Autumn open mornings: Saturdays 10–12 — Book a tour

All rooms

4 – 5 years

Saplings

Saplings is for children in their last year before school. Mornings are long and outdoors; afternoons are for projects, stories, early phonics and the jobs that make them proud — feeding the hens, setting the table, helping the younger ones.

3 places for September

Schedule a tour of this room

Two pre-school children writing their first letters at a low wooden table

Ratio

1:8

1:8

Children

9

9

Hours

7:45 am – 6:00 pm

7:45 am – 6:00 pm

Room leader

Grace Okafor

Grace Okafor

A calm pre-school room with a reading sofa, a project table and a world map
A child carrying a basket of freshly collected eggs past the hens
Children’s hands building a tall tower of wooden blocks on a rug
Pre-school children in waterproofs sitting on logs in the woods listening to an adult

What they explore

Long projects they choose themselves

Early phonics through songs and stories

Forest School two mornings a week

Cooking, counting and real jobs

What to bring

Waterproofs, wellies, a spare set of clothes and a water bottle.

Fees for this room

Full day

£72

£72

Morning

£42

£42

Afternoon

£38

£38

Per hour

£9.5

£9.5

Work out your fees

Their day

07:45

07:45

Doors open

Breakfast is laid out until 8:45. Children arrive at their own pace and find their key person.

08:45

08:45

Morning circle

A song, the weather and a look at who is here today.

09:00

09:00

Free play inside and out

The garden door stays open. Children choose where to be, and the adults follow.

10:15

10:15

Snack

Fruit, crackers and milk or water at the table, served by the children themselves.

10:30

10:30

Garden or forest

Digging, climbing, puddles and the hens. Oaks go to the woods on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

11:45

11:45

Lunch

A hot lunch cooked in our kitchen. We eat together, slowly, and talk.

12:30

12:30

Rest and quiet

Buds and Shoots sleep. Oaks rest with books and music if they want to.

14:00

14:00

Afternoon projects

Painting, building, baking or carrying on with the morning’s idea.

15:30

15:30

Tea

A light tea: soup, toast, fruit or something we baked earlier.

16:00

16:00

Stories and garden time

A slower end to the day, inside or out depending on the weather.

17:00

17:00

Home time begins

We share the day with you in person, and in a short note in the app.

18:00

18:00

Doors close

The last children leave and we tidy the garden for tomorrow.

Create a free website with Framer, the website builder loved by startups, designers and agencies.