Baby Bede Day Nursery

🌈🎨 Colour Run – Part 3!🎨🌈

The smiles say it all… our little ones absolutely loved every minute!🥰

From colourful hands and messy faces to lots of giggles and happy memories, our Colour Run was such a wonderful way to have fun, explore and enjoy being together. 💕🌈

A big well done to all our little runners — you were AMAZING! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️✨

We think it’s safe to say… they’d happily do it all over again!😍🎨

🦷✨ This Week in Preschool! ✨🥕🍎

This week, our little learners have been finding out all about oral hygiene, healthy eating and unhealthy eating! 🪥😁

We’ve been talking about why it’s so important to brush our teeth twice a day and what can happen to our teeth if we have too many sugary foods and drinks. We’ve also been exploring the difference between healthy choices and sugary treats, and why our bodies and teeth need a balanced diet. 🍓🥦💧

Through lots of fun discussions and activities, the children have been developing their understanding of how we can look after our bodies, teeth and overall wellbeing. 💕🦷

🌟 EYFS Links:

🧡 Physical Development – Developing healthy habits and understanding the importance of personal hygiene and caring for our bodies.

🧡 Understanding the World – Learning about healthy lifestyles, food choices and the effects these can have on our bodies and teeth.

🧡 Communication & Language – Sharing ideas, asking questions and talking about what we already know about brushing our teeth and healthy foods.
🧡 Personal, Social & Emotional Development – Developing independence and confidence in making healthy choices and caring for ourselves.

We are so proud of our little learners for getting stuck in and becoming tooth-brushing and healthy-eating superstars! 🌟🪥🍎

🌿 Today at Preschool - Mini Minds! 🌿

Today we explored smells and textures, smelling mint, coriander, lavender and basil. The children loved recognising the mint smell from their toothpaste! 🪥🌱

We then had some Dough Disco to develop our fine motor skills, before adding the herbs to our playdough and making faces and pictures. 🎨

It smelt absolutely amazing! 💚✨

We hope you all have a lovely weekend! 🥰🌸

Part 2

🌈🏃‍♀️ COLOUR RUN FUN! 🏃‍♂️🌈

What an amazing day we’ve had! 💕 Our Toddlers, Pre-School and Tinies have been getting colourful and active while taking part in our very special Colour Run for Charity, raising money for the wonderful Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. 💙❤️

The children showed so much enthusiasm as they completed 4 laps of the park, cheering each other on every step of the way! 🌈👏

And, of course, every little superstar who completed the run was rewarded with a very special GOLD MEDAL! 🥇 We couldn’t be prouder of them all!

A huge well done to our amazing children for taking part and helping us raise money for such an incredible cause. 💕 Every little step makes a big difference! 🌟

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Part 1

Our babies and tinies have had so much fun in the sunshine, enjoying lots of water play☀️💦
They’ve been busy splashing, exploring and keeping cool while making some lovely summer memories.

🌞🌿 Sunny Garden Adventures! 🌿🌞

What a wonderful time the children have been having exploring our sunny pre-school garden! ☀️🌸 There has been so much curiosity, creativity and imagination happening across all of our different areas. 💛

💧🏖️ The children have been exploring different textures by pouring sand into the water trays, watching what happens and using their hands to feel how the textures change. They have been fascinated by the different consistencies they can create!

🌿🥣 Over in our mud kitchen, the children have been exploring our herbs, using their senses to smell the different scents while developing their mixing skills. One little chef proudly announced they were making “hot soup”! 🍲 What a lovely example of their imagination coming to life through play.

🐞🦋 In our shaded area, the children have been busy creating their very own minibeasts. They carefully counted how many arms and legs each insect had, developing their mathematical thinking while getting creative with their designs.

🏰💪 Our sand tray has also been a hive of activity! The children have been filling buckets, carrying them around and building their very own sandcastles, strengthening their gross motor skills, coordination and physical development. 🪣🏖️
It has been lovely to see the children learning through play, following their own interests and using the garden as a wonderful space to explore, investigate and create. 🌱✨
EYFS links:

🌟 Communication & Language – developing vocabulary, listening, talking and sharing ideas during play.

🌟 Physical Development – building gross motor skills, coordination and control through carrying, pouring, filling and mixing.

🌟 Personal, Social & Emotional Development – developing confidence, independence and enjoyment through child-led exploration.

🌟 Mathematics – counting legs and arms, filling containers and exploring quantity.

🌟 Understanding the World – exploring natural materials, herbs, minibeasts, textures and cause and effect.

🌟 Expressive Arts & Design – using imagination and creativity to make minibeasts and create imaginative recipes in the mud kitchen. 🎨🦋

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🐛🔎 Real Bug Hunt in the Garden! 🌿🪲

Today, our preschool children became little explorers and went on a real bug hunt in the garden! 🌱

The children explored the garden looking carefully for all sorts of tiny creatures. We talked about where the bugs were found, their different habitats, and what makes each place a good home for them. 🐌🕷️🐜

The children took turns searching and finding new bugs, showing lots of excitement and curiosity as they discovered what was hiding around our garden. Once we had finished our hunt, we came together as a group to share our discoveries and talk about all the different bugs the children had found.

It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to develop their curiosity, communication, turn-taking and understanding of the natural world while having lots of fun getting hands-on with nature! 🌍💚

We wonder what tiny creatures we might discover on our next adventure! 🐞🔍

beast #🐞🔍📱 ‼ # eyfs

🎪✨ Circus Fun for Our Babies & Tinies! ✨🎪
This week, we’ve got some exciting circus themed activities planned for our little ones! 🤡🎈

Expect lots of fun, laughter and playful activities designed especially for our babies and tinies. 💕🌟

We can’t wait to see our little stars enjoying the circus! 🎪🥳

🎯 Ring Toss – develops hand-eye coordination, aiming, concentration and fine motor skills.
🎨 Face Painting – encourages creativity, imagination and sensory exploration, while also helping children become comfortable with different textures.
🥫 Knock the Cans Down – supports gross motor skills, coordination, balance, aiming and turn-taking.
👐 Sensory Bags – encourages sensory exploration, curiosity and fine motor development, as well as language development as children explore and describe what they feel.
⭕ Hoops – helps develop gross motor skills, balance, coordination, spatial awareness and body control.
Together, these circus activities provide lots of opportunities for learning through play, building confidence, developing physical skills and encouraging social interaction. 🎪💖
Ball Posting 🏀👐 – helps develop hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, grasp and release, concentration and problem-solving. It also encourages children to understand cause and effect as they post the ball through the opening and watch where it goes.

What a lovely day out! 🌿☀️
The children had a wonderful time heading out for a walk today, enjoying the fresh air and taking in all the sights along the way. We even came across some lovely goats 🐐 — which was very exciting!

And of course, no walk would be complete without a well-deserved ice cream at the end! 🍦😋