A Warm Welcome to Little Wrens Nursery

Thank you for visiting our Little Wrens page. I am Heather, Little Wren's fully qualified, early years teacher. Myself and the rest of the of the Little Wrens team hope that this website gives you a flavour of what our wonderful, warm and unique setting can offer your child. We understand that choosing the right setting for your child is an extremely important decision. We feel that the best way to get a true feel for what we can offer at Little Wrens is for you and your child to come and visit us and meet our children and staff. We hope that we can welcome you at Little Wrens very soon!

Little Wrens nursery's ethos is founded on some of the wider school values of respect, kindness and positivity. We are based in the heart of Ledbury Primary School's Early Years area and welcome children aged from 24 months to 4 years from the Ledbury community and beyond. Our spacious, self-contained and purpose built facility is located in our Early Years Building and has its own, canopied outdoor play area. We spend a great deal of our time learning outdoors, within the extensive school grounds or further afield in our local community. We have full access to all the school facilities including Forest School with its fire pit and outdoor cob oven, the library, sports fields and outdoor play areas.

Despite having all the advantages of being in a school, Little Wrens is very much a specialist early years setting in which our caring, experienced and well qualified staff value each child as a unique and independent learner. At Little Wrens we believe that every child needs a warm, supportive environment in order to develop the skills necessary to learn and reach their full potential. Our provision is child-led which means that staff continually observe, assess and interact with children to get a comprehensive grasp of their stage of development, unique styles of learning and areas of interest. We encourage and enable the children's family and important adults to be a part of this process and place great importance on communication between the setting and home.

Many of our Little Wrens progress into Ledbury Primary School Reception classes but our setting will support children's transition into any school. 

The Little Wrens team is made up of myself, Heather and our warm and caring nursery staff: Sian, Annie(currently on maternity leave),Zoe, Laura, Svetlana and Matilda. All adults are known to the children by their first names.

Our Principles

The principles which guide the work of our practitioners are grouped into four themes:  

• A Unique Child - every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.   
• Positive Relationships - children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person.
• Enabling Environments - the environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning.
• Learning and Development - children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of Learning and Development are equally important and inter-connected.

Our environment

Our spacious Nursery is located in our Early Years Building and has its own outdoor play area. 

We have a formal open mornings in the autumn term, but parents are welcome to visit the Nursery at any time by making an appointment at the school office (tel: 01531 632940).