Ages 3 months to 5 years
A calm, happy nursery with room to grow.
Hollyhock House is an independent day nursery and pre-school in Pellingford. Three rooms, forest school twice a week and every meal cooked in our own kitchen.
3 months to 5
Three rooms and one big garden
7:30am to 6pm
Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year
Funded hours
For eligible children from 9 months
Cooked here
Breakfast, lunch and tea, every day
Our rooms
Three rooms, each with its own door to the garden.
All about the rooms
Baby room
Buttercups
A calm, light room on the ground floor with its own sleep room, a door to the garden and a key person for every baby.
Ages
3 to 18 months
Ratio
1 adult to 3 babies
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Toddler room
Bluebells
Paint, sand, water and stories, plenty of time outside, help with potty training when they're ready and a nap after lunch.
Ages
18 months to 3 years
Ratio
1:3 under twos, 1:5 for twos
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Pre-school room
Sunflowers
Getting ready for school without rushing it: phonics through songs and games, forest-school mornings and lots of choosing for themselves.
Ages
3 to 5 years
Ratio
1 adult to 8 children
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A day at Hollyhock
The same shape every day, so little ones know what comes next.
See the whole day
7:30am
Hellos and breakfast
A cuddle at the door, then porridge, toast or fruit.
9:30am
Play, inside and out
Paint, sand, building and the garden door open.
11:45am
Lunch
Cooked in our kitchen that morning, eaten together.
12:30pm
Naps and stories
Sleep for those who need it, books for those who don’t.
3:30pm
Tea, then home
Tea, garden time and a proper chat at pick-up.
Forest school
Two mornings a week in Pell Wood, whatever the weather.
Every Tuesday and Thursday the Sunflowers walk ten minutes to our patch of woodland. They climb, build, get muddy and come back hungry, with a pocket full of conkers.
Wellies, waterproofs and a flask of hot chocolate
Den building, bug hunts and campfire songs
Two trained forest-school leaders with every group
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“She runs in every morning. We get a photo at lunchtime, a proper chat at pick-up, and she’s started singing the tidy-up song at home.”
Parent of a Bluebell, Pellingford
Come and see us
The best way to choose a nursery is to visit one.
Look round with your little one, meet the room leaders and ask anything you like. Visits take about 45 minutes, any weekday.