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.
Mornington House Carol Singalong
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!