As another school year ends, so too does another era at Woodlands Day Nursery. Every August we say goodbye to some of our most familiar young faces, and even as the years go by it never gets any easier. However, as always our sadness is mixed with excitement for the children as they prepare for the next exciting step in their lives – starting school!

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In order to mark the occasion in style, we recently held a Graduation Ceremony at Woodlands Day Nursery for all our school-age children and their parents. Our children wore a cap and gown in true graduation style, and each child was presented with a graduation certificate. The grad party was great fun rather than being anything formal, and the children all enjoyed games and food. Everyone had a great – if slightly emotional - time and it was a perfect celebration of how far the children have come since they started with us at Woodlands. We are proud of the work we do with our pre-schoolers, and they leave Woodlands confident, happy, and well prepared for school life.

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Thanks to all our lovely parents and the school-age children who have now left us – It’s been wonderful being a part of your all-important early years. We wish you all many fun, happy and healthy school years, and a bright future ahead. Please keep in touch!

In other news….  The children at Woodlands Day Nursery enjoyed learning all about road safety thanks to a visit from a local community Police Officer recently. We also had a nursery mummy come in to tell the children all about her religion (Sikh) and they loved having their hands & feet painted with henna!

On Wednesday 4th August both Woodlands & PlayAway Nurseries enjoyed a fab day at the National Play Day event at the Valley Gardens in Harrogate. We talked to lots of parents about the great things we do at the nursery, as well as handing out balloons, making fruit kebabs, and creating handprint pictures with the children.

Simply the best nursery in Harrogate

We are delighted that our dynamic nursery team at Playaway has reached the final in the Nursery Management Today nursery awards 2009.  Manager Dee Sturges says

Our dynamic team loves making the most of all opportunities to create fun and meaningful experiences for children and parents.  We enjoy challenging ourselves and are one big happy family. 

We are so proud to have reached the final 6 in this competition out of over 100 entries.  The team enjoy their work and this is evident in the high quality of our childcare practice.

Are you looking for the best childcare for your c hild?

To meet our lovely team please contact us.  We would be happy to show you around.

Playaway Day Nursery Harrogate

We are happy to announce the official opening of our new baby sleep room on the first floor at PlayAway in the old office.

The new room has been approved by OFSTED and has been fully kitted out with brand new cots and mattresses as well as some new storage drawers for babies’ clothes, sheets and blankets.

The new room has allowed us to increase the number of babies we can look after each day by 4.  We already have a waiting list for these spaces however, so it won’t be long before they are filled! Contact us to secure a place.

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Due to an increase in attendance, Woodlands is delighted to have welcomed a new member of staff in Carly Worth, who joined our pre-school at the beginning of November.

Carly has worked part-time in the Cannon’s crèche and has also experience of US kids camps. She is a positive and fun person and will shortly commence her NVQ3 in child care with us. We hope she will feel welcome and look forward to many years of fun and laughter with her!

National Childbirth Trust

As well as taking a stall at the recent National Childbirth Trust Nearly New Sale, we will also be showcasing our nurseries at the forthcoming morning at Winkies in Knaresborough.

The event will run from 9:30am-12:30pm and for only £4 per adult families can come along and get free play at Winkies, sample activities with their children, including French for Fidgets, Enjoy-a-ball, Singamajigs and Baby Ballet. Every adult will be given a goody bag with the NCT out and about guide inside.

Choosing the right childcare for your children can be a difficult choice for first time parents and as local working parents of 4 children ourselves, we know how hard it can be to juggle work and family life. Our Funcare aim is to make the initial choice easy for you and then keep your lives uncomplicated by being open, approachable and flexible in everything we do.

Our parents are happy:

“We have been using Woodlands Day Nursery for over 10 years. All 3 of our children have enjoyed the wide variety of activities, loved the food and most importantly have been happy attending each day. We were comfortable leaving them in such a secure and caring environment. We could drop our children in the morning, knowing that they were in safe hands and didn’t have the hassle of organising food and nappies for them as these were all provided. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Woodlands Day Nursery to others. Tracey Armstrong“

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