Nursery News, Hints & Tips

Please see below for our latest nursery news, information and helpful hints and tips for parents. Please check back regularly as we are constantly updating this section.

Story Telling Week at Hucknall

During story telling week we enjoyed bringing our favourite books to nursery to read in our key groups. We have also enjoyed getting messy during malleable play, setting up tuff spots to re...

Christmas at our Hartshill Nursery

The run up to Christmas has been a busy and exciting time for everyone at Hartshill. There has been so much to do! The staff worked very hard to make our Santa’s Grotto magical for the ...

Super Chefs at Derby!

We are super chefs! The children within our Pre School Unit have loved exploring a variety of fruits and vegetables this week, using their senses to differentiate their properties. We di...

Christmas has arrived - Dates for your diary (Stoke)

To spread a little festive cheer, we have begun our Christmas activities! The children have started making lots of crafts and exploring the activities both inside and outside. Please see so...

Welcome to Rubble and Zuma - Our Nursery Guinea Pigs at Stoke

We’d like to welcome our newest additions to The Orange Tree family…..Rubble and Zuma! Rubble and Zuma have settled into nursery really well. They love to be cuddled and held by the chil...

What a Wonderful Pumpkin Patch at Stoke

The children have enjoyed exploring our Orange Tree pumpkin patch, feeling all the different textures both on and inside the pumpkins. We talked about how pumpkins grow with the Butterflies ...

Caring for our pets at Derby!

We love caring for our nursery pets, especially our guinea pigs. George and Wesley love to be cuddled! We often take them for a walk around the nursery gardens on their guinea pig leads. ...

Pancake Day

People up and down the country have stocked up on chocolate spread, bananas, lemons and sugar for Pancake Day. With the nation's collective palates already watering at the thought of the tre...

Tax Free Childcare & 30 Free Hours

Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare are two new separate government schemes, to help parents with the cost of childcare. Both schemes can be applied for through a single online ap...

The Benefits of Childcare Vouchers

Signing up for childcare vouchers can be a good way of saving money on your childcare costs. What exactly are childcare voucher schemes? Childcare voucher schemes are a method of using a Tax...