Little Pippins
Skelton-on-Ure, Ripon
North Yorkshire HG4 5AJ
Our children stood to attention when a soldier mum visited the nursery to talk about the importance of Remembrance Day. Major Alexandra Petherbridge, of the 6th Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, came into Baldersby Park to speak to the children about why we mark Remembrance Day each...
Given the success of our first-ever apprentice, Leonie Buttner, we are pleased to introduce our newest apprentice, Siana Landreth. Siana joined us in October and is already settling in well and contributing in our Butterflies Room, although she will gain experience working with the younger children...
Leonie Buttner is Baldersby Park Montessori Nursery’s first-ever apprentice, having joined in April 2021, and she recently completed her Level 3 in Childcare. The 22-year-old originally hails from Germany but moved to the UK in August 2019 to become an au-pair and ‘improve my English”. It would...
A mum who took the leap from childminding in her home to opening her own day nursery has seen her investment and hard work pay off in just five years. In 2017, Victoria Pollitt set up her first nursery from a village hall in Rainton, which...
We were delighted to welcome the families of our pre-school children to the nursery to watch our graduation ceremony. A total of 11 children 'graduated' this year and they all looked resplendent in their blue gowns and mortar boards as received their graduation certificates. It’s always sad to goodbye to children, some of...
We had a great turn out for our sports day with parents and family members invited from the Butterfly Room (3-4s) and with children in Ladybirds and Caterpillars watching and cheering everyone on. We had a running race, sack race, hot potato and spoon race, relay...