The children at The Priory enjoy role play. They recently dressed up as doctors and gave their friends a check up!
Drawing flowers at The Priory
Amber asked Katie if she could draw a flower. Katie drew one flower and asked Amber to copy the flower that Katie had drawn. After lots of encouragement Amber felt very proud of herself and drew several flowers. Well done Amber!!
Talking Tots
Our recent session of Talking tots was brilliant. The children were really focused. They engaged really well and loved all the listening games. Shelley will repeat some of them next week to consolidate the learning and introduce some new games too.
Armistice Day
On Friday 11 November all staff and children at The Court House talked about Armistice Day – Remembrance Day. We made poppies in all different ways; the babies did some sticking, the twos some baking and the pre-school used paper plates. We all thought about people we loved and who care for us during the …
Diwali
Some of our children celebrated Diwali or Deepawali recently. This is ‘The Festival of Lights’ and it symbolises the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance”. Baby Room We learned that people celebrating Diwali might draw Goddess Lakshmi’s footprints at the entrance of their house pointing inwards. These footprints …
Happy Diwali
Today we had a visit from Margaret the Librarian. Margaret brought a few books with her to read to the pre-school children. Hopefully in a few weeks we will walk to the Library. We can choose a few books to bring back to nursery to read ourselves.
What else can you do when it’s raining?
The children planned a trip to the park but it started to rain so a quick decision was made and all Preschool children went to Filton Soft Play. They all had a wonderful time!!
Sunflower Seeds
Last week when we were in the garden some children were interested in the sunflower seeds that were on the ground. To extend their interest I brought the sunflower inside and placed them on the table. Some children came over to the table to look at it and found it fascinating how the enormous sunflower …
Apple Crumble
We picked some apples from the tree in our garden – we knew they were ripe enough because we just had to give a little twist and they came off the tree. Together we washed and sliced them and put them in a dish with a sprinkling of cinnamon. We then made a crumble mix; …
Summertime at The Priory
There have been many new experiences in the garden for the children to get involved in. Sunflower seeds were planted in March and as you can see, what a success this year. The children were having fun measuring with measuring tapes, talking about their own height to the height of the sunflowers. There were also …