Recently at Muddy Boots we have been really inspired by a series on Channel 4 called “Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds”. As the name suggests, a group of children are taken to a retirement home in order to figure out the mutual benefit it would have on people at...
Our rooms at nursery are on a constant journey of change in order to make them more inspiring, engaging and wonderful for our little people. We take a lot of our inspiration for our environment from the ‘Curiosity Approach’ to learning, but more than anything we design our rooms and...
We are really pleased to be able to announce that here at Muddy Boots we are about to undertake something very exciting, an accreditation called Investors in People! At Muddy Boots nurseries, we want the best for all of our children, families and team. To ensure that this happens, we have...
A big part of the ‘Muddy Boots way’ is fostering a sense of awe, wonder and joy with the children. Find our more by reading our blog now!
As we continue our Curiosity Approach journey, one aspect Poppleton site is doing a big focus on is ‘Hygge’, which links very closely to our feel of ‘family’ and is often a feeling our little people can translate. Find out more by reading this blog now!
Introduce yourself… What is your name & role at Muddy Boots? Hi! My name is Karl & I am the deputy manager at Muddy Boots Poppleton What has your journey been when it comes to working in childcare? After getting my level 2 & 3 with adult learning service, I...
As you hopefully are aware, at Muddy Boots we have recently opened a second Nursery and Out of School Club, on Askham Lane in Acomb. We have officially been in the new site for a couple of months now, getting to know all the staff and families, and have been...
As you will have seen across our website and social media, we have just opened up our second Muddy Boots Nursery, which is on the grounds of Westfield Primary school. Although the site was already the home to a nursery when we moved in, we really wanted to give it...
At our Poppleton Nursery we are part way through our Curiosity Approach Accreditation, as well as also developing the Acomb Nursery to follow this approach. What does it all mean though? This quote sums it up for me: “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious” Albert Einstein Children...
The renovation is all go go go at our new Muddy Boots Acomb site! The first area we have tackled was the big blue room, formally utilised for pre-school, but is now our brand-new discoverers baby room. We absolutely love this space! It’s a huge round room, which features a...
At Muddy Boots, we talk a lot about family. It can seem like a cliché but we really do mean it when we call ourselves the ‘Muddy Boots Family’. Although, as our name suggest, we are absolutely passionate about being outdoors and encouraging children to be “Free to Be” (more...
As you may well have heard, we are expanding at Muddy Boots! Over the past few weeks we have started settling in to our brand-new site on the grounds of Westfield Primary School in Acomb. It’s a brilliant facility, with big open rooms for each age group, which each have...
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