Author: Old Forge Day Nursery

The Early Years Alliance recently published a very informative and interactive guide which perfectly explains the current situation childcare providers are in with regards to Early Years funding and ‘Free’ child places. It’s a common misconception that the amount the Government gives to childcare providers enables them to offer the places for free. Each county […]

On Thursday 9th November Nursery visit from Kate Kniveton MP the local member of parliament for Burton and Uttoxeter. Kate had sent us a letter of congratulations for the recent awards we had won at the Nursery World Awards 2023, and we were delighted to be able to show off everything our nursery has to […]

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Winter is once again quickly approaching and the instances of cold and flu, among other seasonal childhood infections is slowly on the rise. We have put together this guide for infectious diseases and an easy reference for you to follow to determine yourself if your child should be kept away from nursery.  We have referenced […]

We are excited to announce we are finalists in the Nursery World Awards 2023.  In three exciting categories: Nursery Social Media (Helen White) Operations Director (Louise Monange) Pre-School of the Year We are so proud to be recognised for our teacher-led Pre-School, Danielle and her team work incredibly hard to guide our our cohorts to […]

Join us. Raise Money. Have fun! On Saturday 7th October 2023, we will be hosting a family 5k at Beeches Park Day Nursery. A gentle, mostly flat, loop from nursery through Stretton village and back along Derby Road, raising funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital. We run in memory of our colleague Michelle. Michelle was […]

On Tuesday 9th May we were thrilled to welcome a team of volunteers from Cosy to the nursery. As part of their charity work for the year they had chosen our nursery to come and help out for the day.  We were thrilled, they worked so hard in what turned out to be quite damp […]

We are delighted to announce we have been short-listed for a Federation of Small Businesses (www.fsb.org.uk), Service Excellence Award. Providing an exemplary service to our parents is at the heart of what we do and to be recognised by the FSB for this is so exciting. The awards are announced in March, so we’re keeping […]

The staff had a great team building evening at the end of January where we introduced our new Urban Forest School to them. Forest School learning is an exciting concept and one which our staff are passionate about. For some of the team it was a new experience, for others it was the first time […]

Lottie, Rachael and Helen have been busy working on the main garden, ready for Spring. We’re working hard so that when the better weather comes we can really make the most of our huge garden area with some great new activities for all the children. Some exciting changes include: Newly planted climbers along the fence […]