Dear Parents, We are very grateful for your patience at collection times. In these uncertain times and circumstances we cannot afford every parent a lot of time for a detailed summary of their child’s day. In response to a parent’s concerns in this regard we have decided to introduce a daily diary so that nappy […]

Dear Parents, This week, the Oaks have been very busy preparing a volcano for our small world tuff spot of dinosaurs. Using a range of materials such as tin foil and cotton wool, the children added a mix of textures and layers to build up their volcano. They then took it in turns to paint […]

Dear Parents, This week, the Oaks and the Saplings have been very busy in the garden, tending to the vegetables that were being observed over the last few weeks. The children have also particularly enjoyed the mud kitchen, making lots of cups of tea and cooking up all sorts of meals for us to try. […]

Dear Parents, Despite the weather this week, the Oaks and the Saplings have continued to spend the majority of their time outside. We have been continuing our theme of growth, decay and the environment, investigating how the rain has changed the garden and the animals that inhabit it. We took our magnifying glasses and went […]

Dear Parents, We would like to welcome back all who returned at the beginning of the week children, parents and staff. We are delighted that the children have settled in so quickly and we thank you all for following the guidance and making the transition back into nursery a smooth one. This week the Oaks […]

Dear Parents, This week we have been busy learning all about colours. To support this the children took part in colour sorting activities. Using a variety of objects in specific shades, we matched each item to corresponding paper. After a few attempts, Danny and Alf were able to match all the objects correctly. Textures were […]

Dear Parents, This week the children have been very busy discovering the different aspects of space. Following on from their activity last week where they flicked paint onto paper to create an astronomical scene, the children have been studying the different planets. Using pom poms to represent planets and tweezers and spoons to further develop […]

Dear Parents, I hope you are well and are keeping safe. We know it is a difficult time at the moment and you may be finding it hard to juggle work as well as providing activities to support your child’s development. We are here to help with this, as you may already have found, I […]

Dear Parents, This week, the Oaks and Saplings have been busy experimenting with colour, textures and the reactions between different substances. We created sensory bottles for the Acorns and Seedlings, watching how oil reacts with water and what happens when blue meets green. The children were fascinated to learn that water is heavier or denser […]

Dear Parents, We welcome Hassan and Nauris to the Broughton family and hope that they will be very happy here with us. Best wishes to Ottilie who turns one today. We hope you are having a lovely day. The Acorns showed off their artistic skills this week by using their senses to re-create the garden […]