For a few weeks the children have been taking care of the caterpillars. They have watched them through the cycle of life. Yesterday was a very special day… the day we released our butterflies. We have been watching them very closely over the past weeks from when they arrived as tiny little caterpillars to how …
Hedgehog at The Priory
This morning we had an unexpected visitor running through our car park. We quickly rescued the hedgehog from harm and placed him in the neighbour’s garden to keep him safe from the cars. Before we said our goodbyes, we had a little look to make sure it was ok and say a quick hello before …
Zoo Trip
The Two’s and Dragon Group have had a lovely time at the Zoo today. We saw lots of different animals; the two’s favourite animal was the seals and dragon groups favourite animal was the monkeys. When on the bus the children sang nursery rhymes and looked at the surrounding scenery
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week ran from 10th to 16th May 2021 Abby tells us about how staff at The Court House celebrated this week to recognise the importance of looking after their mental health Mental health and our well-being has always been an important topic especially since the coronavirus pandemic. 1 in 4 people will …
Lizards
Jemima brought in her three pet lizards today – a Peter’s Banded Skink named Ash, a Panther Chameleon named Taz and a black and white Tegu named Flint. We talked about what they like to eat – Taz and Ash have locusts, crickets and worms and Flint has turkey, fruit, and vegetables. We were able …
Court House Bake Off 2021
Abby came up with the idea that each room cooked for the Court House Bake Off 2021. All the rooms got to work. Baby Room made Biscuits. 2’s made a Marble cake. Rising PreSchool made Cake Cones. Pre-School made Muffins with Carrots on the top a gardening theme. At 11.30 15th April Natalie and Jackie …
Reggie Comes To Visit
Ella brought her dog Reggie into the nursery garden to meet the children. Some children were a little shy towards Reggie but once Ella explained how friendly he was they smoothed him and enjoyed his company. Thank you Ella
Makaton Training
During March, a team of 8 of us from the Baby Room and Twos Room enjoyed Makaton training with Nic Pike from Better Communication Bristol. We enjoyed learning new signs and the reasons behind them. We also learnt how to use Makaton in sentences and placement of signs. It taught us how to break it …
Lunch Table
It was wonderful to see the lunch table looking so welcoming in the twos room at Mornington House.
World Book Day @ The Priory
This afternoon (4th March) we brought our Owl Babies book to life! Lauren read the story and we acted it out using the story props, using Owl Mother, Sarah, Percy, Bill, big branch, small branch and a bit of ivy. Each of us had a different Owl Baby and we repeated the words to act out …