Willow Tree Daycare

29/07/2026

🌿 We’re growing our Willow Tree family 🌿

We’re looking for a passionate Level 3 Nursery Practitioner to join our warm, supportive team in a beautiful rural setting. If you value outdoor learning, close-knit teamwork and a calm, nurturing environment for children, we’d love to hear from you.

Not sure if it’s the right fit? We warmly welcome potential candidates to come and have a look around, meet the team and experience Willow Tree Daycare before applying.

📧 Get in touch to arrange a visit or to find out more.

25/07/2026

Willow Tree Class of 2026 🎓

Today we celebrated our class of 2026 graduates. We had a lovely picnic and enjoyed some well earned cake 🍰

Willow Tree also celebrated it's 3rd birthday yesterday and this is our biggest group of school leavers so far.

We have loved watching each one of the children grow, learn and they have become a group of amazing children ❤️

We know you will love school but we will miss you all so much. You have all been a huge part of Willow Tree.

Thank you

22/06/2026

17/06/2026

🍃 Job Opportunity 🍃

We are currently looking to add to our team of bank staff, with the possibility of this becoming a permanent position.
If you are interested, please drop me and email at: [email protected] for more information.

Thank you

15/06/2026

Today is a VERY sad day, our chicks go back to the farm 😭

It's been an incredible experience watching them hatch, grow, and become part of our everyday routine.

Despite the worry, stress, and a fair few sleepless nights...it always feels worth it when parents tell us the children haven't stopped talking about the chicks at home and seeing them rush in to check on them in a morning.

So many people have shared that they still remember having chicks when they were at school, a real reminder that what we do and expose children to, can have a life long impact!

We'll miss our fluffy little friends 😭 Safe travels back to the farm, chicks! 🐣

11/06/2026

It's been a very EGGiting week...our eggs have finally hatched! 🐣 Thankfully they weren't the dinosaur eggs some children were wishing for! As if we didn't already have enough little ones to care for....we've welcomed SIX fluffy new additions to the family. 🙈

The children are in their element, spending their day checking in on them and they've been helping to top up their feed and water - learning all about the responsibility that comes with caring for a pet.

29/05/2026

🐸 These two preschoolers have dedicated so much time to learning about and engaging in our frog topic (and asked many, many questions along the way!!!!). Watching it all come together as they experienced our tiny frogs up close made us absolutely certain that they will grow up loving and protecting every frog they see! 😭

While we know this topic can be controversial, we stand by how important these experiences are. Giving children the chance to connect with and care for wildlife first hand helps build understanding, respect, and a love for protecting nature from an early age.

What an idyllic childhood our Willow Tree little ones experience! 💚

*Hands were washed and all precautions taken to keep both froggies and children safe!*

26/05/2026

🍓 Strawberry Planting Fun! 🌱

The children had a great time planting out our strawberry plants today. We talked about how the pretty white flowers will eventually drop off, and in their place our strawberries will begin to grow!

With a bit of sunshine and plenty of care, we’re hoping for a lovely harvest this year.... maybe even enough to make some strawberry jam for the Pen*stone Show after the judges comments our blackberry jam received from the judges in 2025! 💁‍♀️🤞

22/05/2026

Our tadpoles are finally becoming froglets! 🐸💚 They’ve all got back legs, and some even have their front ones too! Next their tails will disappear and they’ll be fully fledged frogs 🥹 We’ve tipped the tank and added rocks so they can climb out for air now they have lungs 🌿💦 Soon we’ll be saying goodbye as they head back to Janet’s pond 🐸🏡

20/05/2026

🐣✨ Exciting news… our chicks have arrived! ✨🐣

They’re all safely tucked into their incubator now and we’ll be watching them closely as they settle in.

We’ve already had some brilliant conversations about what might be inside the eggs… suggestions so far include lizards 🦎, snakes 🐍 and even crocodiles 🐊!

We’re just hoping the children convinced it’s dragons and dinosaurs 🐉🦖 aren’t too disappointed when the big reveal happens… 😄

Watch this space! 👀

***We have chosen to partner with Gemma at Armitage Poultry as we are confident in her commitment to ethical farming practices, Gemma provides these opportunities because, as an EYFS teacher herself, she believes it is important to give children hands on learning experiences (please ask if you have any questions or would like further information)***