Welcome to Friends, Crossgar Website

For happy childhood memories and care, the award winning Friends Day Nursery Crossgar provides a warm, homely and safe environment where families have been made welcome since 2012. Friends is conveniently located on the Square, Crossgar and our award winning After School Club is located at Cedar Integrated Primary School, Crossgar.

Our aim is for children, even those from the earliest age to develop physically, socially and educationally whilst playing within our care and guidance.
Our priorities at Friends are safety, comfort and stimulation. Learning through play and self-expression will be at the heart of each child’s day.
Friends fully accept that a child’s parents are their first educators and primary carers. To this end we work in partnership to achieve this goal together.

About Us

Friends Day Nursery is owned and managed by Kit Williamson MA, BSc, DASE, RGN who has over 20 years experience in Child Care. Kit is a former nurse and nursing teacher. She concluded her nurse/teacher career as a lecturer at Queens University, Belfast before opening her first Day Nursery in Saintfield in 1998 and establishing the Friends Day Nursery brand.
Whilst developing Friends Day Nurseries Kit has also been a member of the Board of Directors for Early Years, the organisation for young children, and the private sector representative on the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trusts Child Care Partnership.

An Award Winning Nursery

We were very happy and proud to receive a number of awards at the 2018 Families First awards ceremony – the Best ECO friendly Day Care and the Best After School Club award for our after school club at Cedar Integrated Primary School. Kit was also awarded the Best Day Nursery Mentor award. This was a great achievement for our team!

Contact our Award Winning Nursery at Friends Day Nursery Crossgar

Our Team

The team at Friends are highly qualified, experienced and dedicated to the children and families they care for. All team members are qualified to a B Tec National Diploma in Child Care and Education, or the equivalent, and senior members to QCF Level 5 in Child Care Development and Management.

In addition to the permanent team members, a Dietician (Msc BSc) assists in the planning of menus and provides advice on weaning and managing allergies, and a Learning Disability Nurse (BSc RLDN) assists in the planning of activities and advises on our choice of suitable equipment and resources for those children with additional needs.

Friends at Crossgar

Friends@Crossgar is located in the historic Market House situated at the Square, Crossgar. The building was erected in 1829 to serve out the newly laid Market Square in Crossgar. During the early 1900s the upper floor served as school to the local community and by the late 1900s the building served as a Church Hall.

Having been derelict for a number of years – the Market House was restored to its former glory in 2012 and is now home to Friends Day Nursery.  The nursery is housed over two floors creating a large, spacious, naturally bright and modern facility.
Downstairs utilises space to comprise a bright baby unit, ‘wobbler’ unit and ‘toddler’ unit.  Whilst upstairs caters for older children in the pre-school room and after school club.  

All rooms have their own play, art, dining and sleep areas and our room organisation and age groupings ensure that all children have plenty of time and space to explore, play and learn, but most of all to enjoy their day. Outside, the secured enclosed play area allows for outdoor fun and games whilst gaining physical skills, fresh air and lots of exercise.

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Friends at Cedar

The Award winning Afterschool club in Crossgar known as Friends@Cedar is located at Cedar Integrated Primary School, 29 Kilmore Road, Crossgar offering an out of school care facility for children in the form of breakfast and after school club during term time. 

The children have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities at the club, including art and crafts, board games, construction toys, outdoor physical play, or they can just chill out with friends after a day at school.

Contact Us

Friends Day Nursery Crossgar

The Square
Crossgar
BT30 9EE
Tel: 028 44832847

Email: friendscrossgar@gmail.com