Woolston is the latest addition to the Wind in the Willows family of children’s day care nurseries and has been operating for four years. Woolston offers a fun loving and stimulating environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years.
Wind in the Willows Childcare Ltd can provide ALL children aged 3 to 4 years with 15 hours FREE Early Education Entitlement. We can also provide children who are 2 years old the FREE Early Education Entitlement for those families who meet the Department For Education(DFE) criteria. Please ring for further information.
We currently have availability within the setting; please call to book your child/children a place. Places are going quickly so don’t delay.
Please contact us on 01925 820075 or woolston@witwchildcare.co.uk if you would like to find out more, arrange a viewing or discuss your childcare needs.
In our latest Ofsted Inspection we achieved a rating of Good. Please take a look at www.ofsted.gov.uk
Alternatively you can contact us at our head office on 01925 221010
Location Details
Manager Name: Hannah Keegan
House / Building Name: Wind in the Willows
Address Line 2: Gordon Avenue
Address Line 3: Woolston, Warrington
Postcode: WA1 3UJ (Click postcode for the map)
Telephone Number: 01925 820075
Email Address:woolston@witwchildcare.co.uk
Opening Hours
Monday: 07:30 – 18:00
Tuesday:07:30 – 18:00
Wednesday:07:30 – 18:00
Thursday:07:30 – 18:00
Friday:07:30 – 18:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Latest News
December 06,2018
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas…….at Woolston
Woolston have been putting up the Christmas Tree ready for all our Christmas festivities. The children enjoyed helping to put the tree together and spread out the branches before selecting all the baubles one by one to carefully place on the tree. The twinkly lights really have had everyone full of Read More >
November 13,2018
Foam Exploration at Woolston
The children have been enjoying and exploring the mouldable foam. Following the children’s interests around construction using the blocks to build and create structures we used the foam as a material to stick the blocks together. The children said “it’s like cement”. They use Read More >
October 12,2018
Woolston Forest School
Our Director Ginny has been coming into Woolston to complete Forest School with our 2-5’s children. The children love completing Forest School and are always so excited for the next one. Forest School gives the children the opportunity for outdoor learning in a wide range of weathers. We reque Read More >
September 14,2018
Snow Small World Play
Woolston 2-3’s children have had fun being imaginative and using their role play skills working with the small world resources. Following the children’s interests and their role play talking about ‘snow’ Ella went and added flour to the tray to create a ‘snow scene̵ Read More >
August 16,2018
Jelly play in Woolston
Woolston children have loved Jelly play today with the dinosaurs, looking at various textures developing their creative and exploratory skills. Each of the children have been focusing on using descriptive language to explain the textures through use of various senses for example touch, smell and sig Read More >
June 18,2018
Yoga at Woolston
The children in 2-5’s at Woolston have been participating in Children’s Yoga activities. They have been learning various positions and breathing techniques ranging from various abilities to strengthen their core muscles, balance and co-ordination. Linking to this teaches the children abo Read More >
April 24,2018
Woolston Earth Week Activities
At Woolston this month we have been using a wide range of resources and activities using natural items to link to Earth Week. We have made natural paintbrushes using flowers, leaves and twigs and fastened them together to create a brush. Using these the children have painted their pictures creating Read More >
March 21,2018
Walk to the local park to feed the ducks
This month we went out in the local area of Woolston, we wrapped up warm and used our road knowledge to walk sensibly to the park crossing the roads safely with the practitioners and our friends. The children knew which direction to walk in and the route we take to get to the park, once […] Read More >
February 14,2018
Tea Time at Woolston
At Woolston on a Thursday afternoon we take it in turns for each age group to help prepare and cook our tea for all the children at the setting. Each age group picks their meal they wish to cook from homemade burgers to homemade chicken risotto, homemade soups and calzone. The children look at the [ Read More >
January 04,2018
Trip to Woolston Library
We are lucky enough at Woolston to be able to venture into our local area to visit some of Woolston’s close amenities. On this occasion we paid a visit to our local library, we visit the library as often as possible and have an account there which allows us to take out books and bring [&hellip Read More >
Special Events
December 12,2018
Its Christmas at Woolston ….. Father Christmas Visit
Look who came to visit us today at Woolston…… Father Christmas!! All the children were really excited and had such a lovely time and lots of fun telling him what they would like for Christmas. They each got a little present and had their photo taken with him. Before he left they all sang Read More >
December 06,2018
Woolston Christmas Fayre / Parents Evening
We had such a fabulous turn out at Woolston for our Christmas Fayre, Thank you to all our practitioners, parents, carers and children who made the evening so lovely! We would also like to say a special thank you to Karen from Sunny Slide Up for holding a stall filled with wonderful scarfs and clips Read More >
November 15,2018
RHS School Gardening Award for Woolston
Woolston have achieved their Level 1 in the RHS School Gardening Awards and yesterday we received our certificate for the award. We will now be moving on to achieve the higher grades. Well done Woolston Read More >
November 12,2018
Woolston Stay & Play Sessions
We have had lots of fun during our stay & play sessions at Nursery. We are really pleased that parents and carers have been able to join us to experience play with their children within the setting. All the children and parents have enjoyed the activities in which we have engaged in and we have Read More >
October 13,2018
Halloween fun at Woolston
We had lots of fun at Woolston dressing up in our costumes for our Halloween party. We played lots of Halloween games and activities including gloop, spider hunt and pumpkin carving. Here are some pictures in our fabulous outfits and enjoying our ‘scary’ activities. Read More >
September 21,2018
Jeans for Genes Day in Woolston
On Friday 21st September 2018 we held Jeans for Genes Day at our Woolston setting. Jeans for Genes raises funds to support children affected by genetic disorders as there are around 6,000 genetic disorders. It is estimated that one in 25 children is affected by a genetic disorder. 30,000 babies and Read More >
August 15,2018
Baking Chocolate Brownies at Woolston
The children at Woolston made some chocolate brownies to enjoy for pudding after our tea of Quesadillas. We had a range of ingredients from cocoa powder, vanilla extract, eggs, flour, butter and they used various utensils to weigh, count and measure the ingredients correctly developing our mathemati Read More >
July 12,2018
Graduation Ceremony at Woolston
Welcome to our 2018 Graduation Ceremony, we had a lovely afternoon celebrating the children’s achievements and seeing so many parents, carers and family members also able to attend looking so proud. The sun was shinning and we were able to have our ceremony in the garden. The practitioners all Read More >
June 22,2018
Woolston Graduation Trip
Woolston graduates had a fantastic time at their Graduation Party at the Jungle. They played on the soft play equipment and went super fast down the slides before enjoying a party food lunch together before one last play before our mini bus home. All the children were really well behaved and had lot Read More >
April 24,2018
St Georges Day Celebrations at Woolston
St George’s Day in England remembers St George, England’s patron saint. The anniversary of his death, which is on April 23, is seen as England’s national day. According to legend, he was a soldier in the Roman army who killed a dragon and saved a princess. To celebrate this day at Read More >