Welcome to Monkey Puzzle Astwick
Our nursery provides a nurturing home from home environment, for children aged 3 months through to pre-school age. With an emphasis on learning through play, our carefully selected team of practitioners ensure your child is cared for in a safe, secure environment with planned activities to keep them engaged whilst having lots of fun.
We are located on a working farm, meaning our children have access to a whole farm and all the adventures that it is able to bring them. Additionally, we have a trained forest school leader in our preschool room to take children on daily forest school sessions and a lead staff member in 2-3’s that has trained in outdoor learning, meaning our older children get to spend lots of time outside learning in our beautiful environment that includes streams, fields, woodland and exploring nature’. We are extremely blessed that our older children at Astwick are not confined to being inside all day and can run, climb and explore our great outdoors each day. Our little ones go out too, but we don’t take them as far as their little legs get tired, so time outside learning on the farm, increases with their age and energy!
We have dedicated rooms for our various age ranges and each room reflects the seven areas of learning, as prescribed in the Early Years Foundation Stage. We have free-flow access all year round to our purpose built garden where children can continue their learning but more importantly have fun, jumping in the sandpit or making mud pie in our mud kitchen!
No hidden extras, everything is included in our fees, from freshly prepared breakfast, lunch, tea, snacks, and drinks, to premium branded nappies, wipes, and creams. Menus are carefully selected by our on-site chef to meet the energy and nutrition requirements of growing children, plus there are also extremely delicious!
We’re just around the corner, with lots for you to discover…
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Part of an award winning nursery group with over 30 years experience
- Fully renovated barn conversion set in an idyllic farm setting, less than 5 minutes’ drive from central Stotfol
- Amazing, purpose-built outside play area where children have free-flow access all year round
- Dedicated rooms for Babies, Toddlers and Pre-School
- Regular outings to aid the children’s learning and awareness of their surroundings
- Caring and experienced team of staff who are all highly qualified in Childcare and Education
- Delicious, healthy food prepared on site by our Nursery Chef
- Modern security systems, including CCTV cameras
- Open Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year, 7.30am to 6.30pm
- Full day or half day sessions available
- Branded Nappies, wipes and creams all included in the price
- 15/30 hours government funding available (limited places)
Plus so much more. Get in touch today.
Open 7:30am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday for 51 weeks per year, (closed for the week between Christmas and New Year)
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🎄 Apply for your support with your childcare costs before Christmas! 🎁
If you are a working parent with a child aged between 9 months old and 4 years old, are you aware you may be eligible for funding towards your childcare costs? To find out if you meet the criteria, or to apply for support, visit: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Funding can be claimed the term after your child turns 9 months, 2, 3 or 4 years old. The funding code start date must be before the start date of the term in which you wish to claim. To avoid charges for your child’s Early Years place, it is recommended you apply around six weeks prior to the start of the term in which you wish to receive funding.
In order for your code to remain eligible you must reconfirm it when prompted to do so from HMRC. This will be approximately every three months.
If your code is issued between 1 September and 31 December, you’ll receive funding from 1 January.
If your code is issued between 1 January and 31 March, you’ll receive funding from 1 April.
If your code is issued between 1 April and 31 August, you’ll receive funding from 1 September.
Therefore, if you would like to receive childcare funding from 1 January you will need to apply for and receive your code no later than 31 December, or you will need to wait until 1 April to receive funding. ... See MoreSee Less
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Christmas Jumper Day 🎄
We had a fun filled jam packed day today celebrating Christmas Jumper Day and having our very own Christmas Parties! The children have been getting involved in lots of messy activities, party games, baking and our 1-2’s climbed aboard their very own Polar Express 🚂
Huge thank you to all our families who helped us raise money by donating to such an important cause.
#christmas #ChristmasJumperDay #polarexpress #messyplay #party #celebrations #monkeypuzzledaynurseries #stotfold ... See MoreSee Less
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It's time!!🎄🎉
We cannot wait to meet you all on on Saturday 14th December, between 11am - 1pm, and welcome you to our very festive nursery!
The team and Santa's elves have lots of fun festive activities for you and your family to enjoy, and even a Christmas food van!
It is not too late to register click here to find out more:
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#monkeypuzzledaynurseries #monkeypuzzlefamily #monkeypuzzlestevenage #stevenage #stevenagemums #stevenagedads #stevenageparents #openday #stevenageevents #stevenagefamilies #christmasfair #santasgrotto #monkeypuzzleopendays ... See MoreSee Less
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Halloween activities! ... See MoreSee Less
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Children in Need 🐻 🟡
Today we had great fun wearing our pj’s to raise money for Children in Need! We also had a busy day making our own pudsey faces, ears and eye patches as well and going out on a ‘pudsey bear hunt’ on the farm.
Huge thank you to all our families who joined in and donated today.
#childreninneed #2024 #EarlyYears #nursery #bearhunt #messyplay ... See MoreSee Less
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World Kindness Day 🤗
The children have been busy celebrating World Kindness Day by talking about what they think kindness is and sharing these with all the amazing other businesses on the farm!
#preschool #nursery #earlyyears #earlylearning ... See MoreSee Less
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An exciting day down on the farm, some interesting data recoveries, one rogue moo cow setting off for pastures green, and a visit from our little friends Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Astwick for world kindness day. ... See MoreSee Less
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Over the last week all of our children have been exploring Remembrance Day, what it is and creating their own poppies both at nursery and out on the farm ❤️
#rememberanceday #crafts #activities #farmnursery #stotfold #EarlyYearsEducation ... See MoreSee Less
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This week our little ones have been busy creating their own fireworks pictures!
#fireworks #bonfirenight #monkeypuzzledaynurseries #stotfold #messyplay ... See MoreSee Less
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