Little Honey Pots Day Nursery

Overview

Here at Little Honey Pots Day Nursery we are a full day nursery provider based in Hickling Pastures Melton.

We are a brand new nursery opened in March 2025. Our ethos is to provide children with a happy healthy sustainable lifestyle.

Our aims are to provide health and nutrition and the benefits of outdoor learning along with our curriculum based farm school. We are planting our own vegetables and herbs where children experience the life cycles of plants and learn the care of animals. It is also about taking responsibility for growing and looking after these.

Children will be learning life skills, making healthy choices and developing life lessons.

Emotional well-being is very important to us, providing opportunities for self care, taking care of the environment will be part of our daily learning.

Children's experiences are consistently planned for to build embedded knowledge and skills to enhance future learning. Children demonstrate this through being engaged in their learning and play, sustaining high levels of engagement and concentration. Children lead their learning through natural awe and wonder.

We offer all year round and term time only places, full day care available from 6 months to 5 years of age. We can also offer an hourly service.

Times and availability

Age Range: 6 months - 5 years

Opening Times

Day	Opening Time	Closing Time
Monday to Friday	7.30	18.00

Opening times are dependent on the families needs and we are flexible in-between these times. If choosing sessions within these times, we require them to be a minimum of 5 hours per day. We also offer a day rate of £80 which is 7.30am-6pm.

Contact

We offer full day care or hourly care (minimum of 5 hours) for children aged 6 months to 5 years old all year round (51 weeks of the year) or term time only (38 weeks of the year). We accept government funding and the tax free child care as well as privately funded sessions. We believe children lead their own learning through awe and wonder, and as skilled practitioners we facilitate the learning environment for children to learn and grow using in the moment planning. We provide opportunities for children to open magical doors to awe and wonder and play based activities. We opened in March 2025 and are based on a farm, where children are able to explore nature, grow fruit and vegetables, learn about nutrition, life cycles and understanding the world around them.

Little Honey Pots Day Nursery

Manager

07552922730

07986491249

honeypots@happyhived.com

https://www.happyhivedaynurseries.com

Address

Little Honey Pots Day Nursery

Little Honey Pots Day Nursery Melton Road,

Hickling Pastures

Melton Mowbray

Nottinghamshire

LE14 3QG

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Childcare

Funded places

Tax-free childcare
30 hours childcare for 9 months to 4 years
15 hours childcare for 3 and 4 year olds
Early Learning for 2 year olds

Places

Number of places: 31

VacanciesNo

Schools

School pickupNo

We use face to face communication in the mornings at drop off and evenings at pick up times. During the day we use an app called Famly where the key workers will upload pictures of the child's day and provide information about the care they have received during their time with us throughout the day. We also complete the two year checks, assessments, and observations as well as offering termly meetings with the parents regarding the children's progress. We also do stay and play sessions throughout the year where everyones families are invited to join us at the nursery to join in with some fun activities.

Costs

Description	Cost type	Unit price	Cost unit
Childcare costs 7:30am-6pm	Per Day	£80.00	Daily
Childcare Costs (minimum 4 hours)	Per Hour	£8.00	Hourly
Lunchtime hot meal provided by nursery	Meals/snacks	£3.50	Daily
Tea provided by nursery	Meals/snacks	£1.50	Daily

We offer the government funding and tax free child care. We also offer term time only and all year round options. We offer an option for children to access nursery meals which are charged for as above but parents/carers also have the option to opt out and provide their child with their own packed lunches for no additional cost.

Inclusion

Supporting

Learning difficulties
Social, emotional and mental health needs
Autism
Sensory Impairment
Speech, language and difficulties
Visual impairment
Physical disability

Dietary needs

Has provisionYes

We refer to the parents wishes. We have allergy management processes in place, we all have food and nutrition training and follow the government and NHS guidance on healthy eating plans for children, offering them a nutritionally balanced diet.

Special needs (children)

Has provisionYes

The SENCO has a vast amount of experience working with children with SEND, working in a special needs school, a respite service for children and adults with SEND as well as multiple years experience as a SENCO. During their time as a SENCO in the early years, they have worked alongside multiple professionals and completed two EHCP applications for children who in turn were successful in receiving an EHCP. We have qualified staff in SEND and SENCO for the nursery with lots of experience. We also have a sensory room to support children with SEND.