Baby room
Buttercups
A calm, light room on the ground floor with its own sleep room, a door to the garden and a key person for every baby.
Ages
3 to 18 months
Ratio
1 adult to 3 babies
Places
Up to 9 babies a day
About the room
Buttercups is the quietest room in the house. It has soft mats, low shelves of baskets to empty and fill, a mirror at crawling height and a separate sleep room with cots, so babies can nap whenever they need to.
Every baby has a key person who does most of their feeds, changes and cuddles, and who you'll talk to at drop-off and pick-up. We follow your routine from home rather than putting babies on ours.
A day in the room
Babies keep to the feeds and naps they have at home, so this is only the rough shape of the day.
7:30am
Arrive, a cuddle with your key person and breakfast if they haven't had one.
9:00am
Songs, treasure baskets, tummy time and messy play with things that are safe to taste.
10:30am
Out in the garden or a walk round the orchard in the big pram.
11:30am
Lunch, from purées to finger food, cooked here that morning.
Afternoon
Naps in the sleep room, then sensory play, stories and tea at 3:30pm.
What to pack
Nappies, wipes and cream (or we can supply them)
Formula or expressed milk, labelled with their name
Two sets of spare clothes
A comforter or dummy if they use one
A sun hat in summer and a warm hat in winter
Label everything, especially wellies. Every pair looks the same at 5pm.
Book a visit
All our rooms
Every room, from babies to pre-school.
Fees and funded hours
Baby room
Buttercups
A calm, light room on the ground floor with its own sleep room, a door to the garden and a key person for every baby.
Ages
3 to 18 months
Ratio
1 adult to 3 babies
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Toddler room
Bluebells
Paint, sand, water and stories, plenty of time outside, help with potty training when they're ready and a nap after lunch.
Ages
18 months to 3 years
Ratio
1:3 under twos, 1:5 for twos
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Pre-school room
Sunflowers
Getting ready for school without rushing it: phonics through songs and games, forest-school mornings and lots of choosing for themselves.
Ages
3 to 5 years
Ratio
1 adult to 8 children
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Come and see us
The best way to choose a nursery is to visit one.
Look round with your little one, meet the room leaders and ask anything you like. Visits take about 45 minutes, any weekday.