The original Watermead Day Nursery was designed and built by my father Peter Allen next door to the original family property back in 2004.  Since then it has matured into a family run, Ofsted Oustanding facility of which we are immensely proud.  Such has been its popularity that in 2016, after much soul-searching, it expanded to include our family home, Brook Farm House.

  

Combined, the two properties now offer childcare from birth to pre-school years in a stimulus rich environment we don’t think is matched in the region.  We pride ourselves on offering the best childcare in the most stimulating, safe and secure environment, where children can have the best experiences.  We firmly believe this dedication to childcare, which we insist upon from all involved in Watermead, reflects in the positive feedback we receive from not only our own children, Sienna and Scarlett who regularly attend but also from all the other children at the setting.

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Being parents ourselves has helped to shape the nursery, the philosophy and ethos and we are the only nursery in the region who actively follows the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education. This is an innovative and inspiring approach to early childcare education which uses the children’s deep curiosity to drive their interest and to help them understand their world and their place within it. It fundamentally allows the child to construct their own learning and gain understanding through their individual interests, with an emphasis on hands-on discovery.  This encourages children in our care to use all their senses and all their languages to learn and is epitomized in the poem "The Hundred Languages of Children

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