We have a wonderful "personal touch" cosy Tawny owls room at our Mackworth site which is perfect space where your most precious thing in the whole world will be cared for by staff who adore working with babies.

Our experiences staff will 

support your little one to nurture them special milestones such as crawling, them first steps and exploring new foods for the first time!

Our Tawny owls room has experienced, sensitive, qualified staff who work closely with parents to ensure a smooth transition to nursery, where the key worker with shadow routines at home to ensure a safe and secure attachments. We have staff who understand the natural worries you may be facing returning back from Maternity leave or leaving your little one for the first time for a little play at their settling in sessions. 

Our ratio is 1:3 within our baby room, however our nursery management team is always on hand to help out if a little one is unsettled because of teething, or colic

Each day we have fun experiences planned for our Tawny Owls. We might be exploring the messy play, creating master pieces for your fridge at home, or having fun under our outdoor classroom. We have a very flexible routine where our individual Tawny Owls are treated as such.  Homemade meals are created for weaning, all cooked from fresh and catered for your babies individual needs. The room leader will go through the meals each day with our nursery cooks making sure weaning stages are catered for.

Throughout the day we also have stories, singing and of course lots of snuggles!

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Our Snowy owls space is the perfect room to begin to gain more confidence to keep busy minds and hands active. Each day is filled with  new and age appropriate experiences for our 2-3 year olds to focus on them special milestones for toddlers, with exciting learning opportunities planned each day which not only develops your child's curiosity, to challenge them. Our stimulating environment allows your child to become independent whilst still nurturing them skills to make friendships and learning to be kind to others 

Our small group story and singing times allow little voices to be heard and flourish.  We regularly go on walks in the community, looking for shapes and colours int he environment- we might even spot a bird or a cat! 

We aim to provide our Snowy Owls with the best possible start to their early years education.

In our preschool room, we design focused experiences that promote the development of pre-writing skills, mathematical understanding, and emotional literacy through play, allowing our Barn Owls children to learn without realising it! Our staff plans activities that ensure each child meets essential milestones and is prepared for Primary school. Daily phonics sessions enhance the children's phonics knowledge.

During your child's day, each child, with the support of a key worker, will register their attendance at snack time by writing their first name. Once they have mastered this, they will progress to writing their surname, as well as clapping out the syllables in their name and other words.

We provide a more structured learning environment where numbers, letters, sounds, and phonics skills are cultivated through various activities, small group learning, loose parts play, and creative endeavours. We also incorporate mindfulness activities such as yoga, pamper sessions, and circle time discussions. Children are encouraged to participate in daily story time with our story of the week and singing activities, which help enhance our Barn Owls listening and attention skills.

Our sensory room provides a safe environment for children to manage their emotions and offers an outlet to dysregulate and explore various sensory equipment, including lights, sounds, and textures.

Our large outdoor space allows us to explore our forest feel setting- allowing children to opportunity to explore the natural environment, grow fruits and vegetables in our planting area, balance on beams and tyres and whip up a leaf and grass pie in our mud kitchen! Our huge canopy area has outdoor reading teepee's, play-dough stations and sand areas, but our outside classroom also allows children to access the outdoor space in all weathers- however we have never met a toddler who doesnt like to splash in muddy puddles!

We provide a designated outdoor area for our babies and young children to safely explore. This separate space allows for smaller group play, featuring activities such as sand, water play, and climbing frames.