The Pre-School children at the Court House really enjoyed exploring woodwork last week! They had hammers, nails and wood. The children seemed very familiar with these tools and expressed their own knowledge and ideas about how they wanted to use the tools and what they could make. Each child showed attention to safety and understood …
Welcoming chef Oliver Charnock
We welcome Chef, Oliver Charnock, who will be covering cooks’ holidays in all three nurseries. I am a self-motivated chef with over 15 years experience working within the food industry. I started washing the dishes in a local pub when I was 14 and ever since my first day, I fell in love with the …
Celebrating Apple Day
The babies at Mornington House contributed to Apple Day by making apple crumble crumble, and the rest of the nurseries made and enjoyed apple juice and apple crisps.
Priory Christmas Craft Morning
Staff and families had a really fun, festive creative morning at The Priory on Saturday 19 December 2015. There was lots to make from water-glitter pots for the babies; pom pom wreaths; angels; button Christmas trees and wool pom poms that you made on your hand. Father Christmas even made a visit to hand out …
New Opening Times at Mornington House
Since 1971 Mornington House has opened at 8am whilst our nurseries in Filton and Knowle have been open from 7:30am to 6pm. Following recent parent feedback and on-going demand for earlier opening hours we are pleased to let you know that from Monday 4 January 2016, Mornington House will open at 7:30am. We hope that …
Harvest Festival Collection at The Court House
With thanks to all of our families for donating towards our Harvest Festival collection. This has been collected by Lydia’s Mum and Dad on behalf of The Salvation Army at Staple Hill. They were overwhelmed with your generosity which will help the families and people in need who come in for help. The children even …
Snack Time at The Priory
At The Priory, after evaluating all the learning potential in our usual sit down snack routine we decided to make a change. We no longer have a snack routine! All the rooms have introduced a fruit bowl, which has varied whole fresh fruits. The children decide for themselves when they would like to have a …
Guitar playing at Mornington House
We invited a parent into nursery to play his guitar for the children. He played lots of well-known songs including, ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’, ‘The Wheels on the Bus’, and of course everybody’s favourite song from the film Frozen, ‘Let It Go’! His daughter Emily sat by his side and played along with her ukelele.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
On August 28 staff and children from Mornington House went to see The Tiger Who Came to Tea at the Colston Hall. They travelled on the bus to the city centre, had a quick photo shoot with Shaun the Sheep outside the Hippodrome, and then walked to the Colston Hall where they had time for a …
Mornington House staff thanked in Nursery World
Director Saffia Bullock thanks Mornington House staff for their role in training Becca Connor, awarded a Star Apprentice by learndirect. Published in Nursery World (24 August-6 September 2015)