Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery

Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery, founded in 2011, is a British curriculum nursery with campuses in Umm Suqeim and Al Safa in Dubai. As the UAE’s first eco-focused nursery, it blends the British Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework with a nature-inspired approach to early childhood education. The nursery combines nurturing care and eco-friendly values with traditional teaching, offering a range of academic and extracurricular activities that support holistic child development.

Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery offers two campuses designed by experts to create a nurturing, nature-inspired environment that enhances children’s sensory, physical and intellectual development. Classrooms are designed to represent natural landscapes like "Treetops" and "Sand Dunes" and are equipped with organic, non-toxic materials to ensure a safe, home-like setting. There are activity stations that encourage child-led play, with a cosy gymnasium and library available for physical and quiet activities.

Emphasising outdoor learning, the Al Safa campus features a spacious garden with a nature trail, real grass, wooden play equipment, a sandpit, waterplay, a cycle track and a vegetable patch children help tend. An outdoor classroom provides sensory play opportunities with natural toys.

Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery is Dubai's first green-focused nursery, integrating nature with traditional British EYFS teaching. Both, Umm Suqeim and Al Safa campuses use natural materials and feature outdoor spaces with nature trails, wooden play areas and a vegetable patch children tend. The green program supports holistic development while fostering respect for the environment. Parents are actively involved through open communication and digital tools, making the nursery a nurturing, eco-conscious choice that values learning and environmental responsibility.

The nursery accepts children aged 12 months to 4 years old.

Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery offers a distinctive educational program that combines the British Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum with eco-conscious principles. The curriculum nurtures essential skills through exposure to a green, eco-friendly environment, fostering social responsibility in young learners.  

Aligned with EYFS standards, the curriculum covers seven key areas of learning, divided into prime areas and specific areas including:

The prime areas of learning are:

• Personal, Social and Environmental Development
• Communication and Language
• Physical Development

The specific areas of learning are:

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

The Green Engagement Programme enhances traditional EYFS learning with hands-on lessons in conservation, preservation and sustainability, such as composting, recycling, organic gardening and protecting endangered species. Arts and crafts focus on recycled materials and plastic use is minimised. 

Children at Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery enjoy daily language lessons in French or Arabic, with visiting teachers also providing classes in Music, Yoga and Sport. These sessions enrich the nursery’s curriculum. Phonics, literacy and numeracy are taught alongside environmentally focused lessons, ensuring children develop both foundational academic skills and a lifelong respect for nature. For more information, read the curricular overview of Home Grown’s Children's Eco Nursery.

The admission process at Home Grown’s Children’s Eco Nursery is pretty straightforward. To apply, fill out the enrollment form available on the official website. It is a comprehensive form that asks for basic information, contact details, desired branch and other essential details, such as medical details and conditions.

Once the form is submitted, the school will contact you with the provided contact details. If admission is granted, parents must pay the required deposit to secure admission.

The tuition fee charged by Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery is different for different programmes and timings. Here is the Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery fee structure:

Additionally, the school charges the following:

• AED 750 as registration charges
• AED 2,000 as a refundable deposit
• AED 750 as a medical fee
• AED 50 for a T-shirt as part of the uniform
• AED 60 for denim shorts as part of the uniform

Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery has a comprehensive extracurricular programme to offer students new opportunities for their holistic development. The activities are part of the daily programme and are available to children at no additional cost. Some noteworthy extracurricular activities are:

• Little Linguists
• Bendy Babies
• Little Green Fingers
• Sporty Springers
• Mini Monet

Besides the aforementioned activities, the nursery also plans for the celebrations of national and international events, such as UAE National Day Celebrations, sports day, festive concerts, earth day, etc. For more information, contact the nursery’s administration.

Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery offers parents flexible scheduling options:

• 08:00 am - 12:30 pm
• 08:00 am - 02:00 pm
• 08:00 am - 03:30 pm
• 08:00 am - 05:00 pm

An early drop-off from 07:30 am to 08:00 am is also available and parents can choose between 2 to 5 days a week, allowing for flexibility to suit different needs.

For Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery, Health and Safety come first. Children are always supervised, with a staff member stationed at the door during drop-off and pick-up. The nursery ensures all electric points are secured and fire drills occur each term with detailed evacuation procedures displayed and explained to staff and parents. Fire doors are kept unobstructed and fire-fighting equipment is regularly inspected.

All resources are non-toxic, hygienic and checked for safety, while the outdoor area is securely fenced and monitored. Staff undergo UAE background checks and security badges are required for all authorised pick-ups. A qualified nurse is always present and parents’ consent for emergency care is sought at admission.

Home Grown Children’s Eco Nursery consider regular and effective communication between teachers and parents to be essential for a child's development. Parents receive frequent updates on daily activities and their child's progress. Communication methods include a parent/teacher notebook for ongoing dialogue, weekly activity timetables and daily interactions with staff. Formal written feedback is provided once a term, along with suggestions for extending learning at home.

The nursery also hosts parent-teacher evenings to strengthen connections. In line with the eco policies, parents can choose to receive correspondence electronically or in paper format, ensuring a sustainable approach to communication.

• Telephone: +971-4-330-7008
• Fax: +971-4-330-7009
• Email: info@homegrownnursery.ae

• Telephone: +971-4-321-8333
• Fax: +971-4-321-7888

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