Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nurseries

Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School was founded in 1997 with the vision to provide a superior family-focused Nursery School.

Our mission is to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment where our children grow and learn through creative play. We have multi-age classrooms that foster independence, whilst our broad curriculum encourages responsibility and respect. All of our dedicated staff help to guide each child at their own pace.

The Nursery School follows the traditional Montessori teaching methods in line with the Early Years Foundation Curriculum. Our families come from a wide catchment area and a variety of multicultural backgrounds which are reflected in our curriculum and day-to-day activities. Thus, the Nursery School supports several children who speak English as an additional language.

Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School is accredited by the Montessori Education and Accreditation Board (MEAB) and holds the ‘Green’ quality indicator for which it is assessed bi-annually by the Early Years Foundation Stage Professional Development Officer.

Over the years we are very proud to have won (and been nominated for) several industry awards including Nursery Manager of the Year, the Giant Green Business award for waste minimisation, and have been finalists in the Archant London Environmental award and Nursery World’s Nursery Food award.

Sarah Phillips, Principal

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Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nurseries

At Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School, exploring independently is considered an important part of learning.

The Nursery School aims to provide outstanding early years education for children through creative hands-on play and learning experiences in a stimulating, safe and relaxed environment.

Children are assigned a key person who encourages independence by facilitating their natural exploration and supporting their development.
The environment is one in which children feel excited about learning and gain a positive first experience of life at Nursery School through inspirational opportunities.

Hopes and Dreams provides a diverse curriculum based on the Montessori Method and grounded in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Welcome to the Family of Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nurseries

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Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery - Angel

339/341 City Road, Islington, London, EC1V 1LJ

+44 (0)20 7833 9388

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Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery - Worship Street

65 Worship Street, EC2A 2DU

+44 (0)20 7833 9388

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Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nurseries

65 Worship Street, London, UK

Thank you so much for looking after, entertaining, educating and being there for our three children. We will all surely miss you.

Parent, Hopes and Dreams Montessori School

Reflections Day Nursery & Forest School

– A letter from the Principal

I’m delighted to have this opportunity to introduce you to Reflections. It’s a school where we do things a little differently.

We draw our inspiration from the pre-schools of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy. These schools are world-famous for providing children with the very best in childcare and education. We also draw much inspiration from the forest nurseries of Denmark, renowned for their wonderful outdoor work with young children. We work too with the Early Years Foundation Stage – the national guidance for working with children from birth to five. So we give children the opportunity to develop across as many areas of learning as possible.

So how is Reflections Nursery different? …

“Well, we make a point of listening to children’s theories and giving them the opportunity to test their hypotheses because we believe that’s the way they learn. (We’re happy to talk about this for hours if you’ll let us).

Our nursery is set in two buildings – a lovely Regency building and a gothic Tudor-style building, both on three floors with loads of space, lots of light and huge gardens. We make the nursery environment inspiring by offering lots of open-ended, natural and reclaimed resources for the children and they add their imaginations and creativity.

We believe all children have the right to be understood as individuals and to be given time and opportunity to develop as creative, competent learners in an inspiring environment, with lots of access to the outdoors.

Our vision is to create a place that values caring, respectful relationships and make heard the voice of the child.

If you haven’t already visited the nursery we’d really recommend that you come and see what we do.

Jo Allen, Principal

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Reflections Day Nursery & Forest School

Reflections Day Nursery & Forest School in Worthing provides care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery draws inspiration from the pre-schools of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, and children work with a number of Atelieristas (artists) and educators who support project work based on children’s interests. Reflections also draws influence from the forest nurseries of Denmark and has a strong emphasis on outdoor work, offering beach school and forest school experiences every day.

doing things differently

"Our Reggio-Emilia inspired approach leads to long-term project work by the children..."