The Nature Nursery at Flo’s
Nature in Mind, Wellbeing at Heart
The Nature Nursery at Flo’s is a small (24 place) early years nursery setting for children aged 2-4 years. The nursery is a home from home, where children feel calm and settled and spend their day in harmony with other children and their natural surroundings.
Planned opening hours:
- 8.15am – 5.30pm
- 48 weeks/year
We will be offering 15 hours or 30 hours government funded places for eligible 2, 3 and 4 year olds with the option to purchase additional hours. Nutritious meals will be provided by our wholesome cafe. A full prospectus with further information and application details will be available soon.
If you would like to find out more or register interest for a space for your child in September 2018, please contact coordinator@flosoxford.org.uk.
Our Approach
At The Nature Nursery at Flo’s, we believe passionately that all children are competent and capable thinkers and learners and that nature provides the most amazing resources to support children’s wellbeing and development – physical, social, emotional, creative and intellectual. Nobody knows what the future will bring, so the children of today have to be skilled, resilient and open-minded.
Our staff are highly experienced, qualified and enthusiastic. They are inspiring people who will support your child’s creative expression, introducing children (and parents who are interested!) to skills such as felting, woodwork and weaving. We want children to be fully engaged with the life of the kindergarten, learning life skills such as baking bread, cooking soup and caring for plants.
Your children are the artists, scientists, farmers and engineers of the future. Outdoor play has been shown to have many benefits: children can explore and take risks in a safe environment, pursue their natural curiosity and build the foundations for a lifelong love of learning. We want children to appreciate nature and grow to love and care for it. Inquisitive young minds will find a lot to explore in our lovely garden, whether this is watching a spider spin her web, searching for millipedes hiding under a rock or just having a rest under the blossom of our apple tree. Our children will be involved in planting food and tending the crops in harmony with the seasons. We also hope to make good use of the park and develop links with local projects, such as The City Farm and Elder Stubbs Allotments.
Parental Involvement
Parents are a child’s first and foremost carer and we would love you to be involved in the life of The Nature Nursery at Flo’s, whether through regular volunteering, skill sharing or by attending one of our Family Open Days. We look forward to meeting you.