Professional Development

Sharing Our Practice at Explorers Day Care

At Explorers Day Care, we are passionate about sharing our practice and learning alongside other early years professionals.

Over the years, our team has developed a unique approach to early years education, rooted in our ambitious curriculum, reflective practice, strong relationships and love of the outdoors. We believe that sharing ideas and experiences with other settings helps us all to continue growing and improving.

We welcome opportunities to work in partnership with other early years settings through:

🌿 Visits to Explorers – come and experience our indoor and outdoor environments and see our practice in action.
💚 Twilight sessions – an opportunity to explore Explorers after the children have gone home, ask questions and discuss our approach.
📚 Training and workshops – sharing our knowledge and experience across areas of early years practice, including curriculum, safeguarding and outdoor learning.
🤝 Partnership working – supporting settings to reflect on their own practice, share ideas and explore positive change.
🔎 Practice visits and discussions – time to observe, reflect and have meaningful conversations with our team.

Opportunities to visit

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Explorers Twilight Sessions

Join the Explorers team for a relaxed evening tour of our indoor and outdoor spaces, held once a term from 6–8pm (£15 per person, refreshments included)

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A Day at Explorers

Spend a full professional development day at Explorers, exploring our Forest School and nursery to see how nature, curriculum and practitioner care come together (£50 per person)

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Partnership & Practice Sharing

Explorers offers free, informal partnership visits tailored to each setting, where practitioners share ideas, reflect on practice and challenge one another to stretch early years learning together.

🌿 Explorers Twilight Sessions

Perhaps you’d like to join us for an Explorers Twilight and take a little look around our wonderful spaces, both indoors and outdoors, after the children have gone home and our nursery is quiet and still.

Our Twilight sessions are a lovely opportunity to explore Explorers Day Care, discover more about our unique environment and curriculum, and see how our indoor and outdoor spaces come together to create magical learning experiences for our children.

You’ll be welcomed by members of the Explorers team, who will be happy to show you around, share our approach and answer any questions.

☕ Refreshments will be available on arrival.

🕕 6:00pm – 8:00pm
💷 £15 per person

Twilight sessions are held once a term.

To find out our pre-arranged dates and book your place, please contact the Explorers team.

We’d love to welcome you to Explorers and share a little of what makes our nursery so special. 💚

What our parents say...

“Absolutely incredible nursery which I cannot fault at all. They are wonderful in every way. Delicious home-cooked food daily, forest school, adventures, and the care is genuine - like a family. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend this nursery to anyone.”

" The staff are fabulous (explorers family) and my little girl is very happy there. I chose explorers as there was a massive focus on outdoor play and the outdoor area is second to none locally. All round explorers is a fantastic place for your child to start their learning journey. Can't rate highly enough.”

"The facilities are excellent. [My son] happily leaves us and sometimes doesn't want to come home! I would highly recommend this nursery.”

"To me as a parent, it’s a nursery like no other we had come across; it provides true home from home love, care and commitment to our children’s development. From the staff to the nursery’s farm / forest setting and environment, I know this is the best place for both of my boys and feel genuinely grateful we have Explorers"

"Our children have been part of the Explorers family since they were both 4 months old. It has been amazing to watch our children grow and develop, they are loved, nurtured and their language, social and gross and fine motor skills are excelling, way ahead of other children the same age. From encouraging a love of books, to making fires at forest school and developing a new love of woodwork, they are helping us to prepare our little people for their next journey."

"The quality of teaching and learning is outstanding, the pre-school excels above most school early years provisions. For us however, what makes Explorers even more special is it's a family and we couldn't be prouder to be part of it. It's the only nursery I knew from walking in the door that I would feel confident and safe leaving my little ones and my gut feeling was right. Jenna and the team adore our little people and always go the extra mile!"

🌿 A Day at Explorers

Spend a day immersed in life at Explorers Day Care and experience our unique approach to early years education first-hand.

As part of your day, you’ll spend time in our Forest School, experiencing how we use our natural environment to inspire curiosity, build confidence and support children’s learning and development.

You’ll have the opportunity to explore:

🌿 How we deliver Forest School throughout our curriculum
🔥 How we use the natural environment to create meaningful learning experiences
🌱 How children develop independence, resilience and confidence outdoors
🪵 Our approach to open-ended, child-led exploration
👣 How Forest School connects with the wider curriculum and the seven areas of learning
💚 How our practitioners support children through sensitive interactions and thoughtful observation

Alongside time in the forest, you’ll spend time within our nursery, talk with our practitioners and explore how our ethos, curriculum and environment work together to create a rich early years experience.

This is an opportunity to see, experience, ask questions, share ideas and reflect on your own practice.

A Day at Explorers

🕕 Full day professional development experience
💷 £50 per person

Come and spend a day with us, get muddy, ask questions, share ideas and discover what Forest School looks like at Explorers. 🌿💚

Explorers Day Care Nursery is rated as an OUTSTANDING nursery by Ofsted.

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