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.
World Book Day 2024
We had such a fun filled week in Preschool at The Court House. We enjoyed lots of activities for World Book Day, such as a sensory filled tuff tray based on the story The Smeds and The Smoos, The Tiger Who Came to Tea creative activities, The Very Hungry Caterpillar activity where the children made …
The Smeds & The Smoos
At Mornington House, our core book of the month is The Smeds & The Smoos and we have been busy supporting the children to extend their learning through play and new experiences. They have tried pink milk, green stew, explored black tea and even tried to make their own SmooSmed by mixing paints. We decided …
New Story Sacks
We have recently invested in four new Story Sacks for each nursery. The babies at The Priory chose Dear Zoo (one of our core books) which had finger puppets of each animal. Justine sang the Dear Zoo song and paused at each animal while she took the animal from the sack and asked the children …
February Core Book – The Smeds and the Smoos
Every month in Preschool at Mornington House, we focus on one of our Core Books. This month it is ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’, by Julia Donaldson. We will be learning about the story throughout February. It is a great story to explore and learn to value the differences between us all. One of the …
Woodland Makery visit
Last week at The Court House, we had a visit from Elise from Woodland Makery who provided us with a forest school experience! We began with sitting and listening to Elise who taught us about how to be safe around a fire and even sung us a song about it with her ukulele. We really …
The Gruffalo
One of the children in the twos room at The Court House is particularly interested in the story of The Gruffalo, so we extended this by creating a tuff tray with the Gruffalo characters along with matching pairs. The children then decided they wanted to make a big Gruffalo, so Ruby found some boxes and …
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
At the Court House, we are basing our focus on one of our core books in Baby Room – The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We started the morning with a themed tuff tray to encourage the children to make links with the role play food (mixing media from other areas of the room), and sequencing events. …