Rowland’s Castle Opening Hours
- Monday
- 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
- Thursday
- 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
- Friday
- 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Village Montessori Nursery School Vision Statement
A nursery that inspires integrity and compassion, empowering independent learners in servant leadership.
Our Rowland’s Castle Team
We are a small, dedicated team with a varied wealth of experience working with children. The founder, Mrs Kwai-Fong Purchase (Ms Jessy) is a fully qualified Montessori Teacher who has great passion for the Montessori Ethos and promotes this unique learning method to both her team members and the children.
Kwai-Fong Purchase (known as Ms Jessy)
Manager, Child protection and Safeguarding Coordinator, SENCO
Qualifications: BSc. (Hons) Psychology, Early Year Teacher Status (EYTS), Early Childhood Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy, Primary Education 6-12 Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy
Born and brought up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Jessy was an active and independent child who liked exploring in the woods and spent most of her childhood climbing trees, picking fruits and helping her family with daily chaos, i.e. looking after domestic animals, preparing meals, washing, etc. Jessy worked as a teacher assistant in an International Montessori Children House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where she received her in-house training and was greatly influenced by the Montessori Ethos. Year 2001 Jessy came to England to study Early Childhood Diploma at the Montessori Centre International (MCI) in London, after completion she joined an all year round Montessori nursery school for the next six and a half years. In year 2011, Jessy decided to start Village Montessori Nursery School at Rowlands Castle, Hampshire. In spite of her busy schedule, Jessy completed her BSc (Hons) Psychology in 2013, Early Year Teacher Status in 2015, Primary Education 6-12 Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy in 2018. Jessy speaks and writes English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Bahasa Malaysian.
Florence Penny
Deputy Manager
Qualifications: QTS Teaching French, Level 3 Early Year Qualification
Florence was born in France, she lives in Rowlands Castle with her husband, two secondary school age daughters and father-in-law. Florence gained her passion and early years experience working as childminder for over 10 years in Rowlands Castle before she pursued her Postgraduate Certificate
in Education major on French teaching. We are pleased to have Florence joining the team at Rowlands Castle taking up a Deputy Manager role from November 2023. Florence loves cooking, walks in nature, gardening and reading. She writes and speaks fluently in both French and English.
Victoria Fidler
Teacher, First Aider
Qualifications: Level 3 Home Based Childcare
Vicky was born in England and used to be a registered childminder when her children were young. When her children were in the Primary education, Vicky worked as a Support Worker giving independent care to children and young people with disabilities. Prior to joining Village Montessori Nursery School, Vicky worked as a childminder’s assistant in the village for a period of four years and she has good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework. Vicky’s calm and soft spoken character develops close bonding with children. She believes that childhood is a fun learning time yet children should be set reasonable boundaries. She has two lovely children and some grandchildren.
Mayuko Watkins
Level 2 Apprentice
Qualifications: Studying Level Two Early Year Qualification
Mayuko was born in Japan and came to live in the UK after she married. Mayuko sent her only daughter to Village Montessori Nursery School when she was a two year old toddler. Seeing her daughter’s early years journey, Mayuko began to show great interest in wanting to pursue the Montessori Teaching Method. When her daughter started primary school, Mayuko decided to join Village Montessori Nursery School pursuing early years study through an apprenticeship scheme. Mayuko values team effort and is an amazing team player.
What our parents say
TIA (2023)
My daughter loved her time at nursery and was there from 3 years old until she started flexi schooling at a nearby village school. The staff worked really well with her and by the time she left, her confidence in learning was very high.
SIMONE (2023)
Our daughter settled in brilliantly and thoroughly enjoyed going to nursery every day. She built her confidence and love of learning further and developed some lovely friendships in the years she spent there. Miss Jessy and her team have been exceptional and we have no hesitation in recommending this school, that embodies the Montessori philosophy in everything they do.. Our daughter is now in Year 1 and still looks forward to spending time with Miss Jessy at her after-school club once a week which is testimony to how much she enjoys being there.
SUSAN (2023)
We couldn’t have asked for a better nursery for our daughter, so nurturing, friendly and child focussed. with gentle support our daughter thrived in this lovely nursery. Highly recommended!
Village Montessori
Rowland’s Castle
11 Links Ln. Hall,
Rowlands Castle
Rowland’s Castle
PO9 6AD
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