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The Priory’s resident frog!
In the Priory garden the children have been fascinated by our resident frog which they have named SMILEY! There were lots of questions such as, “what do frogs eat?” and, “what do they feel like?” Some children heard him croak when he was handled.
A trip to the park
Last Friday, the Babies and Twos children from the Priory enjoyed a visit to the park. The 2s enjoyed walking around the gardens, looking at all of the flowers and even discovered a fairy garden which they had lots of fun exploring!
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Easter Eggs at The Priory
Yesterday we decorated hard boiled eggs to make Easter eggs, a tradition they do in Poland. A parent brought in these special Easter/Spring designs for the children to use. The children each chose a design and placed it around the hardboiled egg which was then dipped into the boiling water (with adult support). The egg […]
World Storytelling Day
We are very fortunate at Mornington House to have parents who speak many different languages so we invited them in to tell a story in their home language to celebrate this world-wide event. Isabel’s mum, Lucia, read The Three Little Pigs in Spanish and Wilde’s mum, Josefin, read the story in Swedish. Sasha’s mum, Viktorija, […]
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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
