At Mornington House, we had such a lovely visit from Elise from Woodland Makery. She taught us lots of different bird calls and we practised them – wood pigeons sound like they are saying “your pizza’s ready” and great tits sound like they say “teacher teacher”! We made bird feeders with coconut oil and seeds …
Recognising body parts
Upon returning from the winter break, the Babies have shown a big interest in their body parts and we have been encouraging this through play in reflections. We have ended the week with a tuff tray with reflective pebbles and a mirror with questions for practitioners to ask the children to encourage them to find …
Christmas lunch at The Priory
Thank you Heather and Trish for a wonderful Christmas lunch. It was so lovely to see all three rooms enjoying their delicious meal together. We also enjoyed a visit from Kayleigh and baby Leo too.
Winter Solstice
In preschool at Mornington House, as part of our seasonal activities we talked about the Winter Solstice. We explained how this is the shortest day of daylight and the longest day of darkness. We made stars by collecting twigs from the apple tree in our garden. We joined them together with colourful pipe cleaners. This …
Mornington House Christmas Parties
Mornington House had our Christmas parties recently. We played lots of fun games such as musical chairs, statues and pass the Christmas pudding. We also had a lovely party tea which Lou prepared for us. Then a special visitor came and gave us all a present! Merry Christmas everyone!!
Christmas Stay and Play 2023
At The Court House we have had lots of fun at this year’s stay and play. We had all rooms open with sensory activities, craft activities, Christmas music and lots of yummy food! We wrote letters to Santa and had our very own post box to send them off in. We built our very own …
The Court House Christmas Tree
Preschool helped to decorate our real nursery Christmas tree! It came all the way from our farm at head office, where it’s been growing for years, since Saffia planted it. We all took it in turns to choose baubles and hang it on the tree carefully. We love having a real tree in the nursery, …
Christmas lunch
At Mornington House, Louise cooked us all a wonderful Christmas lunch – thank you Louise!
Julian Trust Night Shelter
Thank you to all the parents and staff at Mornington House who donated to this year’s collection for Julian Trust Night Shelter. Louise and Gemma delivered all the boxes today and were lucky enough to be given a tour by Geoff, one of the volunteers, to see how our donations would benefit the charity. The …
Nativity at The Priory
The Priory pre-school children performed an incredible nativity play. Kerry read the Christmas story and the children sang, danced and said their lines. They all enjoyed it and were fantastic, we were all so proud.