In September 2019, it marked 10 years at Little Scallywags! We decided to celebrate this by holding a Christmas Party for all of our nurseries and provide the opportunity to reward staff’s loyalty and continuous hard work. We used the occasion to recognise some of our exceptional team members
Its our favourite time of year at Little Scallywags – CHRISTMAS! We have spent all month preparing for Father Christmas to visit – he even came as a surprise and visited all of our settings in the run up to Christmas bringing presents for all the children. At Little Scallywags we like to
The children at our West Heath setting had a special visitor from the animal lady this month! She showed us lots of animals that she brought into nursery and all the children had the opportunity to hold them. Some of the children even showed extra bravery by having a snake rest around their neck! Th
At Little Scallywags, we understand the importance of encouraging children to experience a love for reading! We have decided to promote this in all of our nurseries by creating a nursery library. Parents and children have the opportunity to pick a book to take home as often as they like with their v
In September 2019, Staff at Little Scallywags made the decision to change how we plan for children at nursery. After much research and training, we have introduced ‘Little Scallywags Approach to Planning’. Our approach focusses mainly on Anna Ephgrave’s ‘In the moment plannin
At the end of our Summer Term 2019, we were very sad to say goodbye to some of our Pre Schooler’s! The time has come where they will start their journey at school and we wish them all every success for the future! Each nursery decided to throw a special celebration for all children leaving [&h
We have recently sponsored our local football team – Marston Green FC U11, who play at the local ground at Gorse Farm. Im sure you’ll agree, their kit looks great with our new logo! Good luck with the new season boys!
On the 2nd April our Shard End setting had their Ofsted inspection. The inspector spent the day observing and questioning staff and checking all of our policies and procedures. We received some lovely, positive feedback with the overall judgement being ‘Good.’ “The stimulating envi
We’ve finally completed our new garden space at our Shard End setting and doesn’t it look great! Shard End now have 3 fantastic garden play areas, including one specifically designed for our small babies. Staff have been making the most of the new garden and planning specific and excitin
A massive WELL DONE to the Scallywags Team at Tamworth who raised an enormous £1,450 from their fun day on Saturday 9th March 2019! Thankyou to everyone who came along to help us raise such a large amount of money for Seren’s All Stars- It was a great success! If you would still like to dona