Little Green Rascals Day Nursery Elvington

Brilliant friendly nursery. All staff are always pleasant & genuinely love the children. Brilliant outdoor space & my son loves the regular Forrest & Maze visits. Even the chef is very friendly. Overall a lovely safe place to leave your children.

Our son started at LGR in January of 2015 and we could not have asked for a better place for him. He is not great with change and so starting nursery was not easy but we knew the care he would be given would be above and beyond the other nurseries we looked at. From the beginning the staff where very good at dealing with our son and making sure he was settling in. On top of the very qualified carers, LGR comes with an amazing amount of space for the kids to run around in which you don't find in York very easily and it is the only place our son wants to be. And as a bonus, I can wake up in the morning and not have to stress about packing lunch, snacks, dinner etc because they have their own chef on site who cooks the most amazing menu. It's the best thing that has happened to our son - he has truly blossomed by being at LGR and his personality is shining thru now and we can't ever leave the nursery!!!!!

All staff are friendly, and always make the time to go through your child's day.

THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AT LITTLE GREEN RASCALS X

Both boys thoroughly enjoy nursery and we are very pleased with the level of care they receive. Forest is a massive hit and our eldest would spend every day there if he was allowed! The manager there is obviously very inspirational.

My son has attended LGR since April this year. Due to work we have moved around a lot and he has been to four different nurseries from age 6 months. I can safely say that LGR is by far the best setting he has attended. The staff are fantastic, very professional while still maintaining a family like atmosphere. The range of activities he does are varied and interesting. The forest school is an excellent resource and alongside all the outdoor space makes LGR a hit with my active boy. The food is healthy organic and by all accounts delicious, satisfying my very fussy eater is quite an achievement. I can't praise this nursery enough, we will be very sad to leave when he starts school next September. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this nursery to others and I sing it's praises to all the mummies I meet who ask where he goes.

The only (small) issue I have with the nursery is the policy on discipline. No naughty steps/seats here just a "no thank you" which personally I don't think works for persistent biters for example. It would be great if the nursery could work with children on enforcing a consistent discipline for things such a biting/fighting. For me it's not a deal breaker but I would prefer the nursery to support my decision to use naughty step etc. and follow this through at nursery.

The feedback given to parents at the end of the day and at parents evening is fantastic also. I would definitely recommend Little Green Rascals to anyone considering taking their hold there.

Little Green Rascals is a really excellent nursery: I would highly recommend it to other parents. The staff there take particular care to get to know each child: my son has a great bond with his key-worker, but also with other staff in his room, and even staff outside the room seem to know him. There's a lot of outside space which is well-used, and the nursery benefits from having links to a Forest School and the 'Maize Maze' next door. The food also seems to be excellent, well-prepared, nutritious and inventive - my son eats better than I do!

My 2 boys have attended Little Green Rascals at Elvington since they were 10 months old...my eldest has just waved goodbye to start big school and what a start they have given him!! The staff are truly fantastic at what they do and the nursery itself really is home from home. I leave my sons there and know that they will have the most amazing day...forest school, yoga, science, art class...the list goes on!! The food is beyond good, it's delicious, and all home cooked...my sons eat food I never thought they would and show a keen interest in cooking.

Leaving your child at nursery is never an easy thing to do but what Little Green Rascals offer makes it so much easier...highly, highly recommend it!!

This is a fantastic nursery with wonderful resources - our son particularly loves all the outdoor space they have! The Elvington Lane site has two wonderful gardens with loads of outdoors activities, and the Forest School is a wonderful part of the nursery. For Forest School, the children are taken out into some safe woods nearby, where they study nature and outdoor crafts. Our son always comes back buzzing after a Forest School session!

Food is freshly prepared onsite and is a wonderful high standard; we are often jealous of the menus on offer!

The staff are wonderful and look after children attentively and thoughtfully. There is a great gentle ethos at the nursery which involves solving disputes by listening to the children, discussing the problem, and looking for solutions together. Our son loves the staff, and they have been brilliant with him, in particular with his own needs - he suffers from glue ear which affects his hearing, and when it is bad the staff are great at giving him more one-on-one time to help him and make sure he's involved with everything.

The nursery community is lovely, there is great interaction with the parents and regular activities for parents and children to get involved with together. Any issues we have raised have been addressed promptly and respectfully. We are delighted with this nursery and would not hesitate to recommend it.

We love Little Green Rascals! Our son was very reluctant to be away from us at first, and the staff were fantastic at helping him to settle in. He's been at LGR for about 8 months now and loves it.

The resources are brilliant, both indoor and outdoor. The outside space was the winner for us; they spend so much time outside being active.

My son's favourite part of LGR is being outside. Mine is that the staff are engaged with the children, and don't do tough love. Cuddles all round, which is lovely!

Myself an my husband where nervous about sending our son to nursery for the first time, and feeling guilty. We first walked around LGR when our son was 2 weeks old and booked him in a week later to join from the age of one. Well he is now 3! And the LGR,s team really do feel like part of our family. They provide everything for our son we would want for those days we do have to work. Everything they do is for the kids with their development, health and well being in mind. I truly and honestly can not recommend them highly enough! What a great team and environment of our amazing little special bundles to grow and develop!