Little Birches Nursery & Preschool in West Wickham
Little Birches Nursery & Preschool brings children closer to nature and immerses them in a diverse and exciting learning programme.
Our nursery has a beautiful setting, with the most devoted team, and is the reason why Little Birches Nursery and Preschool in West Wickham is special.
At Little Birches nursery, we strongly believe that the formative years of a child’s life have such a profound impact in shaping who they become as a person.
The environment at a Little Birches Nursery & Preschool is aided by highly skilled and passionate teachers who allow your child to receive the first-in-class care they deserve.
Our goal is to ensure that each child laughs and smiles every day and becomes a valued personality within the Little Birches community.
We want to foster your child’s talents and nurture their growth through tailored and broad experiences that lead to a love of learning and playing with their friends.
We believe that a child can only thrive if they love their time with us, so our primary concern will always be a child’s self-esteem and happiness.
OUR SESSIONS
Little Birches in West Wickham (nursery and pre-school) is open 52 weeks of the year and offers full-day care sessions.
Full day: 7.30am – 5.30pm
Our opening hours are 7.30am until 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, and we’re open every day apart from bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year.
Little Birches provides childcare for little ones aged from 12 months to 60 months. All children are provided with highly nutritious, varied and delicious meals throughout the day.
We make sure that we strictly adhere to Ofsted’s key development areas.
OUR REVIEWS
Lead Mentor
Leadership
Melanie
Melanie has over 10 years’ experience within childcare, where she has taken numerous senior roles, including as Nursery Manager, which was her last position prior to Little Birches.
The outdoors is where Mel thrives, she believes that children can learn so much within the natural world using the resources Mother Nature gave us.
Mel is extremely passionate about creating a calm and warm environment for the children to thrive, ensuring that each individual child has the opportunity to learn and develop with curiosity and integrity.
Along with Melanie’s level-4 childcare qualification, she is also trained in Makaton and teaches children how to use this in order for them to use simple commands.
Bringing the outside inside and creating a curiosity approach is something Little Birches is continually working towards, with Mel’s passion and appointment as Environment Mentor, we hope that your children will see the positive effects that a natural environment has in your child’s learning journey.