A Home
From Home

Our setting is designed to make your child feel just as much at home with us as they do with you.

Forest School Learning

Hands on learning, natural experience and creative and engaging activities.

Hot & Cold
Meals

We can provide hot and cold meals: breakfasts, lunches and dinners, to suit your child’s needs.

Early Years Funding

We accept early years funding for 2 and 3 year old’s: that’s up to 30 hours per week free childcare.

School Drop & Pick-up

We offer a pick-up or drop-off service to and from Merriott Middle School and Merriott Pre-School.

Childcare Vouchers

We accept childcare vouchers and other tax-free methods, including employer payments.

Mission

Our Mission Statement

We listen to children’s and parent’s voices and take into account their opinions and ideas. Small group time and meaningful conversations with peers and adult, teach our children to listen to and respect other people and their values. Children are taught the value and reasons behind our expectations, that they are here to protect us, that everyone has a responsibility and that there are consequences when rules are broken.

You can download our full mission statement via the button below.

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Team

Our Team

We have a team of 6 staff: Charlotte, Jade, Monica, Michaela, Krissy and Sam.

Charlotte is the owner, manager, SENCO (special education needs coordinator), Safeguarding Lead, attends the designated safeguard lead 2 day working together in child protection certificate, and has a level 5 HNC in Management.

Jade is the Deputy Manager, ENCO (educational needs coordinator) and has a Level 6 B.A Honours in Professional Practice – Early Childhood.

All staff have qualifications for:

  • Paediatric first aid
  • Level 2 food safety and hygiene for catering
  • Level 3 in early years qualification
  • Basic awareness child protection

Activities

Play & Activities

Through playing in the following ways we allow each child to develop into confident learners in a secure, safe, inspiring environment:-

  • Imagination in role play and small world
  • Construction with large and small equipment
  • Exploring the natural world
  • Mark making and writing
  • Free movement and music
  • Investigating outdoor space
  • Using information technology
  • Sand and water play
  • Cooking and baking
  • Literacy and numeracy
  • Creative play, making and fixing
  • Sensory experience
  • Messy play
  • Story time

Food

Food & Drink

We offer high quality, home-made healthy food and snacks.  Some fruit and vegetables are grown in the orchard by the children and eggs are collected from the chickens in the garden.

We are both trained in Food Safety and Hygiene and have recently been inspected by the Environmental Health who gave us a ‘Food Hygiene Rating of 5 (Very Good).

We all sit at the kitchen table together to eat and the children are involved in the preparation of snacks and meals. We also have great fun baking and decorating cakes!

Outings

Places We Visit

We like to take the children out to experience and learn about everyday life and the natural environment. Some of the places we visit include:

  • Crewkerne Aqua Centre – Swimmming
  • Local Parks
  • Chard Reservoir
  • Ferne Animal Sanctuary
  • Ham Hill
  • West Bay/ Lyme Regis
  • Burrow Hill
  • Farm
  • The Library
  • Cafes
  • Shops/ supermarkets
  • Museums
  • Strawberry picking
  • Local Small Holdings
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What The Parents Say

“It is very reassuring for us to know that [our child] is so well looked after whilst we work – the quality and variety of the activities and the outside play make it a lot of fun for her, but also a very educational experience …”

Parent

“The facilities that you provide are absolutely excellent and we love the fact the children can also interact with the animals as it helps them to learn respect towards them.”

Parent

“Thank you all for everything that you do. [Our child] has developed into a confident little girl and is well advanced in her speaking, fine motor and numeracy skills. This can mostly be attributed to you and your lovely team, you all strive to provide the best for every single child.”

Parent

“We’re delighted to be able to send our young daughter to Charlotte Hamlin and have been extremely happy with the care she receives. We are given daily updates of her day and it seems she does a variety of things that are both enjoyable and stimulating … our daughter – now 16 months – seems always happy and willing to go off to Charlotte’s.”

Parent

“Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking care of my ‘not so’ babies. You all do such a fantastic job and we were very pleased to have found you.”

Parent

“[Our child] has truly loved every minute she has spent with you. The love, nurturing and care you have shown her is more than we could have ever expected or asked for.”

Parent

“… amazingly flexible with my constantly changing rotas and unpredictable drop-offs. I can’t thank you enough.”

Parent

“We are very happy with how quickly [our children] settled … both children are happy and content … activities are planned and the children have a great time.”

Parent

“Just a little note to say thank you for all you’re hard work, and being such lovely people.”

Parent

“Thank you for [our child]’s childcare … she has loved every minute of being in your care.”

Parent

Ofsted Good Rating 2016

Pacey Membership

Food Hygiene Rating 5