Ofsted Outstanding Children’s Nurseries in Dereham & Scarning, Norfolk

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Toftwood Little Owls Nursery - Children playing with plastic toys on a wall. They are in a safe environment

Our well established nursery in Toftwood offers tailored provision for children aged 6 weeks to 4 years across two converted bungalows and three outdoor spaces for children to play and learn within. Our nursery is ideal for families who’s children attend the local schools which are of very close proximity to the nursery.

Scarning Little Owls

Our Scarning nursery offers the same high quality provision as our Toftwood nursery within a rural location with excellent links to the A47 (ideal for families who travel by car to Norwich, Swaffham or Kings Lynn). Our nursery offers care for children aged 6 weeks to 4 years across a bungalow and a large modular building.

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Hoots offers a breakfast and after school club from 7:30am-6:00pm, providing an outstanding service to busy families who need an extension of the school day. Holiday club offers a great time for children of all ages and parents can rest assured that their children are occupied, sociable and well cared.

A warm welcome from Justine & Johnny

Over the past 36 years we have been providing Outstanding high-quality childcare to the local community so we are safe in the knowledge that Little Owls can offer the very best for your child and your family.

Our main ethos at Little Owls is to create a nurturing and professional service for our families and children whilst always placing your child at the very centre of everything that we do.

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Curriculum

Curriculum Supporting Extra Activities

We value the importance of providing our children with a wide range of experiences to support their knowledge and understanding of themselves, their important role in our community.
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Outdoor play area at Little Owls

Outside Play Areas

Both of our nurseries offer outside plays areas consisting of a high quality impact absorbent safety surface, which ensures the highest safety of the children at all times.

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Mud Kitchens!

Our mud kitchen can be found at BOTH Toftwood & Scarning nurseries and is a totally bespoke resource designed for our youngest and oldest children.

Job opportunities at Little Owls Nursery

“Just like our children” our waiting lists are growing which enables us with the exciting opportunities to offer 2 positions to work within our Little Owls Toftwood and Scarning settings within our 3-4 pre school year age group.

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What Parent's Have To Say About Us

Communication Champions

We have a passion for developing childrens early speech and language skills. In 2022 Ella and Sharon completed Communication Champions Training and this is used to support children of all ages in both of our settings.

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What's been happening at Little Owls and Hoots

Happy NewYear

Happy New Year!

We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
This morning in Barn Owls Scarning the children enjoyed another wonderful visit from Whimsical and Wild Florist who supported the children in making their own Christmas wreath! The children demonstrated fantastic engagement with this activity and loved thinking about where to place each piece of foliage! The children loved seeing their finished artwork and are so excited to take these home!

Christmas Wreath Making

This morning in Barn Owls Scarning the children enjoyed another wonderful visit from Whimsical and Wild Florist who supported the children in making their own Christmas wreath! The children demonstrated…
Gingerbread Play Dough

Gingerbread Play Dough

Here is our simple gingerbread recipe! Ingredients • 2 cups of flour • ½ cup of salt • A sprinkle of ground ginger • 1 tbsp vegetable oil • A…
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Santa’s Workshop!

Advent is starting soon, so we headed straight to Santa’s Workshop!  Our hoots transformed into Santa, Mrs Claus, a cheeky elf, Rudolph, and a snow girl  With help from our…
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Police Visit

Today, the children enjoyed an exciting visit from Dereham Police officers. The officers began by showing the children their uniforms and a range of equipment they use in their daily…
Red means stop, green means go — this week we learned how to cross the road nice and slow! 🚦 Our Wise Owls shared what they know about road safety and then practised safely crossing outside nursery.

Dentist Visit!

On Friday, both Nursery’s welcomed Sarah from Dentaid The Dental Charity who visited to talk to the children about the importance of brushing their teeth. The children gathered on the…
Headgehog Playdough

Hedgehog Play Dough

This week in Tawny Owls the children have enjoyed exploring some autumn inspired hedgehog play dough! Exploring play dough can provide numerous developmental benefits for babies and toddlers under 18…

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