Making time for childhood
Looking for a nursery place for your 3 or 4 your old? Wanting to come to a parent and child group with your young child? Funded nursery places are available at the Valley Kindergarten from September 2022. Come and visit our idyllic setting in Cragg Vale where we are holding an Open Day on Saturday
The Valley Steiner Kindergarten is rated Good by Ofsted following their March, 2022 inspection. The inspector noted that, “The kindergarten is a hive of activity. Children concentrate well on tasks and are curious and eager to learn… The curriculum is ambitious and builds on children’s existing knowledge and skills… Children behave well and are kind
CVSE would like to reassure everyone that we will be maintaining a high level of cleaning throughout the term as we gradually move into Spring. This will take place both during the day and after the Kindergarten sessions. Hand hygiene will be of paramount importance with the children and hand sanitizer is available in the
Parent and Child sessions have restarted The Parent and child sessions have resume as of September 2021, taking place at St. John’s, Cragg Vale on Fridays. If you would like to put your name down to reserve a place please contact us via the Valley Kindergarten.
The Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship have negotiated new and modified exemptions to the EYFS that apply to registered Steiner Waldorf Early Years providers such as the Valley Kindergarten. Full details of these are available here: SWSF EYFS exemptions 2021/22
Our beautiful Advent Spiral, as walked by the Kindergarten children, 1st December, 2020.
“Becoming” is the third film in a series of short films produced in celebration of 100 years of Steiner Waldorf Education.
Welcome to our new kindergarten! The Autumn term has started, and under the new title of ‘The Valley Kindergarten’, the new Kindergarten has warmly opened its doors again. After a lot of hard work by the staff, Trustees and parents, the new Kindergarten room looks amazing.There have been developments too in the garden, we have
Exciting news! The Kindergarten will now be opening for longer days, yippee! The changes are as follows: The Kindergarten day will consist of 2 sessions, 9am – 11.30am and 12.30-3pm. It will be possible to use NEF hours for these 2 sessions, totalling 5 hours per day. It will be possible for children to