Welcome to Sparkling Minds Pre-School & Day Nursery

Where children come to ignite their ‘sparkling thoughts and ideas’ and families feel like our team is an ‘extended family’

Our core values

face-one — we encourage friendly smiles, gentle and helpful hands and encouraging
words

face-three — to always tell the truth and try to do the right thing

face-four — we encourage turn taking, sharing, playing by the rules and listening to others views and opinions

face-two — to think about how actions affect others, take care of our environment, be polite and treat all people equally.

Inspiring little ‘Sparkling Minds’

Provision for 0-3

The bright and stimulating 'Sunbeam Room' is for our littlest people. As the little ones grow and develop, they move on to the 'Rainbow Room' which is specifically for 2 to 3 year olds.

Us as your ‘extended family'

At 'Sparkling Minds' we understand how the smallest things can make a big difference to busy families. Every family and child is unique; by working together, we can ensure all children feel safe, secure and happy.

Provision for 3 to 4 year

The 'Starlight Room' is the indoor base for our pre-school children. Children engage with their key-person and peers, with personal interests used to extend individual learning and skills.

Celebrating our similarities and differences

Understanding ‘British Values’ while learning about different family units, cultures and beliefs; promoting equality and diversity.

School readiness and wellbeing

Our setting benefits from highly qualified staff including an experienced Early Years Teacher. As a team we will support you and your child to be practically and emotionally ready for their transition to ‘big school’.

Outdoor space

We have three large, age appropriate outdoor spaces which encourage physical development and learning across the whole of the Early Years curriculum. Our additional Wildlife area helps us to use nature as a rich resource for learning.

Our News

11 Jan

Christmas & New year

A time to unwind and look forward to 2022! The build up to Christmas was different for us all this year, although hopefully an improvement on the previous one; with many managing to spend some quality time together. For those unfortunate enough to have COVID visit the household, we hope you managed to have some […]

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14 Nov

November- Fireworks & Celebrations

Overview and updates: As mentioned in the previous blog, we have been waiting for our additional staff to join us. You may have heard the children in Rainbow room mention Kazza; she is a very experienced level 2 practitioner with over 11 years of experience in EYFS. She has now spent two full weeks getting […]

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27 Sep

Autumn is coming!

Overview and updates: This month has seen lots of new beginnings. We have two lovely new members of staff in our team; Nicola has joined us as ‘Break and Lunch Cover’ and may work across all of the rooms dependent on numbers. Katherine has also joined us and is currently working with both Rainbow and […]

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Three young kids, two girls and one boy, are looking at a picture book. They are lying on the floor in a daycare room. One girl is pointing at the book.

17 Aug

Awesome August!

Overview and updates: What a busy month we have had! Our Starlight children have all been notified of their school places and they have been busy strengthening their little finger muscles for writing during their free choice activities. Families of those moving on to school were all offered the opportunity to meet with me to […]

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Little boy (5 years) in community garden, smelling fresh herb plant.

21 Jun

Summer has arrived!

The sun has made everyone feel more relaxed and the children are constantly glowing from their layer of sun-cream. Thankfully the air con has been keeping the rooms at a comfortable temperature and the gazebo (alongside our beautiful Willow tree) has provided the much needed shade in the garden. Snack picnics under the Willow tree […]

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22 Apr

New Additions

General update: This month has been extremely busy. Due to our growing numbers we have advertised for several staff and have been fortunate enough to have three new additions to our existing team. Please take a look at the ‘Meet the team’ page to read a little about Maddy, Stacy and Kelly. Maddy has joined […]

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Cute little girl feeding chickens outdoors

19 Mar

Easter Bonnet Competition

Thursday 1st April 2021: We will be holding an Easter bonnet competition in each of our rooms. Age appropriate prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. A special prize will be awarded for the most original design! Staff will be planning fun activities for the children and this will include a COVID […]

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18 Mar

COVID Testing update

Latest COVID testing update from Government: We have been reading through the latest guidance and have also received COVID testing kits for staff. All staff will be self testing twice each week from 22nd March 2021 to allow us to continue with safe provision for all of our families. Testing will take place for all […]

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Shot of a young brother and sister playing in the rain

3 Mar

Spring is in the air!

General update: The glimpse of sunshine really does make everything feel better. With Boris pointing to a little glimmer of a light (at the end of the long COVID tunnel) people finally have a little spring in their step. We are no where near out of the woods yet, but with spring bulbs peeping through […]

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24 Jan

Snow Update

We hope you have managed to have a little family fun in the snow (while staying COVID safe of course). Ian and I went into nursery at lunch time to finish a spot of painting in Rainbow Room and D.I.Y. in Sunbeam Room. The building was warm and electric etc were all fine. We left […]

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16 Jan

Settling in and progress made so far.

General update: The electricians were in on the weekend and have installed all new lighting. The wi-fi throughout the building is now complete and ready for the next step. Soon we will be able to update our IT and begin to set up the new EyLog and EyMan systems. Senior staff are booked in for […]

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8 Dec

A new chapter as ‘Sparkling Minds’.

New ownership and a new website to share information of our organisational structure, plus our four core values and news of new electronic profiles.

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Family Feedback

Your passion and enthusiasm were so clear from our first meeting…our son has been in total
admiration and awe from day one. Your lockdown calls helped pick him up and your teaching
and care helped him fall in love with school and just blossom! I hope his school spark
continues.

H.M.

How can we ever thank you enough for all that you have done for both of our girls? We feel so
incredibly blessed to have had you in our lives…you are an extraordinary teacher with so much
compassion…you inspire and ignite ‘little sparks’ and give them the very best start…my girls will
always remember you…you made them feel safe, valued and capable. The building blocks and
roots that are formed in the early years are so very important. They have had so much fun!! You
created a calm and magical environment.

T.L.

Our family will be eternally grateful to you for giving our little girl a ‘normal’ experience. I don’t
think anybody realises the massive amount of extra work put in behind the scenes to make her
safe and included. You laid the foundations for the confident and inquisitive little person we
have today. We wish you all the best for your new pre-school. You did what everybody said was
impossible!

K.M.

term-dates — Term Dates: 2020/2021

We close for 1 week during the Christmas period.

our-pricing-list — Our Pricing

We open from 8am to 6pm each day and offer a flexible, straight forward and
family friendly charging structure.

funding-list — Funding

All families of 3 and 4 year olds can receive up to 570 hours a year of early education and childcare, often called Universal Entitlement.