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Term-Time Only Sessions

Deposit £45 (this includes three settling-in sessions).  
This is on offer with limited spaces available; please speak with the Manager first to check availability.  

This offer includes healthy home-cooked meals and snacks throughout the day prepared by our in-house Chef using locally sourced produce from butchers and farms. 

A full day is 8am – 6pm. Half a day is 8am – 1pm or 1pm – 6pm. 

Eligible for 15 Funded Hours

Options Cost
1 x Full Day £10.00
1 x Full Day and 1 x Half Day £15.00
3 x Half Days £15.00

Eligible for 30 Funded Hours

Options Cost
3 x Full Days £30.00
2 x Full Days and 2 x Half Days £30.00
1 x Full Day and 4 x Half Days £30.00

Full Moon Sessions

Full Moons are our pre-schoolers – children aged three years to school age 

Deposit £45 (this includes three settling-in sessions). 
This is on offer with limited spaces available, please speak with the Manager first to check availability. 

This offer includes healthy home-cooked meals and snacks throughout the day prepared by our in-house Chef using locally sourced produce from butchers and farms.

Eligible for 15 Funded Hours – 09:30 – 14:30

Options Cost
1 x session £0.00
2 x session £0.00
3 x session £0.00

Eligible for 30 Funded Hours – 09:00 – 15:00

Options Cost
1 x session £0.00
2 x session £0.00
3 x session £0.00
4 x session £0.00
5 x session £0.00
Summer Term 1 2025  
22 April – 23 May 
 
Summer Term 2 2025  
2 June – 22 July 
  
Autumn Term 1 2025  
1 September – 24 October 
 
Autumn Term 2 2025 
3 November – 19 December 
Spring Term 1 2026 
5 January – 13 February 
 
Spring Term 2 2026 
23 February – 27 March 
 
Summer Term 1 2026 
13 April – 22 May 

Here at Banana Moon Day Nursery, your childcare fees are inclusive of:

  • Breakfast served until 8.30am 
  • Mid-morning snack 
  • Hot home-cooked lunch at 12pm and dessert 
  • Afternoon snack 
  • Hot meal served at 4 pm 
  • Food prepared and cooked by our full-time, in-house Chef using produce from local butchers and farms 
  • Open from 7.30am to 6.30pm 
  • Bespoke Parent App with real-time updates, finance, instant messaging to your key worker, your booking pattern with the option to request extra sessions and a photo/video sharing service 
  • CCTV throughout the nursery 
  • Biometric entry system - Security is of paramount concern at Banana Moon. With this in mind we operate a ‘fingerprint’ biometric access system to protect children and nursery staff. This system allows nursery personnel to register approved family members fingerprints, so only they can access the nursery. 

We do offer a Holiday Club during half terms for children aged 5 to 12 years of age. Find out more below.

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Get in touch today

We are confident you will appreciate our nursery, its setting and facilities. Should you wish to visit, we are available at any time to meet with you. Any comments or input from parents are always welcome.

Opening Times

We are open 7:30am - 6:30pm

Colchester

Banana Moon Day Nursery, Oyster Court 1 & 2, St. Helens Lane
Colchester, Essex
CO1 1TY
info@bananamoon-colchester.co.uk

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