Poppins Pre-School And Nursery

16/04/2026

🌟 Join Our Magical Team – Level 3 Childcare Practitioner Wanted! 🌟

Do you have a passion for helping little minds grow, explore, and shine?
Are you the kind of person who can turn a cardboard box into a spaceship and a rainy day into an adventure? Then we want YOU!

👶 About the Role
We’re on the lookout for an enthusiastic, caring, and creative Childcare Practitioner to join our vibrant team. Every day is different – from storytelling and messy play to supporting those all-important first steps.

🎨 What You’ll Be Doing
✨ Creating a fun, safe, and nurturing environment
✨ Planning exciting activities that spark imagination
✨ Supporting children’s learning and development
✨ Building strong relationships with children, parents, and your team
✨ Singing songs (badly is totally acceptable!) and celebrating little wins every day

🩷 What We’re Looking For
✔️ A genuine love for working with children
✔️ A positive, energetic attitude
✔️ Relevant level 3 childcare qualification
✔️ Great communication and teamwork skills
✔️ A sprinkle of creativity and a lot of patience!

🎁 What You’ll Get in Return
🌈 A supportive and friendly team
📚 Opportunities for training and career growth
🎉 Fun, laughter, and no two days the same
💼 Competitive salary & benefits
☕ Unlimited smiles (and the occasional glitter explosion!)

🚀 Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re ready to inspire young minds and be part of something truly special, we’d love to hear from you!

👉 Apply now and start your next adventure in childcare!

[email protected]

✨ Because every child deserves someone who believes in them ✨

10/03/2026

🌟We’re Hiring – Level 3 Nursery Practitioner 🌟

We’re looking for a caring and enthusiastic Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner to join our friendly nursery team.

🕒 Hours: Minimum 24 hours per week
⏰ Working time: 8:00am – 3:30pm
📅 All year round position

This is a great opportunity for someone who loves working with children and is looking to progress their career, with the chance to move up to Room Leader for the right person.

✨ What you’ll do:
• Provide high-quality care and learning experiences
• Support children’s development in line with the EYFS
• Create a safe, nurturing and fun environment
• Work closely with parents and a supportive team

✨ What we’re looking for:
• Full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
• Passion for early years education
• Friendly, reliable and motivated

✨ What we offer:
• Consistent daytime hours
• Supportive management
• Training and career progression opportunities

📩 Interested?
Please message us directly or apply via [email protected]

02/02/2026

We are so proud to finally be able to share with you all our recent ofsted inspection.

https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/2745202

We do currently have limited spaces available for selected age groups between the times of 8:15am and 3:15pm

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19/01/2026

🌟 We’re Hiring – Level 3 Nursery Practitioner 🌟

We’re looking for a caring and enthusiastic Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner to join our friendly nursery team.

🕒 Hours: Minimum 24 hours per week
⏰ Working time: 8:00am – 3:30pm
📅 All year round position

This is a great opportunity for someone who loves working with children and is looking to progress their career, with the chance to move up to Room Leader for the right person.

✨ What you’ll do:
• Provide high-quality care and learning experiences
• Support children’s development in line with the EYFS
• Create a safe, nurturing and fun environment
• Work closely with parents and a supportive team

✨ What we’re looking for:
• Full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
• Passion for early years education
• Friendly, reliable and motivated

✨ What we offer:
• Consistent daytime hours
• Supportive management
• Training and career progression opportunities

📩 Interested?
Please message us directly or apply via [email protected]

10/12/2025

We had a special visitor today. The children all loved to see Elsa. Thank you Jiggy Wrigglers Havant and waterlooville for arranging this wonderful surprise.

14/11/2025

The last 2 weeks we have had so much fun.
In babies we have been playing with the water play and messy play. 💦
We have had the climbing equipment out so the children can explore the equipment using their gross motor skills. 🧗
We have enjoyed playing out in the garden in all the different weathers this week, we had lovely sunshine this week. Today we have enjoyed jumping in the muddy puddles. ☀️🌧️
One of our favourite activity for the week is when Jiggy Emma Jiggy Wrigglers Havant and waterlooville comes to visit us on a Wednesday afternoon, last week we did glow which is one of our favourite themes including the staff. 💃
This week for snack we have also enjoyed a hot chocolate with marshmallows. ☕️🍓🍌
We have been very creative over the last 2 weeks exploring the different ways to mark make including the magnetic boards, mark making in glitter to create the different fireworks, making poppies and decorating pudsey bear for children in need. ✍️✏️🎨🎆🎇
We also had a bug hunt and found lots of different bugs, the children took a likely to a worm and wanted to keep him for a pet for a few days . 🐞🐛🦟🪲🪳
We also have had the pirate ships out in the tuff tray with shaving foam, paint and glitter, the children enjoyed getting very messy. 🏴‍☠️
We have also had the dolls house out for imaginative play; the children have enjoyed acting out being different members of their families, we have had lots of big sisters, mum, dads and police men. 🏠🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

29/09/2025

Spaces available for immediate start in our home from home setting in waterlooville. We a provide a nurturing learning environment that children thrive in. We have weekly sessions from jiggy wrigglers as well as regular trips out to the local area. We are currently offering 5 free sessions to any new staters. If you would like to come and look around please give us a message.

The Poppins team 🌈🩷

15/09/2025

Here are a few photos of the fun we’ve been having since being back from the summer break!

15/09/2025

Monday 15th September
we’ve had such a lovely morning already, we’ve been in the garden for a treasure hunt! To find all the leaves, sticks, acorns and we even found some little bugs (we didn’t bring them indoors we left them outside🤭) once we came indoors we made our own picture with all the treasure we found.

15/09/2025

We have now made up a new menu for the new government guidelines of healthy eating and extra snacks that are available in the afternoon.
The children have been enjoying this menu and it is also safe for any children with dietary needs as we have all options available for intolerance to any food!