Sunflowers Pre-School and Out of School Clubs

We have been learning about the caterpillar/butterfly life cycle at Sunflowers. The children are enjoying watching our real caterpillars grow quickly whilst reading stories and singing songs about their journey, creating artwork and making themed snacks!
Learning about our world is so much fun! 🌻🐛🦋

We celebrate stories at Sunflowers every single day but here is a quick snapshot of our World Book Day fun at last week!
As well as ‘The tiger who came to tea’ tea party and games to match some of our favourite books, we have been encouraging the children to be authors themselves! We scribe down their stories and then act them out together to bring them to life. We have some budding authors and illustrators here in the making, no doubt! 📚

September 2026 Admissions 🌻

The Thorley Hill Primary School Nursery admissions window is open now and until Friday 6th March 2026, for children who were born between…
*1st September 2022 and 31st August 2023*

Please visit their website for more information on how to apply. https://www.thorleyhill.herts.sch.uk/Statutory-Information/Admissions/

Sunflowers works in partnership with the school to provide pre-school provision in the afternoons and wrap-around care for all year groups.
We also offer places for children from their 3rd birthday so have a continuous admissions process throughout the year. If you are interested in your child joining us in the afternoons sooner than the main September intake, please get in touch to discuss more.

Please visit our website to find an initial registration form and to discover more about our wonderful setting, experienced staffing team and child-centred ethos.
www.sunflowerspreschool.co.uk

We are fully into the Christmas swing at Sunflowers now but before showing you all of the wonderful activities and play the children are currently doing, I wanted to share our fun from Nursery Rhyme Week (which turned into more than just one week!) We nursed ‘Humpty Dumpty’ back to health, made real ‘Currant buns’ for the bakers shop, as well as a currant bun maths game, rescued ‘Incey Wincey’ spiders in the water tray and made our very own bus for ‘Wheels on the bus’ outside.
I’ve also added a few examples of our seasonal learning for Remembrance Day, Fireworks Night and Children in Need! What busy Sunflowers we have been this term! 🌻
Festive fun to follow… 🎄

This month at Sunflowers, we've been embracing the beauty of autumn in various ways. Pumpkin-themed activities have taken center stage, including learning a new song and crafting projects that promote fine motor skills and creativity. Regular autumn walks have encouraged us to use our senses and notice the seasonal changes, while activities like sweeping and jumping in leaves have helped develop our gross motor skills! 🍁🍂

We’ve had a wonderful start to the new school year this September welcoming our new Sunflowers children to pre-school and our out of school clubs. Here are some glimpses of them exploring their new surroundings whilst getting to know our fantastic staffing team and each other. 🌻❤️

We finished another wonderful year at Sunflowers with our annual party to celebrate our mascot Sally’s birthday! The children enjoyed the preparations just as much as the event itself- making hats and decorations, a birthday mud cake and practising party games. Parents were invited to join us for activities, party food and pass the parcel to finish! Wishing all of our Sunflowers a lovely summer break, we will miss you all next year! 🌻❤️