Family run day nursery with over 30 years experience
Chinley Day Nursery
Quality Childcare in Chinley
Our promise
We would like to offer you a warm welcome to Chinley Day Nursery, we are a purpose built nursery for 50 children ages 0 – 5 years. Our nursery comprises of 4 play rooms consisting of a 0-2 year old room, 2-3 year old room and a 3-4 year old room. We are a family run business with over 25 years’ experience in childcare and education.
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All our staff within our setting offer a caring and welcoming environment for both children, parents and carers. As a team we aim to create a learning and play environment for children to enhance their development and social skills. All of our staff are First Aid and Safeguarding trained and hold a Level 3 qualification in Childcare and Education. Our staff attend regular training to build on their professional development, the development of the nursery and bring new ideas into our setting. We aim to offer a warm, stimulating and caring environment with a well-structured nursery day that entails free play and planned activities, either in the playrooms, outside areas or the sensory room.
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Our children enjoy freshly cooked balanced and nutritional meals whilst at nursery, they are prepared onsite by our professional cook. We are able to cater for all dietary requirements.
Services
Full and Part time places
At Chinley Day Nursery we offer full and part time places to suit your childcare needs in Chinley. Nursery opens from 7.30am until 6pm allowing parents to be flexible with the hours they need for childcare in Chinley.
Online learning Journals
Our online journals are accessed through Tapestry. You will receive access to your child's online journal which is updated each week with photos and development reports which involves you at every milestone your child reaches.
Healthy Meals
All our meals are cooked by our on-site cook Dawn. We offer cereal and toast for breakfast and hot healthy fresher cooked lunch. Tea is a healthy substantial snack to ensure our little leaners are energised till home time.
Outdoor Play
We boast a large outdoor play area all around the nursery with access to all rooms. Our children love to play outdoors so our extensive garden ensure every child can play and learn outdoors in our well equipped and developmentally friendly play areas.
Free 15 hour 2 or 3 year old government Funded Places. We have all year round funded places enabling you to use funding towards all year round nursery provision. We are happy to help with funding applications and to discuss childcare needs.
SEND
At Chinley Day Nursery we have two SEND coordinators who support our families and practitioners through all aspects of Special Educational Needs. We pride ourselves on identifying early signs of development delay ensuring early interventions are put in place to help children get the support they need to reach their full potential.
EYFS
Early Years Foundation Stage is the curriculum used for the learning, development and care of children from birth to five years. Chinley Day Nursery use EYFS to support learning and through observation and planning of next steps for individual children we ensure our children are given the best support to develop.
Sensory Room
Our sensory room provides a relaxing atmosphere for our children where they can explore their senses using a range of resources and equipment to stimulate developing minds. The key senses we develop in our sensory room are touch, hearing, sight and smell.
Friendly Team
Our friendly approachable team are always happy to speak to you about any aspects about your child’s care and development. Each child has an allocated key person who is responsible for observations, planning and assessments for individual children in their key groups. Key persons build strong relationships with key groups and families.
Holiday Club
Runs every school holiday expect for 1 week at Christmas for when the nursery is closed. Children have the opportunity to meet new friends in a fun relaxed environment. Exciting themes and activities are planned by our holiday club coordinator along with the children for indoors and out.
Term Events
Autumn Events 2025
29th September
Harvest Festival
These two weeks we will be celebrating Harvest Festival. We will be taking donations of tinned and dried foods, all donations will be given to High Peak food Bank. If you would like to donate, please leave on the table in the entrance before Friday 10th October.
We will be learning new songs at nursery and once again holding a scarecrow competition. Please bring your Scarecrow into nursery before Wednesday 8th October. There will be a little prize for all entries and a winning Scarecrow. We can’t wait to see your creations.
20th October
Diwali
This week we will be celebrating the festival of light, engaging in fireworks / bonfire crafts.
27th October
Halloween
Today we will be celebrating Halloween with parties and Halloween crafts. Please come to nursery dressed in your Halloween costumes.
3rd November
Bonfire week
This week we will be decorating lots of sparkly crafts. The preschool will be discussing fire safety at circle time.
7th November
Remembrance Day
Today we will be commemorating Remembrance Day and making our own poppies.
10th November
Children in Need
As always, we will be joining in to help raise money for Children in need. Please keep a look out on tapestry for further details. We are open to fundraising ideas if anyone has any thoughts, we would love to hear from you.
11th December
Christmas Dinner Day
Today we will be having Christmas dinner cooked by Lindsey. We will be having Father Christmas Pie and Rudolph carrots. Please come to nursery dressed in your Christmas Jumper, as we will also be celebrating Christmas Jumper Day.
15th December
Christmas Party Week
This week we will be having parties within each room with games, dancing and a party tea. Please come to nursery either in fancy dress or your party clothes. There will be further information of your child’s exact party days closer to the time on tapestry.
16th and 18th December
Nativity 2025
This year we plan for 2 shows provisionally on the following dates. Tuesday 16th December and Thursday 18 th December 2025. The time of the Nativity will be confirmed closer to the time. It will either be 10.30am or 2.30pm. We will be inviting parents/carers into nursery to watch. We will allocate x2 tickets per child for one of the following dates. We will plan and give further information closer to the time.
Throughout December
Santa Visit
We have also been informed that Santa will be visiting us at some point throughout December. He will be bringing a little gift for everyone.
Testimonials
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