Discovery Vine at Grimsargh St Michael's C of E Primary School

About this day nursery

Discovery Vine Childcare, co-owned and managed by Jane Shepherd and Lynda Garbutt, both highly qualified with degrees in childcare and Early Years Professional Status, offers high-quality nursery and out-of-school care in Preston, North West. The nursery prioritises consistent care and child safety, ensuring all staff are suitably trained, qualified, experienced, and undergo enhanced criminal record checks.

Discovery Vine provides a rich variety of indoor and outdoor activities designed to promote holistic development across spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and intellectual domains. This includes engaging arts and crafts, which boost fine motor skills and problem-solving, and messy play that stimulates sensory exploration and creativity.

Children also benefit from quiet time for relaxation and independent growth, extensive outdoor play to enhance physical development and language skills, and numerous games and puzzles that foster social skills, focus, and cognitive abilities. Furthermore, the curriculum incorporates problem-solving activities to build confidence, role-play for social and emotional development, small world play to understand identity, and construction activities for scientific exploration and fine motor skill enhancement.

Science investigations encourage natural curiosity and critical thinking, while music, drama, and dance stimulate brain development, motor skills, emotional intelligence, and self-esteem, providing children with diverse avenues for expression and learning.

Our ethos

Discovery Vine prioritises holistic development across spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and intellectual domains. Their approach incorporates a rich variety of indoor and outdoor activities, including arts and crafts, messy play, quiet time, outdoor play, games, puzzles, problem-solving, role-play, small world play, construction, science investigations, music, drama, and dance to stimulate sensory exploration, creativity, physical development, language skills, focus, cognitive abilities, confidence, scientific exploration, and emotional intelligence.

What it's like

Staff greet children warmly, helping them settle with ease and readiness to learn. Children are eager to participate in activities and talk about their experiences, developing hand-eye coordination with magnet building. Staff also focus on physical development, encouraging precise movements and respectful behaviour among children.

Pricing & funding