Jemima brought in her three pet lizards today – a Peter’s Banded Skink named Ash, a Panther Chameleon named Taz and a black and white Tegu named Flint. We talked about what they like to eat – Taz and Ash have locusts, crickets and worms and Flint has turkey, fruit, and vegetables. We were able …
Court House Bake Off 2021
Abby came up with the idea that each room cooked for the Court House Bake Off 2021. All the rooms got to work. Baby Room made Biscuits. 2’s made a Marble cake. Rising PreSchool made Cake Cones. Pre-School made Muffins with Carrots on the top a gardening theme. At 11.30 15th April Natalie and Jackie …
Reggie Comes To Visit
Ella brought her dog Reggie into the nursery garden to meet the children. Some children were a little shy towards Reggie but once Ella explained how friendly he was they smoothed him and enjoyed his company. Thank you Ella
Lunch Table
It was wonderful to see the lunch table looking so welcoming in the twos room at Mornington House.
World Book Day @ The Priory
This afternoon (4th March) we brought our Owl Babies book to life! Lauren read the story and we acted it out using the story props, using Owl Mother, Sarah, Percy, Bill, big branch, small branch and a bit of ivy. Each of us had a different Owl Baby and we repeated the words to act out …
Redland Park
The babies had a trip to Redland Park on the Wednesday 3rd March. They loved exploring the sandpit, the swings and the slide. It was great to be out in the fresh air having fun!
Daffodils
Last week the children showed interest in our Daffodils growing in the room, so we got them down to have a closer look. We introduced words such as petals, stalk, stem, leaf, soil and we discussed what flowers need to grow. To extend their interest we then painted pictures of the daffodils focussing on their …
Chinese New Year in The Court House 2’s Room
The younger children explored paint with their hands and the animals mixing together yellow and red paint, while the older children explore the noodles and tried to use chop sticks. Both groups of children used stamps to create pictures and decorated masks for our race. We told all the children about the race that the …
Chinese New Year – The Year of the Ox
Some of our families in Preschool are from China, so it was lovely being able to celebrate their New Year. Sally read the story of how the years came to be named after animals and the children found out that they were born either in the Year of the Rooster or the Year of the …
Choo…….Choo
What can you make with a giant box? We have made a train with ours.