Love to Learn, Learn to Live, Live to Love
At Monkey Puzzle Hartley Wintney, we offer outstanding facilities and an exceptional level of care for children aged from 3 months through to when they leave us to go to school. Our fantastic team ensures that children have an inspiring environment in which to learn and develop.
We take pride in everything we do. From the moment a child starts with us until they leave to start their next journey at school, we get to know each one individually and welcome each family wholly.
Learning and development is at the forefront of our minds, and this is enhanced within the ‘home from home’ environment of the nursery. We are constantly developing an exceptional environment for learning so that children will never cease to grow. Our children learn skills for life, and can learn through inspiring play where our dedicated and amazing staff guide the children to become confident, independent and happy individuals with a positive outlook and a love for life.
We are conveniently located on the east side of Hartley Wintney, just off the A30 and accessed from the quiet Hulfords Lane.
Our beautiful building features dedicated rooms for our various age ranges and each room reflects the seven areas of learning, as outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage. All of our facilities are designed to be accessible to every child.
- Ofsted Graded Good (June 2021)
- Part of an award winning nursery group
- We are open Monday to Friday – 51 weeks of the year
- We offer full day sessions from 7.30am to 6.30pm
- Morning sessions from 7.30am to 1.00pm
- Afternoon sessions 1.00pm to 6.30pm
- Highly qualified and dedicated nursery staff
- Branded nappies, wipes and creams included in the fees
- 2 amazing outside learning environments with impact absorbing safety surfacing, one for Hedgehogs and the other is shared by Squirrels and Owls
- Dedicated sensory room
- Car Parking
Our fees are inclusive of freshly prepared breakfast, lunch, tea, snacks and drinks. Likewise daily menus are carefully selected by a professional nutritionist to meet the energy requirements of growing children.
If you would like to view our nursery please call on 01252 444 868 and we will be happy to arrange a mutually convenient time.
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Fly butterfly, fly! 🦋
During the last few weeks in Toddlers room, the children have been carefully looking after 5 caterpillars that they have fondly named 'Clarabel' 'Katie' 'Worm' 'Thomas' and 'Cow'. We have talked to the children about the life cycle of the caterpillars and have used the story 'The Hungry Caterpillar' to reinforce their understanding.
We have observed the caterpillars getting bigger and bigger, and then attaching themselves to the top of the jar. Lots of the children were able to tell us when they had formed "a cocoon", remembering the word from the story. After a few weeks of watching the jar closely we were lucky enough to watch 2 of the butterflies emerge from their cocoons which was very exciting! The children were fascinated to see the different colours that were on their wings and spent lots of time watching them move around and flutter their wings. It has been the source of much excitement and joy for all of the children.
On Tuesday we let the butterflies go as the they had been in the net for 5 days. Some of the children were brave enough to hold them on their fingers before watching them fly over the fence and into the sky.
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On Monday, our Babies room were introduced to Earth Day 🌍.
The team created a chalk map of Earth in the room and used language such as globe, Earth, planet, sea, land, and talked about the colours green and blue.
The children were given the chance to make their own Earth from baubles and shredded paper to take home. This sparked further conversations about green and blue, and how the colours applied to land and sea.
Outside we used foil in our tough tray with some water and paints. As it rained, the children listened to the rain fall and the sound it made on the foil, which opened discussions about the rain, clouds and storms. As the children started to mix the colours we talked about different animals that lived in the sea.
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Today is National Early Years Teacher Day! 🎉
It has been recognised as a day to celebrate the invaluable role that Early Years Teachers play in classrooms and settings.
Early Years Teachers are specialists in early childhood development, trained to work with babies and young children from birth to five. They have to meet the same entry requirements and pass the same skills test as primary school teachers, and many have been primary school teachers themselves, before moving into (or returning to) Early Years. They play an essential role in children’s development, and enhance the quality of both early education and childcare provision
Having an Early Years Teacher in a setting can also help significantly with the children’s transition from nursery to school - Early Years Teachers have direct experience of how a school works and how children can best be supported to make this important educational transition.
At Monkey Puzzle Hartley Wintney, we are lucky to have our own Early Years Teacher. Alison work in our preschool room and is vital in preparing our children for moving on to school. You can read her bio, and find out about her journey to becoming Early Years Teachers below:
Alison - monkeypuzzlehartleywintney.co.uk/staff/alison-2/
Thank you Alison, and all other Early Years Teachers for everything you do for our children. ❤️
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Yesterday, one of our amazing parents brought some feathery friends to our natural outdoor space to meet the children. 🐔🐓
They brought a whole lot of joy to a Thursday afternoon!
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It's National Pet Day, a good excuse to give our animal companions a little extra fuss, so here's Poppy, our therapy dog in training, and official nursery pet! ❤️
You can find out more about Poppy and what she will bring to the nursery here: bit.ly/4aoBiBi
Show us your furry and not so furry pets in the comments below!
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It's also a good time to announce the arrival of our first proper froggy in our tadpole tank! 😃
my ‘not so furry’ verne!
The toddlers all love hearing about my dog Pumpkin! 🎃
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It's Eid al-Fitr ✨
Eid al-Fitr is a special occasion for Muslims and is a time for celebration with family and loved ones. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the month of Ramadan, a period of month-long fasting for Muslims around the world, and the start of Shawwal, the tenth month in the Islamic (Hijri) calendar.
Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating! ❤️
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Friday fun times with big bubbles!
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Fun had by all!🫧❤️