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Farmyard Friends
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Dates for your diary
Nursery is open all year round, apart from the week between Christmas, New Year and Bank Holidays.
Our next Staff Training and Development date will be Monday 7th September 2026 and nursery will be closed to all children.
Farmyard Friends Christmas party will be held on Saturday 5th December from 11am -1pm. Further information will come out closer to the date.
Our next parent and carer evening will be on Wednesday 20th May 2026, 5.45 - 7pm. A booking system will be available closer to the time.
We access the East Riding Mobile Library service once a month when it visits the village.
Moo Music sessions continue alternate Thursdays moving forward.
In 2026 we have enjoyed and are looking forward to the following visits:
January: Fossil Feet – learning all about fossils.
February: Hornsea Inshore Rescue.
March: Peel Vets, Hornsea. Dental Nurse visit.
April: East Riding Ambulance Service, British Divers Marine Life Rescue.
We continue to seek and secure further visits for the year ahead.
Visits we welcomed in 2025 include:
The Fire Brigade, Ladies in Pigs, Tractor week, Dr Sienko, The Oral Health Team, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Nursery Photographer.
We enjoyed supporting the Christmas Tree Festival at St Nicholas Church in Hornsea and designed our own Christmas cards with Mini Me designs and had them printed off for our families to enjoy.
Millie’s Mark Accreditation 2026
Millie’s Mark is awarded as a special endorsement to childcare providers that go above and beyond in paediatric first aid requirements. All our staff team are qualified with 12 hours paediatric first aid level 3 qualifications. This hopefully provides reassurance for our families that all our childcare practitioners know what to do in a paediatric first aid situation.
We are delighted to have renewed this award in January 2026 which we have held since 2019.
Home Learning Activities
Our monthly home learning activities will come to you via your child's Tapestry account, or we are happy to provide paper copies if you would prefer. We would be delighted if you will take part in these activities and could post your pictures and achievements back to us on Tapestry.
National Day Nursey Association Maths Champion Accreditation
We are currently starting our Maths Champion accreditation via the NDNA and look forward to cascading our knowledge on early mathematics throughout all of our base rooms.
Bags of Support
We currently have several bags of support available for our families to borrow. These offer help and support with weaning, toilet training, healthy eating and Oral Health. Please ask our practitioners for further information. We also have a variety of parent fact sheets on topics such as biting and weaning in our nursery entrance areas.
Nursery Lending Library
At Farmyard Friends, to promote early literacy we operate a children’s lending library facility in each of our base rooms and sign post our families to: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. All 0-5 year olds in the East Riding can join this free book scheme. By signing up your child can receive a free age appropriate book each month to inspire a love of reading.
https://imaginationlibrary.com/uk/affiliate/EASTRIDING
NEW INTAKE OF CHILDREN
Many thanks to everyone for recommending our services. The majority of our children come through recommendations from current families and we cannot thank you all enough for this.
If you are considering changing or increasing your sessions in the near future please do let us know to ensure a place is reserved. Waiting list forms are also available for babies who require a place next year. Please let us know, even if the baby isn’t here yet.
