have had a fantastic week! All focussing on books!Jemimas have enjoyed car, car truck Jeep. They enjoyed moving aroun...
25/09/2026

We have had a fantastic week! All focussing on books!

Jemimas have enjoyed car, car truck Jeep. They enjoyed moving around to the rhythm of the book when Hermione read it and have explored the cars on the track.

Bobtails have explored all things Dear Zoo, where they have been finding the hidden animals under the material. There has been lots of ‘Rawr-ing’ like Lions too!

Ben Bunnies have been on a Bear Hunt, exploring the tuff tray and copying phrases from the book.

Peter rabbits have looked at the Gruffalo and The colour monster book. They have also been on an adventure outside to collect leaves to use as part of their leaf painting!

Early Years have been reading ‘Super Worm’ where they have used the pipettes to bring the worms to life!

The Barn have been on an adventure to the moon, reading ‘Whatever Next’ book. Where they have created their own working rockets! Baked moon rock cakes and created some fab shooting stars!

We hope you have a lovely weekend

Today The Barn children have been out into the field to collect some Apples and Pears from our trees!
21/09/2026

Today The Barn children have been out into the field to collect some Apples and Pears from our trees!

We have been busy adding bits to our Peter Rabbits construction area. We have added an element of role play with high vi...
21/09/2026

We have been busy adding bits to our Peter Rabbits construction area. We have added an element of role play with high vis jackets and the tool belt. We have also added some visuals of common construction signs and some 'Do' and 'Build' words to support developing our children's vocabulary 🚧 👷‍♀️ 🏗

⭐️ Recycling week ⭐️Some of our Early Years children put on their high vis jackets and helped Lisa with some recycling. ...
17/09/2026

⭐️ Recycling week ⭐️

Some of our Early Years children put on their high vis jackets and helped Lisa with some recycling.

First Lisa checked the carpark was safe, then Sam stood at the entrance of the carpark to stop any cars that may approach. The children held hands and safely walked across the carpark to the recycling bins!

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When you are next in reception please take a look at our ‘home task tree’ where there are a range of task you can comple...
11/09/2026

When you are next in reception please take a look at our ‘home task tree’ where there are a range of task you can complete at home with your little ones 🤎 🍁

📚✨ International Literacy Day at Acorns! ✨📚Today we celebrated International Literacy Day with a wonderful range of enga...
08/09/2026

📚✨ International Literacy Day at Acorns! ✨📚

Today we celebrated International Literacy Day with a wonderful range of engaging activities across the nursery, celebrating our love of stories, books, mark making and early literacy!

⭐ Early Years were completely mesmerised by Room on the Broom, brought to life by Yeng!
Yeng used a fantastic range of voices to captivate the children and arrived with an amazing selection of props, including a witches’ hat and an orange wig! 🧡 The children were thoroughly engaged as they joined in with the magical story.

⭐ The Barn got creative making their very own bookmarks! This experience also provided opportunities to develop their scissor control, hand-eye coordination and threading skills.

⭐ Peter Rabbits have been developing their early writing skills through play dough and chalk mark-making, strengthening those little hands and encouraging children to explore different ways of making marks. ✏️

🍂🎨 Exploring Autumn in Early Years! 🎨🍂Our Early Years children have been having lots of fun exploring the beautiful colo...
08/09/2026

🍂🎨 Exploring Autumn in Early Years! 🎨🍂

Our Early Years children have been having lots of fun exploring the beautiful colours of upcoming Autumn season🍁

We used leaves and paint to create our own leaf prints, while also enjoying the sensory experience of exploring the different colours and textures.

A simple activity creating lots of opportunities for creativity, curiosity, communication and learning through play!

We have given our ‘Lending Library’ a little make over. When you are next in, please feel free to take a look through th...
06/09/2026

We have given our ‘Lending Library’ a little make over. When you are next in, please feel free to take a look through the books on offer 📖

Reading with little ones has many benefits

⭐ Builds vocabulary: Hearing stories exposes children to words, rare vocabulary, and sentence structures they rarely encounter in everyday speech.

⭐ Boosts imagination: Colorful illustrations and whimsical characters spark creative play and abstract thinking.

⭐ Deepens bonding: Sharing a book creates a secure, warm physical connection between the child and the parent or caregiver.

A reminder for our September starters 🌟If you're planning to use childcare funding from September, please make sure you'...
27/08/2026

A reminder for our September starters 🌟

If you're planning to use childcare funding from September, please make sure you've applied for your funding code by 31st August.

Having your code ready helps us get everything in place ahead of your child's start, so you can focus on the exciting moments to come 💛

🔗 Apply for your funding code: https://www.gov.uk/free-childcare-if-working/apply-for-free-childcare-if-youre-working

🔗 Check your eligibility for funded childcare: https://www.storal.com/funding

Need help or have questions? Get in touch with our team.

Address

Draycott Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST104JJ

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

+441538723366

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