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. This room will soon be further enhanced with the fitting of underfloor heating. 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

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.