With the weather brightening up, the children at Mornington House have spent lots of time out in the garden. We’ve been painting some spring flowers and thinking and talking about the colours we need. We noticed the buds on the apple tree and discussed that the blossom will come first and the apples later. We’ve …
The Priory – “A lovely homely environment”
“Our son loves going to this nursery. They have a lovely homely environment and he loves playing in their garden. He enjoys their lunches and often eats far more at nursery than he does at home! The staff are all so kind and patient with our son and he loves to give them all a …
The Big Bird Watch
Recently at Mornington House, we took part in ‘The Big Bird Watch’. We took ten minutes slots watching for birds for one hour. We saw lots in the sky but only one wood pigeon landed during that time. The activity was great because the children learnt to be quiet, the names of the birds, how …
International Day of Mathematics
At Mornington House we celebrated International Day of Mathematics. The children in Preschool enjoyed a range of activities including: ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf’; shape recognition involving music and dancing; colour pattern recognition and recreation with pompoms; counting out syllables in pictures and using our sight counting skills and finger counting skills; making snakes of …
Redcatch Park
The Preschool and Babies at The Court House had a lovely time at the park recently. We started off sat on a log in Redcatch Park to eat our fruit, have a biscuit and a drink. The children then went off to play on the swings, trampolines and roundabout.
Space Week at The Court House
In the Baby Room at The Court House, we have been looking at space through ‘Space Week’. We have used rice to create a mystical scene which covers our space themed pictures. This will encourage the children’s language acquisition as we discuss our findings and encourage them to make discoveries as they manipulate the rice …
Planning in the moment – NDNA Training
YouTube links Level 5 Involvement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsdhAFQEQb4&t=61s Set up Nursery 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OHFTGADcnI&t=2s Year One Happy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yrX7_OREPY&t=20s Year One Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSlFzBezfig Carterhatch Infant School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DupP16PTErc&t=552s Quality Interactions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efeizNuuEo0&t=28s Nursery Make Cakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lojQe-gfyFQ&t=18s
Funded Hours
Funded Childcare: What We Offer Introduction From September 2017 the Government has provided up to 1140 hours of funded childcare per year for 3- and 4-year-olds. This is often referred to as ‘30 hours free childcare’ or ‘Extended Offer’ because it is free at the point of delivery for parents over the academic year of …
Ice Lolly Painting
Trying to stay cool with the recent very hot weather, the children in 2-3s room and pre-school made some ‘painting ice lollies’. They mixed water and paint in paper cups then froze them. They used them to make some really ‘cool’ pictures!
Father’s Day
Some of the children made their Dads feel special inviting them for lunch at nursery celebrating Father’s Day!