Nursery

Springfield nursery is a happy and caring environment that offers young children varied and exciting learning experiences. Children from 3 years of age can join the nursery and will be taught by a dedicated team of experienced Early Years staff. All the classes at Springfield are named after birds and our nursery children are our ‘Ducklings’.

Did you know?  As a term-time only provider with school based opening hours, Springfield Nursery is able to offer funded 15 and 30 hour childcare places to eligible parents at no additional cost!  At our Nursery the only potential charge applicable is a hot lunch which can be provided at a cost of £3.50 per day but children are welcome to bring along a packed lunch.  If you have any questions regarding funding then please do not hesitate to contact our team.

Our most recent OFSTED inspection, which took place in January 2025, rated the Early Years Provision here at Springfield as “Outstanding” along with all other aspects of the school’s provision.

Parent Testimonials

“After a not so positive experience of Ezekiel’s first nursery setting, Springfield have given him all the support and nurturing needed for him to really enjoy nursery life. He has so much fun and I feel confident he is learning and looked after better than I could have imagined, Thank you!”- Parent of EP

“We absolutely love Ducklings and Springfield is an amazing school. Since Ava has started she has learned so much having many new experiences with the activities and regular visitors. She is growing and developing in Ducklings, who make learning fun!”- Parent of AS-G

“It is so lovely to have somewhere where Isla feels so comfortable and is always so eager to go. The staff are AMAZING with her!” – Parent of IM-KR

“Every single member of staff is lovely and welcoming. Jesse loves coming to nursery! He has struggled with his speech and all the staff have been super helpful.” – Parent of JZ

What we do in Ducklings

In Ducklings Class we love being active and getting outdoors. We go outside whatever the weather! We have undercover areas, a mud garden, sand and water tables, a gardening patch, a wooded area, a climbing frame and slide, bikes, scooters, giant construction blocks and much more.

We love to grow our own plants. In the summer we plant beans, herbs, tomatoes and sunflowers. Then we start to prepare the ground ready to plant some winter vegetables.  We also enjoy lots of different types of mark making, using anything from paint and shaving foam to feathers and sticks.

We spend time experimenting with numbers and shapes in nursery, enjoying lots of counting games and songs. We also love reading to and with our Ducklings, focusing on different books and talking about the plot and characters. We often role play the stories and see if we can make them even better!

We are fortunate to have some wonderful resources that we enjoy playing with, from cars and trains to dinosaurs and farm animals, threading and marble runs. We love our home corner too, where we can cook up a lovely lunch, take care of ourselves and enjoy a book in our comfy armchair

Time as a Duckling sets children up well for their next steps into Reception. They leave with a range of skills and experiences that give them the confidence and independence they need to make the transition as smooth as possible as they begin their school career.

Take a look below to see what we will be learning all about in Ducklings this term.

Autumn Term 2025

We have really enjoyed exploring the different coloured leaves that have fallen from all the trees in the early years garden, we collected lots to create some lovely Autumn pictures.

Ducklings have created Autumn trees using a variety of different resources, we then got to show them in our harvest assembly.

This was a great fine motor activity as well as a great opportunity to work on a shared project and talk about our changing seasons.

Ducklings have enjoyed baking and decorating Gingerbread biscuits to go alongside our topic of the Gingerbread man.

We have been learning important skills like weighing and measuring, we’ve also been expanding our vocabulary with key words like scoop, pour, mix, roll, cut and then practising the key skills to go alongside.

We’ve really enjoyed working together and getting a yummy treat at the end!