16 August 2024
The Reception children became very curious when they spotted the planting that Early Learner children had done. In response, the Reception room gathered the resources needed and completed their own planting activity.
12 March 2024
One of the Reception children asked their Mummy on the way to nursery, "What happens if you put blue tac in water?" The Reception room decided to do a little impromptu experiment to show the children what would happen!
31 January 2024
Today, our Reception staff have been focusing on supporting the children's personal, emotional and social skills. This activity follows our feelings box session yesterday, where we looked at a focussed emotions story and then had conversations about how we felt and why.
1 November 2023
Happy Halloween! Take a look at all the amazing pumpkins you have been carving!
15 September 2023
What a lovely morning I have had! I'm sat in the office and hear Reception room outside full of excitement and giggles so I decided to go and join them!
2 August 2023
Here at The Abbey we fully understand the importance of staff morale, having a fun environment to work in and most importantly, feeling appreciated and valued!
20 January 2023
Not only does the snow provide impromptu learning for the children, it also gives me, as manager, an impromptu staff observation opportunity that I couldn't miss! Hearing all the fun, giggles and excitement coming from the garden I had to watch and I am so glad I did!
23 September 2022
Happy Friday, take a look at some of the fun we have had over the past week or so!
22 June 2022
Today the children participated in a practise fire drill. We complete these on a regular basis, and as part of our new staff training induction.
6 May 2022
It's been a very busy week at The Abbey and we have all had lots of fun! The babies have been extending their exploration during messy play and have shown particular interest in the shaving foam!
4 April 2022
Here at The Abbey we thoroughly understand the four guiding principles which shape an early years setting.
3 March 2022
Well, what a turn out we had for World Book Day! So many amazing outfits!
28 January 2022
What a fun week of learning we've had at The Abbey this week!
17 December 2021
Here are some videos of our lovely Reception children singing their Christmas songs! We are so very proud of them all. Merry Christmas everyone!
19 November 2021
For Children In Need today we all wore our pyjamas to nursery and made out very own Pudsey masks!
20 October 2021
Evolution Childcare owner, Sue Jones, called upon her considerable experience in the field to contribute to a special report on Franchising in October's issue of Nursery World online magazine.
20 September 2021
We are recruiting! We are looking for Qualified Childcare Practitioners to join our team at The Abbey Nursery School. There are full time and part time positions available.
18 August 2021
What a fantastic day we had at our 2021 Graduation Party. Everyone at The Abbey want to wish you all lots of luck in 'big' school.
24 May 2021
We are recruiting! We are looking for both full time and part time qualified Childcare Practitioners to join our wonderful team at our Warrington & Northwich nurseries.
7 May 2021
What a fantastic and fun week we have had! Take a look at some photos of our fun week here at The Abbey.
15 April 2021
The sun is shining, restrictions are lifting slightly, what's not to smile about?!
4 March 2021
Kate, from our Early Learner Room kindly offered to read us one of our favourite stories!
15 January 2021
Are you looking for childcare for your little baby? Look no further than here at The Abbey Nursery school. We provide quality activities following the children's interest and give them the best start in their development.
Whilst I'm sat in the office, all I can hear on a daily basis is the laughter and giggles coming from our lovely little babies and it brings the biggest smile to my face.
22 December 2020
Well what a year 2020 has been. It's brought challenges none of us have had to face before but we are so proud of how we have all pulled together as a team, as an industry and as a country to somehow make it to Christmas, whatever that may look like this year. We hope that you all have a very happy Christmas Day and we are all looking forward to a happier and healthier 2021.
Remember, don't look back, you're not going that way...
12 November 2020
Pssst, look who I've just caught taking a sneak peek around our nursery!
1 October 2020
Did you know there are many uses for playdough? It helps to develop our fine motor skills as well as our hand-eye coordination. It's calming for children and encourages creativity as well as social skills and it can also be used to support and promote both literacy and mathematical skills.
21 August 2020
What a busy week we have had! We have been so busy we cannot believe that it is Friday already. Have a little look at some of the fun activities we have done within nursery this week.
10 July 2020
Today's the day The Abbey had a picnic!
We have enjoyed lots of lovely activities today with a few special teddies that have joined us for the occasion!
6 February 2020
It was so lovely to stand back and watch a small group of children initiate their own play today. Growing up, everyone LOVED "What's the time Mr Wolf", and to see it instilled in the children is wonderful. Take a look at our video below...
3 December 2019
When we opened up the nursery this week found that The Abbey has been visited by the Christmas Elves!
1 November 2019
We have had a fantastic week so far this week for Halloween here at The Abbey. We have seen some amazing costumes and pumkins so far and we still have more fun to come...
24 September 2019
We are very proud to announce that Leanne, our wonderful manager at Evolution Childcare @ The Stables has been shortlisted for the National Nursery Recognition Awards, for the category of Personality Of The Year!
These prestigous National Awards give recognition to the best nurseries and nursery staff across the UK. The finalists were decided by an independent panel of judges, but the winners are decided by YOU!
23 August 2019
Who is ready for the long weekend in the sunshine?
We have had a fabulous few weeks here at nursery, and here are the photos to prove that!
18 June 2019
We thought it would be nice to share what our Parents and Caregivers say about us here at The Abbey...
10 June 2019
We are so excited about our new Evolution Childcare nursery opening in Hangzhou in China.
23 May 2019
This morning we had a special visit from the Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital.
We got to see some amazing owls, Shimba, Otis, Titch and Chocolate!
14 May 2019
We are very excited to announce that Blackbrook, our new nursery in Padgate will be opening in September!
18 April 2019
All the rooms have been taking part in a variety of Easter activities this week and the nursery has been full of fun, joy and laughter.
It has been fun to watch the children hunt high and low for their eggs on our Easter egg hunt. It was such a simple way to introduce prepositions into play to help develop the childrens' knowledge and understanding further.
15 March 2019
It's Red Nose Day and we have been having lots of Comic Relief run here at The Abbey.
26 February 2019
Watch this space, something very special is coming soon!
Evolution Childcare's multi-talented owner, Sue Jones has written a lovely series of educational story books, beautifully illustrated by Sue's childhood friend Emma Bryan.
10 January 2019
What's better than a dress up day?
A dress up AND science day!
That's exactly what we have all been enjoying today here in The Abbey's Reception Room.
1 January 2019
Happy New Year to you all from the Evolution Childcare Family!
What a year 2018 proved to be! We have lots of exciting things to look forward to in 2019 and we can't wait to get started...
6 December 2018
What an amazing day we have had today at The Abbey!
Christmas came early today when we were all treated to a visit by Cheshire Alpacas!
9 November 2018
We have had a busy and fun packed week here at The Abbey and we have finished the week off by wearing red to honour our brave soldiers past, present and future.
#evolutionchildcare #rememberancesunday #knowledgeoftheworld
31 October 2018
Happy Halloween from us all at The Abbey!
Come and see the fun we are having today with all of our spooky friends. We even had a Spoooky Lunch of wriggly worms and eyeballs!
We have also decided on the winner of our pumpkin carving competition... drum roll please...
28 September 2018
Today we had a special visitor come and see us at nursery!
We had a police woman come and speak to us about the work she does and how she helps us, we even got to role play in her uniform and some of the equipment she uses.
6 July 2018
We have been very busy this week enhancing our outdoor area and it looks AMAZING!!!!!
8 June 2018
Well we have had a busy week here at The Abbey!
We are finishing it off with a party tea for the Queen's Birthday. We have made her some special cards which we will be posting.
10 January 2018
Today the Reception children participated in their first Science activity!
24 November 2017
Well the weekend is here and what fun we have had at The Abbey this week!
26 September 2017
On Monday 2nd October we are holding a coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
If you are free at any time between 9:30am and 11am, feel free to come along with your family and friends for a coffee and a cake, or perhaps some tea and biscuits! It's also a great way for parents to get to know one another.
15 June 2017
Today the children helped raise money for Save The Children by making their own dens.
9 May 2017
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30 April 2017
Congratulations and good luck to Sarah and the Team at Shadsworth Business Park – they have been shortlisted for The Newcomer Award at the 2017 Hive Awards!
18 April 2017
We hope you all had a lovely Easter!
Here are a few pictures to show you all the fun we had at nursery...
17 March 2017
Today the children have had lots of fun, exploring green messy play and getting creative by decorating their very own shamrock.
2 March 2017
This week we have been very busy celebrating!
First we had pancake day on Tuesday, yummy pancakes with a variety of toppings...
10 December 2016
A huge thank you to all the children parents and staff for making The Abbey's first Christmas carol concert as special as it was!
7 December 2016
This morning the Early Learner children have been exploring ice and using their investigation and fine motor skills to free the toys that Elsa had frozen!
19 October 2016
Today the Early Learner children have been getting creative in preparation for Halloween and making their own spooky spiders to decorate their room.
7 September 2016
The Babies and Toddlers have had a great time today creating marks with paint and exploring texture.
27 July 2016
Today the children had great fun meeting lots of different animals.
We shared the new experience as a whole nursery and were able to hold and feel lots of different animals, learning what they like to eat and where they come from.
26 July 2016
We are now open and have spaces available! Come and visit us to see Evolution Childcare's wonderful new setting in Weaverham, Northwich.
14 January 2016
The phone rings and its Kerry our Group Manager on the line:
“Emma I need to arrange a meeting with you, are you free Friday morning?”
“Of course” I say, “is everything okay?”
“Yep everything’s fine we will discuss it Friday.”
After our quick phone call my stomach begins to somersault what does she need to talk to me for? A million thoughts rush through my head.
