About

Welcome to Finca TLC

Finca, meaning ‘farm’ in Spanish, is a high quality, home-based childcare service for 1-4 year olds. 

We aim for a warm, friendly and relaxed 'home from home' feel with education and care at the heart of everything we do. At Finca we love to explore the great outdoors and the changing seasons, nature and outdoor spaces are integral to our provision.

Childcare is available Monday-Friday during term-time  (see dates below) and there are no fees to pay during the holidays. Finca is open from 8.00am - 5.00pm. 

Highly qualified staff work on a 1:3 ratio with our 1-4 year olds and all staff are Ofsted registered, have a DBS check and have also gained a Paediatric First Aid certificate. 

We have developed a fantastic indoor and outdoor learning environment which endeavours to extend children’s thinking, to stimulate their imaginations and encourage them to ‘learn how to learn’. 

Our setting

Finca is set in the heart of our 250 acre working farm in Seavington St Mary. A beautiful and quiet location but conveniently located just 5 minutes from the A303 between Yeovil and Ilminster. 

Finca is a family home and our large farmhouse kitchen is your first welcome as you come through the door. Our kitchen has double doors with beautiful views across the fields and leads straight out into the front garden with our 6ft bell tent a permanent feature during the summer months. 

 Our outdoor area is fenced to provide a large, contained area for the children to explore safely. Towards the back of the house is our exploration zone which is ever changing depending on children’s interests. The exploration area includes our finca mud kitchen, sand pit, herb garden, construction area and even a dinosaur land!

Within our home we have a designated Finca playroom. This is a warm, welcoming and homely space designed to stimulate each child's curiosity and allow for open - ended continuous provision. Children play and learn at their own pace and choose their own activities.

At Finca we also have unrestricted access to free range fun across our 250 acre farm. This includes a lake with small beach area, an apple orchard, woodland, grass play meadow, bee hives and not forgetting our pigs, rabbits and chickens in our Finca farmyard.

Term Dates

Autumn term

Starts: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Half term: Monday 25th October to Friday 29th October 2021
Ends: Friday 17th December 2021

Spring term

Starts: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Half term: Monday 21st February to Friday 25th February 2022
Ends: Friday 8th April 2022

Summer term

Starts: Monday 25th April 2022
Half term: Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd June 2022
Ends: Tuesday 26th July 2022

Finca will be closed for Bank Holidays

I'm interested...

Email us via the 'Contact' page and we will then be in touch to book in a visit. We encourage all families to view other local settings as well as Finca. These include nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.

Visits to Finca usually last around 30 minutes and it's an opportunity for you to see what we're about and for you to ask any questions. Remember, there isn't such thing as a silly question so please fire away!

If you like what we do and you wish to secure a place at Finca there is a £200 deposit, this will be returned at the end of your child's time at Finca. Once the deposit is received, we will prepare some paperwork for you to read through and sign. 

We will then offer a ‘Home Visit’ but this is entirely optional and there is no cost for this. An adult from Finca will come to your house with the aim to start building up a relationship with you and your child in a familiar environment, fill out some paperwork and share our Policies and Procedures with you. With our previous experience in schools and nurseries, we have always found ‘Home Visits’ invaluable as they really help your child to settle in when they start. We will also book in 2 free short sessions with us. This helps with the settling in period and prepares them for their full days.

Payments must be paid in full before the start of the month and additional hours are added to the next invoice. 

The Finca Family

When your little person joins us at Finca, you join the Finca Family! We arrange a few events each year for families to socialise and even after your children leave Finca, you still are a part of the Finca Family. It's so lovely to see past families at our events! 

We have a private Facebook Group which is a great way for parents to arrange parties, play dates and we also post menus, newsletters and useful bits of information to support families.