Mad Hatter's
Nursery School
About Mad Hatter's Nursery School
Mad Hatter's Nursery School has specially designed classrooms, a very well equipped outdoor area, highly qualified staff and a rich variety of extra-curricular activities.
In the Summer of 2025, we were delighted by the addition of an outdoor classroom, 'Cheshire Cat's Cabin'. Our calming and cosy cabin provides a warm and welcoming space where children can feel safe, relaxed and supported. It is used for ELSA (emotional literacy support) sessions, interventions, quiet reflection and small-group activities. Our cabin offers a peaceful environment away from the busy classroom and gives children the opportunity to explore a different setting. It encourages curiosity, communication and positive social interactions whilst learning together in a calm and nurturing atmosphere.
All this, paired with our 'home from home' ethos ignites children's curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.
At Mad Hatter's we have very close links with Liphook Infant School which helps prepare your child for Year R and provides a seamless move to their new school. This includes sharing training and resources with the Liphook School Federation and a robust process for the process of moving from Nursery School to Infant School.
Inside our Nursery
Our nursery has two specially designed classrooms within a purpose built building. Little Hattie's room can accommodate up to 22 children, aged 2 to 3 years. Big Hattie's can accommodate up to 24 children, aged 3 to 4 years.
Both rooms have a messy play activity area where the children can enjoy activities such as painting, playdough modelling, collage, sand play, water play and other tactile experiences.
In the main area of each room the children can enjoy the benefit of a well stocked book corner, role-play area, and floor space in which to play with a wide variety of toys and enjoy group activities, games, singing, music and movement and story time.
Each classroom also has a calm corner, for when children need space or an area of quiet to help them regulate. The areas are specifically equipped with a wooden teepee/wooden hideaway, mellow mats, books and toys to help calm, regulate and focus.
Our exceptional outside space
Outside, the nursery has a fenced hard area and separate grass area. The outside areas offer the children a sensory herb garden, role-play houses, a digging area, mud kitchen exploration area, a bug hotel within a nature area, large sand-pit, outside play equipment and our beautiful outdoor cabin classroom.
In 2023, we added a purpose built allotment to enable the children to grow their own vegetables and herbs. The children have loved learning how to care for them and we regularly grow strawberries, pumpkins, runner beans and peas, to name but a few.
The nursery's high quality outside area enables the children to pursue activities during all seasons and in addition Little Hattie's also boasts a large covered veranda to enable the children to enjoy activities outside with protection from the weather.
