Our Curriculum
The Early Years Foundation Stage
At Little Acorns Nursery, we ensure that the Early Years Foundation Stage (‘EYFS’) is embedded in every stage of a child’s development. We carefully and thoughtfully implement EYFS principles to support each child’s individual learning journey.
Our aim is to prepare children for the next stage of their education, helping them to grow in confidence and independence so they are ready for school and beyond. By working closely with the EYFS framework, building a strong partnerships with parents, and delivering high-quality learning through our dedicated staff team, we provide a nurturing environment where children can develop their abilities and talents to their fullest potential.
Our Curriculum
The Early Years Foundation Stage
At Little Acorns Nursery, we ensure that the Early Years Foundation Stage (‘EYFS’) is embedded in every stage of a child’s development. We carefully and thoughtfully implement EYFS principles to support each child’s individual learning journey.
Our aim is to prepare children for the next stage of their education, helping them to grow in confidence and independence so they are ready for school and beyond. By working closely with the EYFS framework, building a strong partnerships with parents, and delivering high-quality learning through our dedicated staff team, we provide a nurturing environment where children can develop their abilities and talents to their fullest potential.
Child-Led Activities
At Little Acorns Nursery, we place a strong emphasis on child-led activities, recognising that children learn best when they are actively engaged in their own interests.
Our practitioners carefully observe each child’s play and use these interests as a foundation for planning meaningful experiences that support development across all areas of learning.
By creating a flexible and responsive environment, we empower children to explore, make choices, and develop independence, while skilled staff gently guide and extend learning through thoughtful interactions.
Child-Led Activities
At Little Acorns Nursery, we place a strong emphasis on child-led activities, recognising that children learn best when they are actively engaged in their own interests.
Our practitioners carefully observe each child’s play and use these interests as a foundation for planning meaningful experiences that support development across all areas of learning.
By creating a flexible and responsive environment, we empower children to explore, make choices, and develop independence, while skilled staff gently guide and extend learning through thoughtful interactions.
Our Community
At Little Acorns Nursery, we actively incorporate the local community into our learning to enrich children’s experiences and broaden their understanding of the world. Surrounded by a wide range of opportunities, we regularly explore the environment beyond the nursery, helping children to make meaningful connections with the people and places around them.
These experiences build cultural capital by introducing children to new ideas, traditions, and real-life contexts, supporting their confidence, curiosity, and sense of belonging within their community.
Our Community
At Little Acorns Nursery, we actively incorporate the local community into our learning to enrich children’s experiences and broaden their understanding of the world. Surrounded by a wide range of opportunities, we regularly explore the environment beyond the nursery, helping children to make meaningful connections with the people and places around them.
These experiences build cultural capital by introducing children to new ideas, traditions, and real-life contexts, supporting their confidence, curiosity, and sense of belonging within their community.
The Voice of Parents
At Little Acorns Nursery, we value the voice of parents and carers as an essential part of each child’s learning journey, recognising that they are a child’s first and most important educators. By building strong, trusting relationships, we create a positive partnership that supports consistency between home and nursery.
We actively involve parents and carers in sharing insights, experiences, and milestones, ensuring that learning is meaningful and personalised. As a home-from-home environment, we promote continuity in care and learning, which has a lasting positive impact on children’s confidence, wellbeing, and development.
The Voice of Parents
At Little Acorns Nursery, we value the voice of parents and carers as an essential part of each child’s learning journey, recognising that they are a child’s first and most important educators. By building strong, trusting relationships, we create a positive partnership that supports consistency between home and nursery.
We actively involve parents and carers in sharing insights, experiences, and milestones, ensuring that learning is meaningful and personalised. As a home-from-home environment, we promote continuity in care and learning, which has a lasting positive impact on children’s confidence, wellbeing, and development.
Forest School
At Little Acorns Nursery, we offer Forest School sessions that provide children with rich opportunities to learn and explore in a natural outdoor environment. These sessions encourage curiosity, independence, and a sense of adventure, allowing children to take supported risks and develop confidence.
Through hands-on experiences in nature, children build physical skills, resilience, and problem-solving abilities, while also supporting their wellbeing and fostering a deep appreciation for the natural world.
Forest School
At Little Acorns Nursery, we offer Forest School sessions that provide children with rich opportunities to learn and explore in a natural outdoor environment. These sessions encourage curiosity, independence, and a sense of adventure, allowing children to take supported risks and develop confidence.
Through hands-on experiences in nature, children build physical skills, resilience, and problem-solving abilities, while also supporting their wellbeing and fostering a deep appreciation for the natural world.
“Our experience within the nursery has been brilliant the staff are so thoughtful and attentive to our son. He has grown in confidence, social interaction and his communication skills are great we cannot thank them enough. […] The food is nutritionally brilliant he always likes to try new things I would definitely recommend Little Acorns.
Everything is clean and tidy also the management are great really nice people. They really care about the children and safeguarding is brilliant with necessary steps in place too keep the children safe at all times.”
—A R (Mother of Child), April 2026
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