Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Day nurseries
Hi,
I hope someone can help. I can't see any recent discussions on this topic. I am looking at local nurseries for my daughter who will need to go at 11 months old in October.
The same nursery names are coming up. Does anyone have any recent experience with them? Especially Little Jewels, Orange and Triangle? Though I'd be happy to hear about any others.
I'd be interested in Woodlands but as they only do one intake a year in September and my little one was born in November she would only be able to attend when she's nearly 2 (if she were to get in)
Any information would be very welcome 
Thanks!
Jane
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Permalink Reply by Tullie on
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Mine goes to Woodlands and it is an absolutely brilliant place, for reasons that are rehearsed elsewhere on this site, but I think the main reason we love it and trust it is because the staff are clearly so genuinely invested in the children's development and really care about helping them grow and develop. I remember vividly the contrast between visiting another nursery for an hour or two and seeing the staff raise their voices/get irritated half a dozen times (which is better than I tend to do if faced with caring for small children for more than an hour), and then Woodlands where there has been literally *one* time where I witnessed a staff member raising their voice. The staff are completely zen and calm, and are completely on the childrens' wavelengths. They do lovely things like yoga and special music sessions and they have had chicks growing in the older room ... too much to mention. I know of a few children who have gotten in-year place but they all live very close - ie. a few minutes' walk away - so I wouldn't get your hopes up unless you are in the immediate vicinity.
On Eagle: I had a friend who sent her kid there and who was alarmed at the amount of Christian propaganda songs and stories her kid came home merrily reciting. One of the people running it - possibly the director? - put pressure at one point on parents to come to a prayer meeting or something similar. Fine if that's your belief system, but what annoyed her was the covert nature of it: its ties to the church weren't made at all explicit to her when she was checking it out, and then by the time it was clear it would have disrupted her kid to have pulled them out. It was some years ago though so perhaps things have changed.
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Permalink Reply by Charlotte A on
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Eagle's website says that they have Christian principles, and when I went to look round I was told they say grace at lunchtime. The only religious song my son's ever sung (and he sings almost every waking minute) is Silent Night that they learned at Christmas. The Christmas nativity performance included a talk by the pastor of the church, which was quite full-on, but it's his church.
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Thanks for taking the time to comment Charlotte. We went for a visit and liked what we saw but it's always great to hear from people with real experience of a place. Re: the religious question we asked about this and were told the same, that they pray before meals and follow Christian principles but are respectful of the fact that they have children of many different faiths and none. The lady made me giggle a bit when she added that they do celebrate and run activities based on the main Christian festivals of Xmas, Easter and... Valentine's Day! X
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Yes tullie this is the reason why I took my daughter out of the nursery, when she started singing 'Jesus Christ is my best friend' it was time to leave. They do run to a 'Christian ethos' and if you are religious /or aware of this thats fine.
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Interesting. I'm not religious in the slightest but I don't think I'd be that worried about my pre-schooler singing a religious song. I don't think my 2-year-old sees much difference between singing Silent Night or The Wheels on the Bus.
All British schools are obliged to have daily acts of collective worship, which must be Christian unless it's a non-Christian faith school, so it's something kids are exposed to all the time.
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I think that can be confusing for small children; although maybe at 2 it really is meaningless. My niece was baptised aged 5 to get into the local Catholic school (getting on your knees to avoid the fees syndrome) and came home spouting some pretty full-on religious clap-trap (anti-abortion/homophobia) which her secular mother would then de-bunk. But it just caused her trouble at school because she would then go back to school repeating what her mother had said.
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