Lily, our Twos Room apprentice at Mornington House, celebrated her 18th birthday recently. Rhianna made a delicious cake and we all sang Happy Birthday!
Bubble painting fun
At The Priory, the preschool children enjoyed bubble painting. We had such fun creating the biggest bubbles we could blow : ) “Bubble, bubble, bubble. Bubble, bubble, bubble…Bubble…Bubble…Bubble…POP!!”
Woodland Makery at The Court House
The Court House had so much fun with Elise from Woodland Makery! Elise taught us lots of new, fun things about spring and the environment. We had four different stations. Outside we went on a bug hunt to see what bugs and insects we have in our garden and we were making leaf prints using …
New nappy recycling trial
Bristol Childcare is proud to announce that it is working with waste disposal company Green Bottoms to organise the recycling of nappies used at its nurseries, and support families in taking part in a trial scheme in Bristol to recycle nappies. Green Bottoms has partnered with Pura NappiCycle to organise for nappies to be recycled …
Forest School at Mornington House
Mornington House really enjoyed their Forest School experience with Elise from Woodland Makery. Elise sang us a song about being kind to bugs and insects. We looked at stinging nettles and tried some that were safe to eat. We then took turns to cut up vegetables, cut a log with a saw to make a …
Easter parent visit
At The Court House the pre school had a visit from Isaac’s dad, Tim. Tim came to teach us about why some people celebrate Easter. He told us about some of the things we might see at Easter time and what Christians believe in. He read us the Easter Story and some of us had …
Forest School with Woodland Makery
The wonderful Elise from Woodland Makery visited The Priory for another Forest School session. The children were captivated by the array of activities available and completely engrossed and engaged throughout the whole session. The children were shown how to make fresh nettle soup and bread and were involved in every step of the process, from …
u-Sports at Mornington House
Molly, from u-Sports, came to do a session with us recently at Mornington House. We played games like Red Light, Green Light and Follow the Leader to warm up. Then we went on to our ball skills, bouncing the ball and throwing it in the air. She did a farm activity with us where we …
National Pet Month
Did you know April is National Pet Month? To introduce the children at The Court House to the idea of Pet Month we decided to get the bus to our local pet store. We looked around to see the different animals as well as the items needed to keep a pet, such as food and …
Bird’s nest
Saffia brought a bird’s nest to Mornington House that she found in her garden. We had a lovely discussion about what birds might have used in the nest, how many things were in the nest and what bird might have made the nest.