We had a lovely Christmas Carol singalong in our garden. We have been practising since the beginning of December and it was great that so many parents were able to come along and join in. Afterwards, we all came inside and enjoyed Lou’s delicious warm mince pies and a cup of spiced drink. Merry Christmas …
Mornington House Library
At Mornington House, we have created a library for the whole nursery to use. Please feel welcome to borrow books to read at home with your child. We will regularly change them so there is always a variety for children to choose from.
Christmas at Mornington House
At Mornington House we got into the festive spirit recently and put up Christmas decorations all around nursery. We played Christmas songs and started to learn carols for our singalong later in the month. Merry Christmas everyone!
We’ve gone electric!
This is Nicky, the Managing Director’s Assistant, who deliveres our bulk-ordered food, nappies and stationery to each nursery on Thursdays. We have recently purchased a second-hand electric van which we can charge using the solar panels at Head Office. We are really pleased to be making these small changes to try and reduce our carbon …
Fun with boxes
This week at the Court House, we received a lovely arts and crafts order which arrived in some big cardboard boxes. We saw these and claimed them almost immediately in the Baby Room as we knew exactly what to do with them – make dolls’ houses and dens! The children are enjoying playing with …
Children in Need Day
At Mornington House we have had a fun day raising money for Children in Need. We have had a pyjama day and a cake sale.
Diwali
Over last week at Mornington House, the Twos Room celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights. We coloured in puppets of the characters from the story Ramayana and also tried to make our own Mehndi hand patterns. Then we looked at photos of people celebrating Diwali, we especially liked how the Diyas looked. Everything was so …
Forest School at The Priory
At The Priory we were so lucky to have Elise from Woodland Makery come to run a Forest School session. The children were able to experience a range of different activities from making our very own apple juice, creating apple spirits, making a fire, toasting marshmallows to make s’mores and then finishing with sparklers and …
Diwali
At The Priory recently we were very lucky to have Pranav’s Mum (Resmi) come into Preschool to talk about the Hindu festival, Diwali which they celebrated on Sunday. Resmi read the story of Ramayana and explained the reason why Hindus celebrate this festival and why it is called the Festival of Lights. The children listened …
Remembrance Sunday
Recently at The Priory we were talking about Remembrance Sunday, why it is such an important day and why people wear poppies. We discussed how the soldiers were so brave to risk their own lives to protect and save us and our country and how thankful we are for the soldiers who kept us safe …