# Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage --- ## Pages - [Festive Fun Open Day](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/festive-fun-open-day/): Register to attend our Festive Fun Open Day To join in the holiday joy and enjoy a range of festive... - [Home](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/): Our Stevenage day nursery provides outstanding childcare facilities for babies, toddlers and preschool children. Find out more about our nursery today. - [Open Days 2024](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/open-days/): Monkey Puzzle Stevenage are delighted to be able to invite you to attend our Open Days so you can visit and see our beautiful nursery for yourself. - [Tweenies](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/tweenies/): Between 18 and 28 months, children spend their time in our Tweenies room, building independence and continuing their learning journey. - [About Monkey Puzzle](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/about-monkey-puzzle/): Find out more about Monkey Puzzle Stevenage, a nursery delivering outstanding childcare to babies, toddlers and preschoolers from 3 months to 5 years - [Parents & Carers Login](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/parents-and-carers-login/): Welcome to the login area for parents and carers of children at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage - [Fees](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/fees/): Monkey Puzzle Stevenage to keep our fees and payments simple. Our prices are all inclusive and with no hidden costs for our sessions. - [Meet The Team](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/meet-the-team/): Meet the Team! Our staff are caring, highly experienced and qualified members of staff who are passionate about what they do. - [Nursery Jobs in Stevenage](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/careers/): Interested in a career in nursery care in Stevenage? We are currently qualified nursery practitioners to join our team. Get in touch today. - [Privacy Policy](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/privacy-policy/): Privacy and personal data is important to Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries and data is only used in a way that is consistent with your rights under the law. - [Curriculum](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/curriculum/): Using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, Monkey Puzzle's trained nursery staff encourage children to learn through play and exploration. - [Settling In](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/settling-in/): Moving to and settling in at nursery is a big step in any child's development. Monkey Puzzle Stevenage will support you to make it as easy as possible. - [Care](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/care/): Excellent care is at the heart of everything our nursery does, with caring staff and a specialist environment encouraging children to explore and grow. - [Environment](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/environment/): Our environment, inside and out, at Monkey Puzzle Stevenage is specially designed to help your child to explore, develop and learn. - [Preschool](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/preschool/): At three years old, children join our Preschool room, continuing their development through exploration, play and staff guided activities. - [Toddlers](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/toddlers/): Between 18 months & 3 years old, children spend time in our specialist Toddlers room, learning through play & exploring the world around them. - [Nutrition](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/nutrition/): Nutrition is important. Monkey Puzzle Stevenage provides healthy food every day, with a variety of delicious and nutritious meals and snacks. - [Babies](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/babies/): Our very youngest children spend time in our special Babies room, being cared for by our dedicated team of qualified nursery staff. - [Contact](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/contact/): Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage would love to hear from you! Please contact us with any enquiries, feedback or registrations you might have. --- --- ## Posts - [Fruit and Veg Printing](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/fruit-and-veg-printing/): This week is all about nutrition. The activity attached is ‘Fruit and Vegetables Print’ which you can do with children... - [Scavenger Hunt](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/scavenger-hunt/): We are already five weeks into the transformation of Monkey Puzzle Stevenage, and we can’t quite believe it – where... - [Woodland Adventures](https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/woodland-adventures/): If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise, if you go down in the... --- # # Detailed Content ## Pages - Published: 2024-11-22 - Modified: 2024-11-22 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/festive-fun-open-day/ Register to attend our Festive Fun Open DayTo join in the holiday joy and enjoy a range of festive activities designed for children and families, simply fill out the form below to secure your place! /* */ Name(Required) First Last Phone(Required)Email(Required) Postcode(Required) /* { mutations. forEach( ( mutation ) => { if ( mutation. type === 'attributes' && visibilityTestDiv. offsetParent ! == null ) { debouncedTriggerPostRender; observer. disconnect; } }); }); observer. observe( document. body, { attributes: true, childList: false, subtree: true, attributeFilter: , }); } else { triggerPostRender; } } );} ); /* ]]> */ We are excited to welcome families to our brand new nursery for a special Festive Fun Open Day on Saturday 14th December, from 11am - 1pm. We will also be celebrating the official launch of Monkey Puzzle Stevenage! If you’re considering a nursery place in the coming months, this is the perfect opportunity to visit and experience our beautiful setting. Our Early Years expert team will be offering personal tours throughout the day and will be available to answer any questions you may have. In addition to the tours, there will be lots of festive activities, a range of yummy, seasonal treats and the opportunity to meet the one and only Marvin the Monkey! Join the Monkey Puzzle Stevenage team as they celebrate the start of the festive season! Festive Activities Explore a range of festive arts, crafts and games for you and your little ones to enjoy. Refreshments Available Enjoy some refreshments we... --- > Our Stevenage day nursery provides outstanding childcare facilities for babies, toddlers and preschool children. Find out more about our nursery today. - Published: 2024-01-31 - Modified: 2025-04-01 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/ toddlers homePlay, Learn and Grow with Monkey Puzzle Stevenage toddlers homePlay, Learn and Grow with Monkey Puzzle Stevenage Register your interest in joining our nursery Welcome to Monkey PuzzleHello. I am Natasha and I am the owner of Monkey Puzzle Stevenage. My team and I are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life by caring for and supporting them to play, learn and grow in a positive and stimulating nursery environment. We would love to welcome you for a personal tour of our beautiful nursery in Stevenage, opening in Autumn 2024, where you can discover more about the exciting days your child can look forward to with our Early Years expert team, so please get in touch through our enquiry form. Natasha Nursery Owner What Makes Us SpecialHolistic early years approachMonkey Puzzle Stevenage takes a holistic approach to learning guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage framework (EYFS). Our team inspire through excellence in Early Years education placing the development and needs of the children we care for at the heart of everything we do. Nursery and preschool is a time when a child learns about themselves as much as the world around them. We enable this through the magic of learning through play and encouraging curiosity that stimulates the mind and body of children. Find out more about our curriculumStimulating the imagination Enriching environmentMonkey Puzzle Stevenage offers a space to thrive for your child where they can play, learn and grow. Our nursery is carefully designed... --- > Monkey Puzzle Stevenage are delighted to be able to invite you to attend our Open Days so you can visit and see our beautiful nursery for yourself. - Published: 2022-09-20 - Modified: 2024-11-05 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/open-days/ Monkey Puzzle Stevenage are delighted to be able to welcome people in to view our beautiful new nursery and preschool for some Open Days. We would love to invite families that are interested in joining our nursery to come and visit. We are hosting Open Days on: Monday 11th November, 9am-4pm Tuesday 12th November, 9am-4pm Wednesday 13th November, 9am-4pm Thursday 14th November, 9am-4pm We would love to invite families in our community to come and have a look around the nursery, meet some of the staff and ask any questions you may have. This is the perfect opportunity to come in and visit our beautiful new nursery. To book an appointment to visit, find the date you would like to attend and complete the form through the calendar below. We understand that our families have busy schedules and may not be able to attend on any of our open day dates. If you would like to arrange a visit and book a tour of the nursery but there are no slots that fit your schedule, you can contact the nursery directly and we would be happy to arrange an alternate time and date for you to attend. Register for Monkey Puzzle Stevenage Open Days July 2025 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 3012345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031123 --- > Between 18 and 28 months, children spend their time in our Tweenies room, building independence and continuing their learning journey. - Published: 2022-04-27 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/tweenies/ Register your interest in joining our nursery At our Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery in Stevenage, our children are welcomed into and enjoy a space in Tweenies that matches their inquisitiveness as they begin to explore the world around them once they move on from our youngest room. The space is filled with well-considered furnishings and learning resources that are accessible to them at all times. As your child grows, we want to help encourage and build their independence, starting to learn to do new things and develop their fine and gross motor skills. While still reliant on adults to help with their activities and play is eased slightly and we ensure that each team member has no more than four children to support at any one time. By doing this, we really start to see the development and growth in the children at this age and stage thrive. Tweenies continue to develop with a focus on the three prime areas and we begin to introduce four more specific areas that support their growing enthusiasm for exploring their world. These are: Literacy Mathematics Understanding the world Expressive art and design. As our Tweenies go about their play our staff include texts, books, sounds and numbers around them, promoting your child’s curiosity and starting to lay the foundations for their future learning. There will always be space and opportunity for them to create their own work and art, being encouraged to have a go themselves inspired by the world around them. Where... --- > Find out more about Monkey Puzzle Stevenage, a nursery delivering outstanding childcare to babies, toddlers and preschoolers from 3 months to 5 years - Published: 2022-02-28 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/about-monkey-puzzle/ Register your interest in joining our nursery Welcome to Monkey Puzzle Stevenage. A beautiful nursery setting offering outstanding childcare to Babies, Tweenies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers aged 3 months to 5 years old. Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage, is proudly located in the heart of Stevenage in the SG2 postal sector. The nursery is on Featherston Road, on the site of the old Bandley Hill Play Centre. We're just next door to Featherstone Wood Primary School and opposite the local park. The A602 is just a short drive away giving good access to A1(M). This makes us well located for serving families in the town of Stevenage. We offer your child the opportunity to learn and play in carefully designed surroundings, that are not only stimulating and creative but provide peace of mind where safety is of the utmost importance. We have dedicated nursery spaces for the different age ranges, including mobile and non-mobile babies. Each room reflects the seven areas of learning as prescribed in the Early Years Foundation Stage and is designed to be accessible to every child. When you ask yourself, what’s the best nursery near me, come and see us as we believe it’s Monkey Puzzle Stevenage! We believe we are the best nursery and best preschool in Stevenage Part of an award winning nursery group with over 20 years experience Open Mon-Fri 51 weeks a year Closed for Bank Holidays and during Christmas week All main meals and snacks prepared on site Nappies and wipes all... --- > Welcome to the login area for parents and carers of children at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage - Published: 2021-06-08 - Modified: 2022-06-24 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/parents-and-carers-login/ This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: --- > Monkey Puzzle Stevenage to keep our fees and payments simple. Our prices are all inclusive and with no hidden costs for our sessions. - Published: 2021-03-19 - Modified: 2024-11-20 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/fees/ Register your interest in joining our nursery At our Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery and Preschool in Stevenage, We like to keep things as simple as possible. This helps provide predictability and stability for families by avoiding confusing multi-tier fee structures and hidden costs. Charges are always for the month in advance and you will be invoiced monthly through our convenient ‘paperless’ system through the Famly app. From 1st November 2024, our new fees will be as follows:Standard session/day rates: SessionAge: 3 Months – 2 YearsAge: 2 Years – 3 YearsAge: 3 years -5 YearsFull day session£92£92£92Half-day session£55£55£55Standard session/day rates: SessionAge: 3 Months – 2 YearsAge: 2 Years – 3 YearsAge: 3 years -5 YearsFull time 5 days per week, per month*£1,763. 33£1,763. 33£1,763. 334 days per week, per month£1,564. 00£1,564. 00£1,564. 003 days per week, per month£1,173. 00£1,173. 00£1,173. 002 days per week, per month£782. 00£782. 00£782. 003 sessions per week, per month (minimum)£625£625£625*Full time rates continue to attract a discount of 5 weeks per annum which is a c. £2,300 saving over our standard rates. We also offer further discounts as detailed below and we accept all forms of childcare vouchers and government tax-free childcare payments to help parents access lower fees. We will offer all 2-year-olds the 15-hour funding, providing enough parents are happy to agree to the consumable charges, which will be charged in a similar way to the meals were previously – see funding letter for more details. Terms & ConditionsFull time hours: 7:30am – 6:30pm... --- > Meet the Team! Our staff are caring, highly experienced and qualified members of staff who are passionate about what they do. - Published: 2021-03-09 - Modified: 2025-06-23 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/meet-the-team/ yes Register your interest in joining our nursery Monkey Puzzle Stevenage has a varied and diverse team working in our nursery. We value warmth, friendly personalities, caring natures and professionalism alongside expertise in our staff. Our team Everyone brings a particular skill or energy to the team and everyone who joins us embarks on a voyage of discovery with the children, but also in their own personal and professional development. Our team ethic is very much that we can never stop learning from each other in order to achieve our shared visions and goals. We provide regular support, training and development opportunities for all team members to learn and grow to be the best that they can be. We are currently recruiting staff in our nursery so if you would like to join us, get in touch and let us know! We’re always looking to welcome talented and passionate people into the Monkey Puzzle family! Meet our ownerNatashaNursery Owner | Supporting ManagerRead Staff Profile Meet Our ManagersEmmaNursery ManagerRead Staff Profile AmberDeputy Manager & SENDCORead Staff Profile Meet Our Room LeadersAlishaRoom LeaderRead Staff Profile HayleyRoom LeaderRead Staff Profile SheenaRoom LeaderRead Staff Profile Meet Our Nursery PractitionersJuliaNursery PractitionerRead Staff Profile ParisNursery PractitionerRead Staff Profile SydneyNursery PractitionerRead Staff Profile EnidaNursery PractitionerRead Staff Profile AnikoNursery PractitionerRead Staff Profile MeliaPart time practitionerRead Staff Profile CourteneyNursery PractitionerRead Staff Profile Meet Our Nursery AssistantsMaddieUnqualified PractitionerRead Staff Profile Meet Our Nursery ApprenticesSophieNursery ApprenticeRead Staff Profile CaitlinNursery ApprenticeRead Staff Profile Where Next? Environment Care Nutrition Curriculum Contact Us --- > Interested in a career in nursery care in Stevenage? We are currently qualified nursery practitioners to join our team. Get in touch today. - Published: 2021-03-09 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/careers/ Our Monkey Puzzle Stevenage staff are all selected for their positive, caring, and passionate nature, alongside their expertise in care that they bring. We value their diversity and the unique qualities and skills that they can bring to our family and want them to have careers and jobs that they are proud of. Join our team | Careers | Job VacanciesMonkey Puzzle Stevenage knows that our staff team is our greatest resource. Every day they offer outstanding love, care and attention to our children. They show a real passion for what they deliver to our children and take enormous pride in what they do. When filling vacant job roles, our policy is to always recruit and/or promote internally where possible. We want to offer exciting and diverse careers to all staff that are seeking them. Whatever your goals are within our internal teams or your personal career, we will assist you in achieving that goal and progress even further. The staff in our nursery work in a variety of roles, with lots of opportunities for progression. These include: Deputy Manager Third in Charge Room Leaders Nursery Practitioners Nursery Apprentices We also offer our staff access to a range of training routes to ensure they stay up to date with the latest guidance for care within our nurseries at all levels of staff, continuing to help them progress in their careers and build on their skills. We believe in working alongside each other to create our very own Monkey Puzzle family.... --- > Privacy and personal data is important to Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries and data is only used in a way that is consistent with your rights under the law. - Published: 2021-03-04 - Modified: 2025-06-23 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/privacy-policy/ Privacy Policy  Privacy Policy --- > Using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, Monkey Puzzle's trained nursery staff encourage children to learn through play and exploration. - Published: 2021-03-03 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/curriculum/ Register your interest in joining our nursery At Monkey Puzzle Stevenage our approach to your child’s development starts with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum and goes way further to help your child make the most of their time at nursery and prepare them for the journey ahead. We follow the Government’s Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework which sets the standards for learning, development, and care for children from birth up to 5 years of age. The principles which guide the work of our Early Years Professionals are grouped into four themes: A unique child – every child is a competent leaner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self assured Positive Relationships – children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or key person Enabling Environments – the environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning Learning and Development – children develop and learn in different ways and at different times; all areas of learning and development are equally important and inter-connected. There are three prime areas of learning in which our Early Years Professionals support children to learn and develop. These are: Personal, social and emotional development Communication and language Physical development Plus four specific areas of learning. These are: Knowledge and understanding of the world Literacy Mathematics Expressive arts and design Each child has their own key person to enable them to feel reassured, safe and cared for within... --- > Moving to and settling in at nursery is a big step in any child's development. Monkey Puzzle Stevenage will support you to make it as easy as possible. - Published: 2021-03-03 - Modified: 2025-07-17 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/settling-in/ Register your interest in joining our nursery We recognise that each child, parent, and nursery relationship is unique, and we use our experience to support everyone in making that transition into nursery life as smooth as possible. Gradual steps – your first sessions Your child will then be invited to 4 FREE settling in sessions within the nursery that will be organised as follows: Settling in sessions Session 11 Hour You (if you wish) and your child can come in for an hour to familiarise yourself with the room, your child’s keyperson and other staff within their room. We get to meet your little one with them feeling comfortable as you're there as their safe base and we will get to know them, so they feel more secure without you when they visit on their next settle alone. Session 21 Hour Here your child will be dropped off at the door to their keyperson to have their first session without you. Via the famly app we will update you on how they are getting on and send some pictures to reassure you as we get this is tough for parents too! Session 31 - 2 Hours This session's duration is dependent on how settled they were on the first as we don’t want to overwhelm them but if they are happy to, we will have them with us for two hours. Preferable over a mealtime, so they can experience meal time at nursery! Session 42 Hours This session will be... --- > Excellent care is at the heart of everything our nursery does, with caring staff and a specialist environment encouraging children to explore and grow. - Published: 2021-03-03 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/care/ Register your interest in joining our nursery Providing excellent quality care for children is at the heart of everything we do at Monkey Puzzle; only when a child feels truly safe and secure will they explore and conquer their environment to their fullest. We achieve this by working towards these aims... To give every child we care for a positive and lasting memory of a fulfilling childhood To provide completeness of care to every child as if they were our own To know and understand the hopes and wishes of every parent for their child To use all our resources and professional training to develop the whole personality of every child Meeting their everyday needsBabies and children need to know that there is someone who cares greatly for them and will keep them warm and dry, safe and that will feed them when they are hungry. Someone who can help them when they are scared, upset or uncomfortable. Somewhere they can have the security of some routine and predictability. At our nursery, your child will benefit from a whole team of caring passionate staff with the benefit of their very own Key Person who works closely with you to provide the very best care for your child just as you'd provide yourself. Your child's key person will keep a Learning Journey up to date with all the great things your child has achieved both great and small. Feel safe and secureSafety, security and trust are the fundamentals of happiness which... --- > Our environment, inside and out, at Monkey Puzzle Stevenage is specially designed to help your child to explore, develop and learn. - Published: 2021-03-03 - Modified: 2025-07-17 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/environment/ Register your interest in joining our nursery Our nursery environment and facilities enable your child to explore, develop and learn. Our Baby, Tweenies, Toddler and Preschool spaces are specially designed and equipped especially with them in mind. You’ll see many familiar homely items such as bookcases, tables, chairs, and sofas just much smaller than you are used to! What first attracted me to Stevenage was the amazing garden and access to the woods. Life at Stevenage will be an adventure for our little ones, and we find children learn best when they are engaged and having fun. We want our children to be able to thrive on a combination of outdoor learning, teamed with our well-resourced, natural, and homely feel indoor environment for our indoor learning. We plan to provide a mixture of natural wooden resources and real items such as pots, tea towels, fruit and veg in our home corners so they can play in a real life home and use their imagination to play with friends and act out their emotions and storytelling skills. We include pasta makers and real utensils in our playdough stations, to help practice fine manipulative skills and will do group times of yoga and emotion bags to identify how we are feeling or games and story sacks to encourage sharing. I believe today; children have a wealth of experience in ICT at home from a young age. We move slightly away from technology and put an emphasis on real life experiences and learning... --- > At three years old, children join our Preschool room, continuing their development through exploration, play and staff guided activities. - Published: 2021-03-03 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/preschool/ Register your interest in joining our nursery Your child will embark on their Preschool journey with us at around three years old, enjoying an enriching, learning environment, that fully supports their individual needs through individual play and group activities. Our preschool room is divided into different areas offering play opportunities that promote all seven areas of learning within the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ framework. They are: communication and language physical development personal social and emotional development literacy mathematics understanding of the world expressive arts and design Within our Preschool room, there are some guided areas, such as a construction area, home corner, book area, and creative spaces for music and art. To complement these, we provide a range of areas and activities which serve different purposes to inspire your child’s imagination and role play, they’ll be able to safely explore feelings and friendships, develop problem-solving, and have space available where they can have quiet time and reflection. Their time in the preschool environment leads them towards starting their school journey, where their first year at school sees them complete their Early Years Foundation Stage journey that began at our nursery. Where Next? Environment Care Nutrition Settling In Curriculum Meet the Team --- > Between 18 months & 3 years old, children spend time in our specialist Toddlers room, learning through play & exploring the world around them. - Published: 2021-03-03 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/toddlers/ Register your interest in joining our nursery At our Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery in Stevenage, children are welcomed into and enjoy a space in Toddlers Room when developmentally ready, usually between the ages of 16 months and 2. 5 years old. This space is filled with well-considered furnishings and learning resources to match the needs of the children. When your child moves up a stage, their day is structured around their changing interests. Our nursery equipment has been carefully selected, allowing your child to discover and develop at their individual level of understanding. The room focuses on the primary areas of the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ framework and promotes learning through play experiences. We have created various dedicated areas offering different activities to engage your child. Our messy play area provides progression in the children’s sensory play by offering unlimited access to many different medias, such as jelly, sand, shaving foam and rice. The cosy corner ensures the children can have a quiet area to sit and listen to stories, whilst the home corner offers that all important role play that toddlers love. The mark making area encourages your toddler to practice their fine motor movements through painting and drawing on large paper. Our investigation area delivers the early opportunity to explore numbers, shapes and puzzles. Toddlers also benefit from a staffing ratio of one member of staff looking after no more than four children. As this is the time when the majority of children start toilet training, the room... --- > Nutrition is important. Monkey Puzzle Stevenage provides healthy food every day, with a variety of delicious and nutritious meals and snacks. - Published: 2021-02-02 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/nutrition/ Register your interest in joining our nursery Food and nutrition are important to us and we know that a healthy balanced diet is essential to your child’s growth and development. Every day is an opportunity for us to satisfy your child’s appetite with delicious and nutritious meals and snacks, designed with their needs in mind, with a menu planned to broaden their food experiences. We love to see children’s excitement when presented with a selection of colours, shapes, textures, and tastes for their mealtimes. It is a privilege to support you in developing their palate. Our staff will support your child to keep healthy and hydrated enabling them to have their drink at hand for when they need one, and working regular drinks breaks into our daily routine too. Where possible, all our food is organic. We always provide fresh, balanced meals to the children at each mealtime with a choice of fresh fruit at snack times. We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So, to get our children off to a flying start, we offer a variety of non-sugared cereals and wholemeal toast, enough to fill up their bellies and keep a smile on their faces till snack time. At Lunch and Teatime, we like to serve a hot, balanced meal that has been freshly made and cooked on the premises by our nursery cook. None of our nursery meals are premade or bought in. Throughout the day and at meal times we... --- > Our very youngest children spend time in our special Babies room, being cared for by our dedicated team of qualified nursery staff. - Published: 2021-01-15 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/babies/ Register your interest in joining our nursery The very youngest children at our Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery in Stevenage spend their time in our specially designed Babies Room. The entire space is created with all their needs in mind and built as the perfect environment for them to begin to explore the world around them. While with us, babies are looked after by a dedicated and specially trained team of individuals. Each member of staff will care directly for no more than three children at any one time. This enables staff to provide the intimate care your child needs, understanding them as an individual. Doing this also helps staff to work in partnership with your parenting and continue routines from home. In addition, your baby’s development is focused on three prime areas. These are: Physical development Communication and language Personal, social and emotional development Not only do we focus on these key areas, but we also weave development through your child’s day. We achieve this by talking and role-modelling with them during their play, for example. The care that Monkey Puzzle Stevenage delivers ensures the environment that our babies stay in is stimulating and warm, full of interaction and play. Where Next? Environment Nutrition Settling In Curriculum Meet the Team Contact --- > Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage would love to hear from you! Please contact us with any enquiries, feedback or registrations you might have. - Published: 2020-04-30 - Modified: 2025-07-21 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/contact/ Register your interest in joining our nursery If you would like to enquire about a nursery place, we would love to hear from you and help answer any questions you may have. Please click the button below and complete the enquiry form with as much information as possible. Once you have submitted the form, one of our nursery team will be in touch to discuss your childcare needs in more detail and offer you a personal tour of our wonderful nursery in Stevenage. You will be able to discover the child centred indoor and outdoor nursery environments, meet the team and understand more about how we give every child the opportunity to play, learn and grow. Register Your InterestHow to find Monkey Puzzle StevenageMonkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage, is proudly located in the heart of Stevenage in the SG2 postal sector. The nursery is on Featherston Road, on the site of the old Bandley Hill Play Centre. We're just next door to Featherstone Wood Primary School and opposite the local park. The A602 is just a short drive away giving good access to A1(M). This makes us well located for serving families in the town of Stevenage. If you would like to enquire about a place at our nursery or arrange a personal tour please complete our enquiry form below. Opening times: 7:30am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday for 51 weeks per year, (closed for the week between Christmas and New Year) Get In TouchMonkey Puzzle Day Nursery Stevenage Featherston... --- --- --- ## Posts - Published: 2024-09-13 - Modified: 2024-09-13 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/fruit-and-veg-printing/ - Categories: News This week is all about nutrition. The activity attached is ‘Fruit and Vegetables Print’ which you can do with children of all ages and will work specifically on your child’s sensory skills! You know the drill, let us know how you get on and if you take any images, make sure you upload them to social media and tag us as we’d love to see – #monkeypuzzlestevenage Click here to download the activity --- - Published: 2024-09-06 - Modified: 2024-09-06 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/scavenger-hunt/ - Categories: News We are already five weeks into the transformation of Monkey Puzzle Stevenage, and we can’t quite believe it – where has the time gone? This week’s activity is called ‘Scavenger Hunt’ and is something you can get the whole family involved in and do within the comfort of your own home. We’d love to know how you get on and if you add any images to social media, don’t forget the hashtag #monkeypuzzlestevenage so we can see! Click here to download the activity --- - Published: 2024-08-08 - Modified: 2024-08-08 - URL: https://monkeypuzzlestevenage.co.uk/woodland-adventures/ - Categories: News If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise, if you go down in the woods today you’d better go in disguise! Take a look at our 7 woodland/garden adventures and download for your own use. This activity is something you can incorporate in your daily walk or garden time at home! Let us know how you get on and if you have any images, get them uploaded to social media and make sure to use the hashtag #monkeypuzzlestevenage so we can see your adventures. Click here to download the activity --- ---