A Parent-Run Nursery
At Grasshoppers you will find the involvement of parents is much greater than at usual nurseries. Grasshoppers gives you a unique opportunity to be directly involved in decisions about all aspects of the running. Everything from gardening and organizing special events to preparing the accounts and fundraising is handled by the Parents.
Everyone is asked to take a specific role according to their particular skills. There is a monthly meeting for all parents and staff to discuss how they feel things are going and make decisions on how improvements can be made.
Opening times and vacancies
The nursery is open from Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 6pm. We offer a range of places from a minimum of 2 days, to 5 days full-time. The fee structure is flexible, offering a range of part time and full time options.
All applications are treated on a first come first served basis. Please fill out an application form and you will be added to our waiting list. As soon as a place becomes available we will let you know.
Outreach
Every Friday between 10am and 12am the Nursery holds an outreach session to which all families in the local community are invited. There is a charge of £2 per adult.
The event is publicised locally and children are free to come and explore the nursery and participate in any of the events which take place. These can include arts and crafts and a very popular music session with our visiting multi instrumentalist Jorge the Music Man.
In this fun and exciting session children can sing along, dance, experience a variety of musical instruments and even learn to conduct! Although the Outreach session is much busier than a normal day it can give you a sense of what the nursery is like.
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