Mars children exploring a sensory tuff tray activity containing coloured pasta, cereals and rice.

In celebration of World Lion Day, all children participated in a variety of mark making activities and imaginative play to create their own lions.

Jupiter children participated in their graduation ceremony and celebrated afterwards with a graduation party.

The children celebrated the Queens’ platinum Jubilee by participating in a variety of Jubilee themed activities and a tea party!

The children explored the life cycle of a duck, from egg to ducking whilst learning about how to care for them.

The children participated in lots of Easter activities, including Easter egg hunts and Easter bonnet parades.

To celebrate national plant a flower day we took a trip to our local shop to buy some flower seeds and soil and then participated in planting flowers during garden time.

In celebration of Chinese New Year, Venus children attempted to copy Chinese symbols using their fingers and sticks in red glitter.

Mars children imitating their daily home routines within our role play areas.

Tuff tray exploration – Observing mini beast in their natural habitat.

The children celebrated Christmas by participating in a variety of themed activities and messy play, including a party lunch and a visit from Father Christmas

Our Jupiter children have been focusing on letter recognition throughout the month of November. They have been using a variety of different toys and matching them with the letter they begin with.

The children also have made cards to send home to their families to celebrate Hanukkah.

The children have had lots of fun participating in our nursery Halloween day, they have explored a variety of sensory activities alongside arts and crafts whilst focusing on their fine motor skills.

Our Venus children have been making their own pizza’s ready to go into the pizza oven by rolling their dough out using their fine and gross motor skills. They also spoke about which pizza toppings they like to eat.

Venus Children have been focusing on oral hygiene and self-care this month, they completed an activity using shaving foam and a toothbrush whilst developing their fine motor skills to clean their teeth

Venus children have also been creating artwork using the paint programme on the computer. They practised moving the cursor with the mouse to create different lines and patterns

The children worked hard to complete 180 steps with challenges along the way, to raise money to build 3 kindergarten in Cambodia with United World Schools

Our Preschool classed observed the lifecycle from Caterpillar to Butterfly throughout the month of June

Venus children exploring their outdoor area where they observed the changes from winter to spring.

This month all children have been exploring in a variety of ways including sensory, The World and Science.

The children have participated in a variety of celebrations this month including World Book Day, Red Nose Day and our fundraising event in support of the NHS.

Mars children enjoying a sensory exploration activity. They got very messy moving the cars around the tuff tray creating different strokes of paint.

The children explored the snow, developing their motor skills by creating marks and structures. Our preschool children observed cause and effect by watching the snow melt and then form icicles.

Throughout the month of December we have been celebrating both Hanukkah and Christmas through a variety of activities and events

The children participated in a variety of activities raising awareness of road safety.

This included painting and learning about zebra crossings, always holding an adult’s hand, and looking both ways when crossing the road.

The children have participated in a range of mark making activities in celebration of the Hindu festival Navaratri

The children were invited to attend nursery dressed in their sports clothes for National Fitness Day. They participated in lots of various physical activities such as an obstacle course, running games and bats and balls

Mars children exploring their outdoor area, promoting their social skills and gross motor development

Our Preschool Graduates enjoyed their special celebration, participating in lots of fun activities and games

The children used natural resources to create an imaginative tea party whilst sailing on our boat in the garden.   

Chinese New Year tuff tray exploration and having fun mixing coloured paints on the slide!

In honour of Remembrance Day a group of children visited the local memorial gardens to lay down their poppies that they had made.

This week during our baby yoga and baby massage session the babies practised stretching their arms and legs to gain body awareness, strengthen their posture and improve their co-ordination skills using their muscles.

This week we made samosas to celebrate Diwali.

The children delivered Harvest food donations to the Red Trust in Bushey.  The Red Trust runs a food bank for less fortunate families.

In the classroom the children used dot to dot numbers to form recognisable numerals.  

Our preschool room have been learning to recognise and write numbers.

They played a fun game of bingo in the garden where they were asked to roll a train down the slide of numbers and say the numbers the train collected on its way down. Some children were able to add together the numbers the train went over.

The children had a lovely visit from Ark Farm this month. They were able to feed and pet the animals, which included a cow, sheep, goats, a rabbit, chickens and even a tortoise! There was lots of fun had by all and lots of love and concern shown for the animals by the children.

Danceathon in aid of our charity United World Schools.

During April the children enjoyed  their mummies visit for a Mother’s day stay and play.

The children watched the chicks hatch and then cared for 11 baby chicks and went on a space rocket to celebrate ‘Space day’.

Jupiter enjoyed hanging up the bird feeders they created during their Forest School session. The children are very excited to be on the lookout for different types of birds.

Miss Zopf brought in her guitar from home and carried out a music session with the class. Miss Zopf taught the children how to sing the  nursery rhymes in German.