Recently the twos at Mornington House have been really enjoying our core book ‘The Smeds and the Smoos‘. We’ve used junk modelling to make rockets, play dough to make aliens and explored the wurpular woods tuff tray with sand and empty egg cartons. We also used wooden blocks to make rockets too. For lunch we …
New toy animals
The Twos Room at The Priory received some lovely new animals recently. These resources were introduced at circle time and it was explained to the children the importance of respecting and taking care of our things. To encourage this, the baskets were labelled with a photo that represents what’s inside and we have demonstrated to …
Junk Modelling Fun!
Over the Christmas break, Sue, one of our founders, collected some items for junk modelling at The Priory. Sue took the items in and the children loved searching through the boxes to see what they could make. It’s amazing to see the children get so creative with items destined for the recycling!
Nativity at The Priory
We have no words to say to our amazing preschool children except WOW! What a show they put on for everyone. They have been so excited practising, rehearsing, singing, dancing and above all having so much fun! We were blown away with how brave they all were and truly put on the performance of the …
Julian Trust Night Shelter
Twice a year the staff and families from Mornington House kindly donate food and clothes for The Julian Trust, a night shelter here in Bristol. Bristol Childcare support this by donating some large tins of food. You can find out more about the The Julian Trust and their valuable work here.
Long service celebration
Bristol Early Years held a long service and thank you celebration at City Hall for practitioners who have worked in early years settings for 20 years or more. Justine, Diane and Sally have collectively worked in early years for 91 years! So, they were very pleased to be invited to the event to see colleagues …
Pen Pals at The Court House
Merry Christmas Pen Pals! The Court House has been making Christmas cards for their pen pals at Stokeleigh Lodge. Some of the children chose specific residents while others chose to write to the retirement home. The children used a variety of different resources to make their cards including stickers, tissue paper, and coloured pencils. All …
Snow Day!
It snowed recently, but there wasn’t enough to make a real snowman! The children at Mornington House made white play dough instead and designed their own snowmen.
Active Kids
Linda and Derrick the Dinosaur came to see us for our Active Kids session recently at Mornington House! We had fun pretending to be different types of dinosaurs, dancing and doing our stretches. Then we practised using pegs to pick up the dinosaurs and finished off with the parachute!
Storytime in Hungarian and German!
At Mornington House, one of the children in Preschool’s Mum is German and Dad is Hungarian. This means that he can speak three languages! His Dad came to read ‘Zog’ in Hungarian and Mum read a ‘Peppa Pig’ story in German. The children sat so quietly and listened really well to the stories in languages …