Hardings Nursery & Pre-School

11/06/2025

🏫 Ready for School ✏️

As we head towards summer, some of you might be thinking about the transition to primary school in September. Over the next 5 weeks, we will be exploring ideas on how you can support your child to prepare for this new adventure!

Here are a few tips to help your little one get ready:

🧥 Develop independence: practice dressing, eating , and using the toilet.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Plan playdates or visits to Grandparents to get used to being apart.
🎲 Encourage taking turns when playing to understand sharing.
🗣️ Talk positively about school and discuss what they might do there.

Look out for our webinars to help support your child’s development, and come along to our Stay and Play or Family Fun events over the summer holidays for more help and advice.

Let's get ready for this exciting new chapter together! 📖✨

03/05/2024

16/05/2023

NHS Healthy Start
Did you know that the Healthy Start scheme helps families on a low-income to buy essential food & milk?

All children deserve a healthy start in life and with the scheme, eligible families can get help towards the cost of healthy fruit, vegetables and milk.

Hertfordshire’s Healthy Start scheme is approximately £1million underclaimed. Our aim is to let families know more about the help available to them.

Get help to buy food and milk Get help to buy food and milk(the Healthy Start scheme) What is Healthy Start? If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with...

16/05/2023

Just a polite reminder that invoices are due upon receipt.

If you still have an outstanding invoice for this half term please arrange payment asap.

Many thanks
Amy

02/05/2023

https://www.gargsanimalencounters.co.uk/classroom-safari

Exciting News - Gargs Animal encounters is coming to visit on Wednesday 17th May.

If your child does not normally attend a Wednesday Morning Session you are welcome to bring your child in for this 1 hour visit at 10:45. An adult must stay with your child for the duration of the visit.

Many thanks
Hardings

With the rising cost of coach hire and the hassle of taking children out of school, we are available for school visits to cover a wide range of topics such as Mini beasts, Rain forests, Adaptation, Life cycle etc.    

10/11/2022

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the last day to place Christmas Card/Product orders.
Pls note, we cannot approve your order online unless we have received the cash payment.
Thank you

30/09/2022

May we please remind you to be mindful of choking hazards whilst packing your child’s lunch box.
We have attached the food standards agency table for your information.
Many thanks

29/09/2022

Harvest Festival.

Each year Hardings support our local food bank over the Harvest Festival Period.

https://www.newzioncf.net/food-bank

We are asking for parents/carers and staff to make donations.

Any food donations would be very welcome – they need to be non-perishable and within their ‘use by’ date. Items that are particularly in need are tinned fruits – pineapple/peaches/fruit cocktail etc, tinned veg, cooking oil, small jars of coffee (90g), tinned meat, packets of rice, tinned rice pudding, tinned spaghetti or mac cheese and washing up liquid.

Over the next few weeks, you will see a box at drop off and pick up where you can place your donations.

As always, thank you so much for your continued support.
Hardings

Foodbank We are home to Foodbank, an organisation dedicated to serving those in our community. Each week we see around 30-35 people who have been given food vouchers by their care professional and we provide a free emergency food parcel to help them, whilst in difficult circumstances. Foodbank will....

15/06/2022

With the temperature set to sore throughout the rest of the week can you please make sure your child has had sun lotion applied before they start their session.

Children will also need a hat for the garden.

There will be lots of water play too so please make sure we have spare clothes here at the setting for your child.

Enjoy the sunshine everyone.