At The Green Cave Nursery we care about how we impact our world. We teach the children to love and protect their environment both inside and outside. We therefore do everything we can to give them a healthy start in life.

We use a company called Zebedees to provide healthy balanced meals including a hot lunch and cold afternoon tea. To find out more about Zebedees and their menus please click HERE.

Most of our toys and furniture in the nursery are made from wood, creating a relaxing and nurturing environment in which children can learn and develop enhancing imagination and creativity. We try to purchase wooden toys that are sustainably sourced and made from certified wood, playing a small part in reducing the amount of plastic waste.

We use the Zero Waste Company which is a local shop, where we buy some of our products and food produce. The children learn about recycling and reusable plastic; reducing plastic waste.

Forest School by Qualified FS teacher: Fresh air is extremely important to us and the children's well-being. We adventure with the children on our daily walks to our woodland garden on the common and to the local parks in the area. We are therefore teaching this new generation about caring for the environment and leaving it as they found it.

In our nurturing environment we encourage children to understand, respect and express their emotions freely. We follow the story of "The Colour Monster", this way children learn each feeling is represented by a colour and therefore even young children are able to tell us or show us if they are feeling red (anger), blue (sad) or yellow (happy).

Well-being is not only important for our children but also for our staff and parents. We operate an open door policy allowing both our staff and our parents to communicate freely to say how they feel. The management team are contactable out of hours if it is urgent and you would like our support. Staff have a good working relationship with one another and we promote this by regular team building social events and having a wellbeing basket for staff throughout the day.

Our staff are selected not only for their qualifications and experience but also for their personality and attributes.

We like to offer our children a stimulating yet calm environment, where they are cared for by special individuals who completely support our ethos and focus on creating a homely environment.

Here at the Green Cave Day Nursery we operate the key person approach in which your child will be assigned a designated member of staff. They will be responsible for the day to day care of your child as well as observing the progression and development they make.

Within our staff team we have a qualified Yoga Teacher who teaches sessions every day she is in. To find out more about Sophie and her amazing sessions click HERE.

We have a qualified Fitness/Football Instructor that visits the nursery regularly to teach the children new sporting skills.

We have numerous staff members who speak different languages including Spanish, Afrikaans, Bengali and Hindi. We encourage them all to teach these languages to the children through songs and simple lessons.

We also have a talented Soprano who teaches basic music and singing to our children.