Uniform Shop
You can buy purchase all nursery uniform either online (www.polkadotfarm.co.uk/shop) or through your nursery app. If you choose to do it on your app, you do it the same way that you book additional sessions (request additional session bookings.) Alternatively, you can go old school, and just stick your head in the office and we […]
We went Camping!
At Polka Dot Farm, we are so lucky to have oodles and oodles of land and space. We decided to set up camp, and this week our children have experienced what it is like to camp in nature. The tented village has been set up on our private farmland, and the children have had packed […]
We have been shortlisted!
Utterly thrilled to discover that we have been shortlisted in the finals at The Nursery World Awards 2024. This prestigious occasion celebrates the best of the nursery industry, in several categories throughout the evening. We look forward to the big glitzy event in September and will (of course) let you know the outcome! As a […]
Sleep Workshop July 3rd
Our next Family workshop is on Wednesday 3rd July from 7.30-9pm. (Note this is an online event delivered via zoom.) Have you allowed your child to sleep in your bed and now having difficulty getting them out? Do you delay bedtime because you dread it? Does your baby or toddler wake up at 5am? If […]
The Feedback Loop
Annual surveys are all fine and well, but we believe in checking in with our parents weekly to check that all is well. We have just implemented a weekly feedback loop. As well as welcoming your feedback by phone, email or in person, we will be dropping you a message each week just to check […]
Our Youngest Farmers
“Dreamy, Calming, Spacious” and “Beautiful” are some of the words parents have used to describe The Stables, (a room for some of our youngest farmers) which opened this week Would you like to come and visit? We hold fortnightly showaround days (booking from 9am to 5pm) which can be booked on the showaround page on […]
Billericay Soapbox Derby
Be sure to come and support us at one of my favourite annual events – The Soapbox Derby. The event opens at 11am on Sunday morning, and we will be racing the usual route from Sun Corner down to Western Road. All sponsorship and donations we receive for this event (including all the money we […]
Sunny days are coming!
Our ENORMOUS suncream delivery arrived this week. Cue the team opening bottles and sniffing deeply (you have to do it right?) Is there any better smell? We cannot wait for the sunshine! Polka Dot Farm has so much open space, that the summer is set to be glorious. We operate a “Sun Smart” policy at […]
Come and Support The Farmyard Flyers!
Billericays Soapbox Derby is one of my favourite days of the year. The whole community is out in force for an event that is fun and loved by all. For those of you who haven’t been, people race homemade “soapboxes” from Sun Corner to the traffic junction at Western Road. Points are awarded for times […]
Coughs, Colds & Feeling Under the Weather!
by Theresa Richardson – our Expert on Nutrition (Your Family Nutritionist) Immunity and children Is it me, or are there more and more sickness bugs, viruses and coughs and colds this year than before? Or is it just my kids and their friends who seem to be constantly sniffy and snotty! The coughing in our […]
