The Twos at Mornington House went to Bristol Museum! We took the bus and sat really nicely until our stop, then walked the little bit of the way to the museum. After a snack, we headed to see the sea dragon first. We enjoyed seeing the dinosaurs and talking about the different animals we saw. …
Coronation planning
The pre-school children at The Court House are having lots of fun preparing for the Coronation.
Active Kids
Linda Sweet from Active Kids has started a six week programme of sessions with the children in Preschool. The theme is ‘Spring into Action’ and will talk about animals coming out of hibernation and how Spring is a time for growing. The activities will support the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum and will include …
uSports visit
At The Priory, we had a visit from Ben from uSports. The focus was on the children’s physical development. We worked on breathing and practising some yoga moves. Ben started by warming the body up with a range of different movements such as walking, running, hopping, and stomping. We drove around the world to visit …
Spring walk
The children in Twos room enjoyed a spring walk to the Downs and played football too!
Hay Hay the chicken
Wow! What an exciting morning we have had at The Priory! Evelyn’s famous family chicken, Hay Hay, came in to visit all the children. We learnt lots of amazing facts about what chickens like to eat, what they do when they might be scared, how to pick them up correctly, where they live and what …
Oral Health Day
At The Priory we have been learning all about how to keep our teeth clean. At circle time we talked about why we need to clean our teeth, when, and for how long. There were lots of positive responses and the children knew that we need to clean our teeth at least twice a day because …
Adventure Babies!
At Mornington House, we had such a wonderful visit from Gemma of Adventure Babies. She told us the story called ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy. She brought loads of props with her – a story sack each, beautiful sensory lights, jelly and jam to make sandwiches, moon sand and rocks, books and bubbles – and …
Library visit
The Children at The Priory were very excited to visit the library for a story with Margaret the Librarian. There were so many books to choose from they couldn’t decide which ones to read.
World Book Day at The Priory
The staff dressed up as characters from the book ‘The Colour Monster.’ This is a favourite core book at the Priory. Do you know what all the colours mean?