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Letter of the week
The children in pre-school have been really enjoying learning all about the different letters and sounds in the alphabet. This week we have been learning all about the letter k. We have been very busy finding out which words start with this letter and have even made our very own kites to fly in this […]
Priory Heuristic Play
Under 2’s have been getting involved in heuristic play. The children were mesmerised by the light box and studied the reflections on the wall. We also explored pine cones and shells, placing them into different containers. The younger children enjoyed looking at their reflections in the mirrors and pointing to their features.
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Fire Safety
We borrowed a wonderful resource from Avon Fire & Rescue Service called ‘ELFS’ – Early Learning Fire Safety. The children in pre-school have been learning about smoke alarms, the role of a fire-fighter, road safety and good and bad fires. Children also had some homework to do – to find out where their smoke alarms […]
Fundraising for Community Defibrillators
Bristol Childcare is fundraising to buy two defibrillators from HeartSafe. These will be fitted outside Mornington House in Clifton and The Priory in Filton* and available for the community to use. Our target is £5000 and we will raise this through events in nursery as well as co-ordinating with the local communities, because these defibrillators […]
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Should Children attend Nursery with Conjunctivitis?
It was reported over the weekend in the Sunday Times (Sunday 13 November) that the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has written to Ofsted to “press for change” as regards nurseries and schools excluding children with conjunctivitis. Their concerns are that nurseries requiring parents to seek medical information before a child can attend nursery […]
The pressures of being a working parent
Being a working parent is tough, juggling the demands of work alongside meeting our children’s needs. At this link, campaign group Mothers at Home Matter asks whether both parents should be working at the same time, why not adopt a long term family-cycle approach to working. Might make life feel less stressful for all? http://www.mothersathomematter.co.uk/latest-news/latest-news/49-in-the-papers/836-does-doing-the-right-thing-now-mean-both-parents-working-full-time
