The quality and standards of nursery education provided by First Steps Day Nursery at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been rated as outstanding by inspectors from Ofsted.
Following an inspection on the 9th January 2017, the Ofsted report findings sing the praises of the staff team.
In the glowing report, inspectors comment that: “Staff are impressive role models and teach the children how to respect and value others. Children’s behaviour is exemplary. Highly skilled staff accurately identify children’s next steps in learning, and use these to plan enriching...
Children from Happy Days South West Nursery, Exeter went Spotacular for BBC Children in Need last week.
Lloyds Bank and BBC Children in Need’s exciting new schools fundraising campaign, The Big Spotacular, is encouraging children and teachers to dress up in spots, sell spotty cakes and goods, and take part in spotty themed challenges, to raise more money than ever before for children who need it most.
To launch Happy Days Southwest Nursey’s fundraising plans, children turned their nursery spotty. The nursery also plans to hold a range of other fundraising activities ahead...
City centre based Exeter estate agency, Naomi J Ryan, made a special visit to St Leonards based Kinderkare Nursery in the run up to the Easter weekend.
Naomi and Vanessa from Naomi J Ryan visited Kinderkare’s Clever Crocs on 24 March as part of their efforts to be a part of the local community. This fun filled day at Kinderkare, which provides nursery care to those aged between 3 months and 5 years, included making Easter garden cakes, colouring in egg pictures and potato printing. They finished off the morning with an Easter egg hunt, prepared by Naomi J Ryan.
A local Forest School has spent the last few months developing the South West's first Forest School based kindergarten in Exeter.
The new kindergarten will offer 3-5 year olds an incredible opportunity to learn in unique surroundings, embrace nature and make new friends. The kindergarten will be run by qualified, experienced education professionals who are passionate about outdoor learning.
Exeter Forest School was set up over three years ago and in that time has worked with thousands of individuals from toddlers through to adults, providing education days, training...
Boys and girls at Exeter Cathedral School are getting ready to move into a brand new, state of the art, single storey nursery in May.
The nursery pupils aged from rising three to five, will benefit from two new classrooms, a sensory room and newly landscaped gardens in two distinct zones– an ‘active zone’, where the children can ride bikes and let off steam, and a ‘natural zone’ which will include a ‘bug hotel’, sandpit, tree house and gardening plots for each teaching group.
The school has invested over half a million pounds in this exciting project in order to offer the...
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a fatal road traffic collision on the B3180 near Daisy Mount, Ottery St Mary last night (Monday 24 November).
The incident happened shortly before 10pm on Monday when a blue Ford Mondeo car was involved in a collision with a male pedestrian outside of the West Hill Nursery.
The pedestrian, a 42-year-old local man, died at the scene following the collision.
He is believed to have been walking along the road at the time of the incident.
Police would like to hear from anyone who may have been driving in...
Open days at all Puffins Nurseries and Pre-Schools in Exeter and Torquay on Saturday 6th July from 10am-1pm. Come and have a look round, see what we do and take part in fun and games raising money for the Exeter Foundation. Plus free registration if you book a childcare place with us at the open day. For more details call 01392 496017 or email enquiries@puffinsofexeter.com
