The Magical Hobbit House

Festive Magic at Twinkle Tots

Once again Staff and children have had a truly magical time over the festive season here at Twinkle Tots. We served up our annual Christmas party with lots of party games and turned our beautiful hobbit house into Santa’s wonderland. We even had a visit from the big man in the red coat and from Frosty the snowman.

A very Merry Christmas to one and all from everyone here at Twinkle Tots where the magic of Christmas is all around us!

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‘Children in Need’ 2025 at Twinkle Tots

Children in need is a ‘pyjama’ day at Twinkle Tots when we hold special activities throughout the nursery and learn about what children in Need is all about. This year we took on the challenge of 25 activities across all of our rooms whilst raising money for this fantastic cause. Thank you to everyone who took part, children, staff and parents for your generous support.

Fun in preschool creating pudsey masks

Amazing designs in Toddler room, poor old pudsey bear!

Just look how ‘handy’ we all are, leaving our ‘paw’ prints for pudsey!

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The Bear hunt will never be the same again!

Another Fun packed day celebrating a great children’s author …

Going on a bear hunt (and finding the biggest bear ever!)

We like to sometimes do things a little differently at Twinkle Tots, and while we love to celebrate all the traditional festivals and occasions, we also like to commemorate ones which others may overlook. November 12th was Michael Rosen Day, who you might ask is Michael Rosen, Michael Rosen is of course the author of the incredible book ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’.

Well, here is the biggest bear you’re ever likely to capture, what an incredible costume, our baby room leader,  ‘living the dream’!

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Graduation at Twinkle Tots

Twinkle Tots of Endon celebrated the graduation of ‘the Class of 25’ in August. Its always both a happy and sad time for us, having to say goodbye to mums and dads, carers and of course children, who we’ve had the privilege of sharing their learning journey with, right the way through to the end of their early years.

Graduation however, is also a time to reflect on that amazing journey and look back at the incredible times we’ve had together, making sure each child is as school ready as they ever can be, in a setting designed for, and catering specifically for early years children, with staff dedicated to children’s early years.

We wish each and every one of our graduates the very best in the next stage of their journey. ‘Follow Your Dreams’

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Not just great home cooked food at Twinkle Tots …

Food Hygiene rating – Very Good!


Two years ago we took the bold decision to completely redesign the back of our nursery and build our own Kitchen so that we could offer a varied and nutritious menu of home cooked food for all of the children while taking control of costs. Needless to say we’re so happy to have been awarded a 5 star rating today.

At Twinkle Tots we make sure children have breakfast, a fruit snack, a hot lunch, high tea and drinks every day in a clean and safe environment.

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Preschool ‘Spa’ day for mums and nans

Yesterday we invited mums and nans into nursery for a special kind of pampering and ‘spa’ day, all laid on by our wonderful preschool children with some help from our incredible staff. With the wonderful weather we’ve been having, we were able to extend our spa activities into our lovely garden area and the hobbit house was transformed into a haven of luxurious pampering.

Its always a pleasure to invite mums, dad’s nans and grandads into nursery, as here at Twinkle Tots we really believe in letting those that matter come in and see what a great time we have here, with each day packed with fun and learning, and why children at Twinkle Tots are so happy, inquisitive and eager to learn

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Fathers Day at Twinkle Tots!

Now a firm favourite in the calendar, on the Friday before fathers day we invite dad’s and grandads into Nursery to spend time with their children/grandchildren and to find out more about what the little ones are getting up to. Its a great opportunity for the children to show off the skills they’ve learnt and its a welcome break from the day to day for dads, and of course breakfast is provided for everyone.

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Learning all about sustainability

The DfE has a directive that all Educational settings in England must appoint a sustainability lead by 2025 and have in place an action plan that promotes sustainability throughout the establishment, embedding the concepts and reasons for sustainability into children’s learning from an early age. As part of this initiative, we’ve been learning all about recycling in pre-school, setting the children a task of finding our hidden recyclable’s in our lovely outside play area and separating them out into different categories. Everyone had loads of fun and asked lots of questions.

You can read more about the DfE initiative on sustainability and climate change by clicking the link below: –

Sustainability and climate change: a strategy for the education and children’s services systems – GOV.UK

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Under the Sea – Scarecrows are back at Twinkle Tots!

Twinkle Tots of Endon enter the Endon Well Dressing Scarecrow competition every year. This year the children and staff have created an under the sea theme which is displayed proudly outside of Alder House. Please come along and take a look at our creation and all of the other wonderful creations throughout the village. We know summer has arrived when the scarecrows are out!

This years theme is cartoon characters and they’ll be dotted across the village for everyone to see. Pick up a ‘scarecrow’ map and have yourself a lovely time admiring everyone’s hard work. Good luck to each and everyone of you who have entered and a big thank you to all of our wonderful staff and children.

…and to complete a great week of hard work by everyone, Under the Sea was voted ‘Best Group’ entry, congratulations to everyone!

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