https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/news daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/news/our-new-website monthly 0.5 2020-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1587039111142-6KBE1GLAXKT8FNBCWO8A/Facilitating+learning.JPG News - Our NEW website https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/our-mission daily 0.75 2023-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1583255090748-VUR0W837B7XENML7SEB9/Our%2BMission.jpg Our Mission https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/extras daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1583256866110-IWH54BD9KRKICGQQC204/lunch.JPG Extras - Lunch Children that stay at Little Acorns for lunch need to bring a packed lunch. We ask that this contains only healthy options. Staff sit with the children to eat, and will always model good practice with healthy food, including fruit and vegetables. Children are offered water or milk to drink at snack time, water is available all day, and we ask that if you send a drinks bottle, with your child’s packed lunch, that it contains water only. No squash or juice as that can be harmful to teeth if it is drunk from a bottle. There is no need to send a drinks bottle as fresh water and cups are always available. We hope the child’s packed lunch will contain, some fruit, and vegetables, some carbohydrate, maybe in the form of bread, crackers or pasta, and some protein, meat, cheese, egg or a vegetarian option. We will inform you if any child at the setting has an allergy and certain foods need to be avoided. Please keep treats like biscuits to a minimum, only one treat per meal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1583256937763-XZ486XPWF1M32XJZF1FZ/swimming.JPG Extras - Swimming. In the summer term, Little Acorns is lucky enough to have access to the Stickland’s school swimming pool. The pool is a regular depth of about 90cm, and is heated. Staff are trained in reach and rescue, which is the requirement for a pool of this depth. We have lots of fun in the pool, and the children learn about water confidence. They learn to get themselves changed independently, and start to feel comfortable at the school, where many of them will go after Little Acorns in September after their 4th Birthday. We have a path from our garden directly to the school. We usually contribute £1 per child per session to the school for the use of the pool. You can join the Stickland’s splash lottery here. This raises funds to keep the school pool open for all to enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1583257040567-4UVEFUZWB1ZTCPK6XMSK/Forest%2Bschool.jpg Extras - Stickland’s School & Forest School. Little Acorns has a close relationship with Stickland’s school. The children have opportunities to use, by arrangement, the school playground, the pool in the Summer months and the forest school area with the reception class throughout the year. Mrs Will the reception teacher works closely with the Little Acorns staff to ensure a smooth transition for any children moving on to Stickland’s school. The school has a wonderful Forest school area, and Little Acorns join in regularly with Forest school sessions at school with the reception class. https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2025-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/588c2f7e-a5da-4bf9-97e1-9ef344385b1a/ofsted+logo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1583256750822-RDGFG7BCUJNH0615OUPI/Garden%2B4.jpg Home https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1583257982621-TTRBOJZH2L6Y4SFAI1PO/In%2Bour%2Bvillage.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/27fe6b1b-98d0-40c8-bb21-0817eeb235cb/yy.jpg About - Term times Little Acorns follows the same calendar as Sticklands school. Our term dates are the same, and the setting is closed if Sticklands school has a training day. For up to date term dates please check the Sticklands calendar here. Inset day: Wednesday 3rd September Autumn Term 2025 starts: Thursday 4th September Autumn Half term: Monday 27th October to Friday 31st Inset Day: Monday 3rd November Autumn Term 2025 ends: Monday 22nd December Inset Day: Monday 5th January 2026 Inset Day: Tuesday 6th January 2026 Spring Term 2026 starts: Wednesday 7th January Spring Half term: Monday 16th February to Friday 20th Spring Term 2026 ends: Monday 30th March Summer Term 2026 starts: Monday 13th April Summer Half Term: Monday 25th May to Friday 29th Inset Day: Monday 1st June Summer Term 2026 ends: Thursday 23rd July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/1583255474089-UGBFHBOZP4O6ITT7O47P/Fees.JPG About - Fees Our fees from September 2025 are £7.00 per hour/£8.00 per hour for under 2’s. Sessions are as follows: Morning: 8.45am-11.45am - 3 hours for £21.00/£24.00 Lunch: 11.45am-12.45pm - 1 hour for £7.00/£8.00 Afternoon: 12.45pm-3.00pm - 2.25 hours for £15.75/£18.00 All day: 8.45am-3.00pm - 6.25 hours for £43.75/£50.00 2 year old funding 15 hour funding for 2 year olds is available for eligible families. From September 2025 30 hour funding may be available to eligible families. You can register and find out more information here. 3 year old funding All children are eligible for 15 hours of free childcare from the term after their third birthday. Little Acorns can apply for this for you, as long as you give your consent. Some families are eligible for 30 hours of funded childcare. You need to apply for this yourself online with a Government gateway account which you can do here. It is quite straightforward to do, and you will get an instant decision. Please check this link to see if you are eligible, or ask a member of the team. Due to our capacity and current waiting list, we may not be able to offer spaces to cover all your child’s funding. Additional costs Little Acorns does not charge for consumables. We do have the option to opt into a charitable contribution of £1.02 an hour on funded hours. List is provided on request what this charitable contribution provides above standard EYFS activities and experiences. We are fortunate that the majority of our parents opt in to our charitable donation. These donations help us to enhance all the children’s early education and care with being provided activities, experiences and tailored care going above EYFS requirements. https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/who-we-are daily 0.75 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/e2e69593-9b72-4309-affe-b3824186054d/DSC_0321.JPG Who we are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/ca4805bf-4415-4c70-b1f3-558b9d6fc40d/Jeannie+pic.jpg Who we are - Jeannie Creed I am a Level 2 Assistant at Little Acorns, and have been with the setting for nearly 20 years. I really enjoy teaching the children some basic cookery and love being creative. I am passionate that children are getting the most out of learning whilst having fun and making new friends. We are very lucky to have a large garden to play in and having the opportunity to grow our own fruit and vegetables with the children, I do like getting back to nature and maybe a little muddy too. I helped to run the after school club known as Funkey Monkeys for a few years when my own children attended but they are now all grown up and I await my grandchildren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/fbf3f405-4021-47ff-bf23-d2839ebfbfd9/thumbnail_IMG_7547.jpg Who we are - Jenny George I am the settings Manager, SENCO, DSL and Health and Safety Officer. I fell in love with Little Acorns as soon as we visited in 2013, it was a vast change from the mainstream preschool of 32 children per session that we left behind in Worcestershire. I am a mother of three beautiful boys who all attended and loved Little Acorns, and who still talk fondly of their memories at the setting. I joined the committee as a member to offer help and be a part of my children's learning. I loved going into the setting and interacting with the staff and children, and really wanted to be a part of it. After being secretary for the committee for a year, followed by becoming a volunteer, gaining a Level 2 Early Years qualification. In 2018, I become a staff member, and achieved my Level 3 qualification in early years and childcare to extend my knowledge for working with pre-schoolers. IN 2023 I qualified as a Level 3 SENCO and took over the role of the setting Manager. My passion is to ensure every child leaves us confident, ready to start to school. We have an excellent relationship with Sticklands school which involves a fantastic transition programme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/ee13d726-4147-465f-95e3-0801edf52f19/Laura+pic.jpg Who we are - Laura Button I am the settings Deputy, Deputy DSL and Deputy SENCO. My qualification is a BA Hons in Early Years and Education and have many years experience working in early years. I have created many unique and specialised props, to support the stories, using my love of crochet. These are available for parents to borrow, and help to engage their child in reading and storytelling. I also like to do Storycises with the children, these are actions and exercises that fit in with a story, and are great for the children’s core strength and listening skills. It is a fun activity that is carried on at Sticklands school, where most of the children transition to when they leave us. I have completed a Level 2 qualification in Autism Spectrum Disorder. I was diagnosed with a hearing impairment 14 years ago, and at that point took the decision to learn sign language. I have started teaching the children new signs to expand their skill set and understanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/975353df-ebfc-426c-a05f-2fbf0efd71a7/Astrid+pic.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e272d0b949f6c4d0d10bc67/183212c4-42a1-4ee3-bae9-124b4be07109/ofsted+logo.jpg Who we are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://www.littleacornsevershot.co.uk/articles daily 0.75 2025-04-19