The Butterfly Patch Morden Park Forest School and Nursery

This nursery is a cut above the rest. I moved my son to this nursery earlier this year and he has absolutely flourished. He loves going and can’t stop talking about all the things he has learned. The staff are friendly and engaging but most of all they care.
Children are children here. They play outside and learn through being active and exploring the great outdoors. This is what young children are meant to be doing! Thank you to all the staff.

My son loves going to the Butterfly Patch. It is a great place and the staff are all wonderful. My son has developed in so many ways and he looks forward to going to nursery every morning. The staff are warm and caring but also professional. I would definitely recommend the nursery to other parents.

The nursery provides wonderful activities for all children. They learn through structured activities and allow the children a say in what they do.
The staff work very hard and show great enthusiasm in their work.

Our son has been attending here since September 2019. I cannot speak highly enough of the nursery. It is the antithesis of the other nurseries we looked at where children are stuck in a room with other children their own age all day. Instead, the children mix with each other, regardless of age, in a lovely space which lets them roam free. But the real joy of this nursery is the time the children get to spend outside. I love seeing the updates of my son exploring Morden Park and getting muddy! The staff are wonderful. The nursery is small so they can take the time to get to know each child’s needs. They are always smiling and enthusiastic and bring real fun to the nursery. My son absolutely loves it there and even though it takes me half an hour to drive there it is so worth it. I hate the idea of my child stuck in a room playing with the same old toys. At the Butterfly Patch, his creative play can run wild and so can he!

The nursery manager is a genius. The whole operation runs so smoothly and all the children are given enormous amounts of attention. We love how much time they spend outside, getting used to the outdoors with a seemingly endless and imaginative list of activities. All of this is reported to the parents in great detail using an app and we feel we know what our child is doing each day. They seem to be happy to cater to any dietary requirements and our picky son seems to love the food, they tell us on the app exactly what and how much he ate. Three months in and he now runs to the door whenever I say “do you want to go to nursery?”. They also genuinely care about his development, they flagged up several milestones that he wasn’t hitting and heavily encouraged us to solve them, with helpful suggestions. We also love how warm they are and how much time they seem to have to cuddle the children that need it and they have chickens!

Couldn’t be happier! We have seen so much progress made by our daughter since joining The Butterfly Patch Morden Park Forest School and Nursery six months ago. Initially she was shy and reserved but it didn’t take long before she couldn’t wait to go each morning. She has made so many friends in a short space of time, even during the pandemic and clearly has made good friendships with the staff there. The nursery staff are really accommodating and professional while remaining relaxed and understanding of individual parents attitudes and priorities. The communication has been greatly improved since moving to the new app, where we get regular updates and photos on what she is doing, how she is interacting with others and photos of her outdoor and indoor activities. The nursery is not large but has so many activities to keep the children learning and intrigued and it’s great to see the workers teaching the children about nature, recycling and respect at such a formative age. They have also handled care in the pandemic well.

Our child has thrived at the Butterfly Patch – the whole team are amazing. They really do care so much about the kids and they have helped support us too! I love it when my child comes home after nursery to tell me all about the adventures that she and her friends have had – it’s the highlight of my day!

Our son has been going to the Butterfly Patch since he was 6 months old. The staff have been amazing and he settled quickly and nicely. The constantly active lifestyle, need to go outside and curiosity to explore are contributing to turning him into a gentle, nature-loving boy who has amazing climbing skills! The carers do an amazing job of integrating aspects of learning in child-led play and our boy is thriving and making so much progress on fine and gross motor skills, language and social skills. The extended hours are a big plus as we’re both working parents and we’ve been able to take advantage of some amazing offers to add in extra days when needed. Management runs smoothly. We feel able to speak about our child’s needs (dropping dummy, increasing naps, etc) and the staff will go above and beyond to help out. We highly recommend the nursery to anyone who listens!

As a Forest School nursery, the children experience a wide range of outdoor led activities as well as the usual indoor sticking, painting, model making type stuff you would expect. The daily Forest School activities have really increased my child’s confidence but also their ability to understand boundaries and stay safe in potentially dangerous situations – near rivers or in high places. My child has learnt to approach the top of the stairs on their knees and looks over the edge laying on their belly to guard against potential falls, for example. The Forest School activities will advance with them as they grow and will stay with them as valuable life skills.

Amazing staff and nursery. Our son is really settled after just a few months. They take the kids out each day – including the babies – and do things we wouldn’t normally do helping them to develop and be creative. Friendly and attentive staff and excellent communication