Welcome to Monkey Puzzle Colchester
Welcome to Monkey Puzzle Colchester Nursery, conveniently located at 1 Villa Road, Colchester, CO3 0RH. Here at Monkey Puzzle we provide full time childcare in our light and spacious day nursery. Children aged 3 months to 5 years are cared for by our wonderful team of practitioners, carefully hand-picked to offer the highest level of care.
Our vision at Monkey Puzzle Colchester is ‘Working Together with Families, Staff and Children to Provide and Enabling, Safe and Healthy Environment where Children can Learn, Laugh and Grow with Us’.
It is owned by mother and father of two, Manjit & Sandy Sandhu and offers a home from home environment, where children are able to prosper and learn. We are part of an award-winning nursery group, offering high-quality childcare in our specially equipped nursery for children aged three months to five years old.
We have dedicated nursery spaces for the different age ranges, including mobile and non-mobile babies. We tailor our care to suit your child’s age. We achieve this by placing children into the following age categories: babies aged 3 to 18 months, tweenies aged 18 months to 2 years old, toddlers ages 2 to 3 years old and lastly preschool aged 3 to school age.
We’re just around the corner, with lots for you to discover…
- Part of an award winning nursery group with over 30 years experience in childcare
- Open Mon-Fri 51 weeks a year
- Closed for Bank Holidays and during Christmas week
- Full day sessions from 7.30 am to 6.30 pm
- Morning sessions from 7.30 am to 1 pm
- Afternoon sessions 1 pm to 6.30 pm
- All main meals and snacks prepared on site
- Branded Nappies and wipes included in the price
- 10% off nursery fees for NHS staff, Police, Fire Brigade, Teachers and, the Forces
- Modern security systems, including CCTV cameras
- We offer Spanish, Yoga, Music and Movement, and Tennis
- Amazing outside play area with impact absorbing safety surfacing
- Car Parking
- Limited 15 and 30 hour funded spaces available for wrap around care
Plus so much more. Get in touch today.
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We love to share insight into nursery life through our social media pages and accounts. Take a look below to see some of our posts, click to go through to view them in full and leave us a comment or a like.
Last month, we had a lovely Mother's Day Afternoon Tea Party at Monkey Puzzle. A lovely time was had by all and here is a video capturing the lovely memories from the day. 💖 ... See MoreSee Less
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Happy St George’s day from all the children here at Monkey Puzzle.
To Celebrate St George’s day some of the children looked at pictures of Dragons and Knights and had fun using the soft dragon toy to make roaring sounds. They also set up a red, white and green themed tuft tray to show the children a simple way to understand the day.
The older children have done some lovely activities regarding this special celebration, including their shaving foam messy tuff tray activity, which started out as a flag but ended up as beards 😊 the children all enjoyed this, blowing and clapping the foam to make it fly into the air. Some of them have also created their own shields using red paint and shiny white/grey and red glitter, this was a great way to learn about St George’s day as they asked all types of questions about why we were making shields and what it’s all about.
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At Monkey Puzzle today, some of the children leant some interesting facts about “Earth day” They had a big group discussion about Earth Day and what this day is all about, the children started this morning off by looking at videos all about Earth Day and what they can do to help, the children in preschool really enjoyed this as they asked many different questions, about the sun, recycling and all the different things that we can recycle, such as plastic, cardboard, tissue and general waste, some of the children said “that’s the red bin and that’s for plastic” as we discussed the coloured bins and the meanings of recycling and how important it is for our planet.
In Dolphins the children were shown all about how plants help our earth, the children have watered their own plants to ensure they are kept healthy, and they continue to grow. The children have also been learning all about recycling and how that helps our earth, the children have recycled some used paper and plastic bottles into the correct recycling bins inside and outside the nursery. ... See MoreSee Less
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Here at Monkey Puzzle, the children have been very busy making some lovely creations for Easter. They have made their own Easter cards to give to their parents, they have also enjoyed listening to Easter related stories, some of them have designed Easter pictures and invented some colourful Easter Eggs. The children have also taken part in many varied and interesting Easter themed tuft trays throughout the week.
Some of the preschool children went on an Easter egg hunt over the local park which was organised by Loganberry Lodge. The children enjoyed finding eggs and loved spending time with the residents.
Monkey Puzzle have been very generous and handed out Easter Eggs and chocolate treats to all the children to enjoy over the weekend. We hope you all have an amazing Easter break.
Happy Easter to all our lovely Parents, Carers and Children from the Monkey Puzzle Team. ... See MoreSee Less
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Please welcome Luigi to the Monkey Puzzle Colchester family. First there was Mario and now we have Luigi. Looking forward to meeting everyone soon ❤️❤️❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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Yesterday, some of our pre-school children went to visit their friends at Loganberry Lodge. Along the way the children were noticing the world around them, they noticed the local bus stop and talked about their safety and where to stop and to hold hands while they crossed the road.
When they got to Loganberry Lodge they used their manners well and said hello to everyone even the staff they passed in the corridors, they said please and thank you, they were very polite children and well behaved! well done pre-school.
The children talked to the residents about the pictures they were colouring in and about Easter that would be coming soon. One of the residents was talking to them about football which the children loved.
Loganberry Lodge has asked the children to come back next Thursday to take part in an Easter Egg Hunt! The children are very excited about this and are looking forward to it very much. ... See MoreSee Less
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💐Happy Mothers Day!💐
To all of the amazing mothers out there, everyone at Monkey Puzzle hopes you are having a wonderful Mothers Day!
May your day be filled with love, joy and appreciation for all that you do💖 ... See MoreSee Less
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We would like to wish Manjit a happy birthday, from everybody at Monkey Puzzle.
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Today, the children at Monkey Puzzle have taken part in a range of different activities relating to Red Nose Day.
The children have created their own red noses, explored the red playdough, been scooping out the different red items in water and enjoyed engaging in some messy activities including the red moon sand and painting.
It has been so lovely to see all of the children dressed in their pyjamas and red items today.
We are also pleased to say we have raised an amazing £192 so far for charity, a big thank you to all who donated!
There is still time to donate, please see the link below.
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