The Ark Pre-School

Today our children enjoyed a wonderful sensory play activity using water beads (Orbeez) 💧✨

They watched with excitement as the tiny beads grew bigger in water, showing great curiosity and engagement. The children used small containers to scoop, pour, and transfer the beads, helping to develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

We also heard lots of lovely language as the children named different colours and talked about what they were doing. It was fantastic to see them sharing, taking turns, and playing together so nicely 😊

A fun and engaging activity supporting learning through play! 💙

Today at preschool, our children enjoyed a creative and sensory activity using our Water Elves Kit! 🎨

The children carefully filled the moulds with colourful liquids, choosing their own favourite colours and mixing them to create beautiful sea creatures 🐠⭐🐙. They showed great patience while waiting for their creations to form, and were very excited to see the final results!

This activity supported:
🖐️ Fine motor skills
🎨 Creativity and colour exploration
👫 Turn-taking and sharing
😊 Confidence and independence

The children had so much fun exploring, creating, and learning together! 💙

Have a lovely Easter break! See you after the holidays.

To continue Easter 🐣 activities

🌼🐣 Easter Fun at Nursery! 🐣🌼

This week, our children enjoyed a variety of Easter activities!
They had lots of fun painting their own little chicks using paper plates, developing their creativity and fine motor skills. 🎨

We also explored a sensory Easter tray where children searched for eggs, counted them, and talked about what they found. This supported their curiosity, language, and early maths skills. 🥚🔍

The children showed great engagement, took turns, and enjoyed learning through play.

✨ Learning through fun is always the best way!

Today, our children enjoyed a wonderful and meaningful activity as we prepared for Eid. They made beautiful moon and star shaped biscuits using dough, rolling pins and cutters. The children explored different shapes, used their fine motor skills, and showed great excitement throughout the activity.

We also talked about Ramadan and why it is important for Muslims. Children asked lovely questions and showed curiosity about the moon and star symbols. They were especially excited and kept asking, “When can we eat them?” 😊

In addition, the children created colourful Eid cards for their families, choosing their own colours and expressing their creativity.

At our setting, we celebrate diversity and promote the British Values of mutual respect and equality. We teach children that everyone is unique and special, and that we respect all cultures, beliefs and traditions. Every child is valued and treated equally in our inclusive environment.

🌟 It was a joyful day full of learning, creativity and celebration.
🌙 We wish all our families a very happy Eid!

Today the children enjoyed creating Mother’s Day cards for their mums. They used different coloured card, tissue paper, tinsel and glue to decorate their cards. The children explored different textures and colours while sticking the materials inside the heart shape. Some children talked about their mums while making the cards and showed excitement when choosing materials.

Today we visited Bromley Library to celebrate World Book Week!

The children enjoyed listening to a lovely story session. After the story, they had the opportunity to explore the library and choose books they were interested in. It was wonderful to see their excitement while looking through different stories and sharing their favourites with their friends.

The library staff also kindly showed the children how to borrow books and explained how the library system works. This was a great opportunity to support their understanding of community resources and encourage a love of reading.

A big thank you to the Bromley Library team for such a warm and engaging visit! 📖✨

🌱🐛 This Week at The Ark – Life Cycles & Mini Beasts! 🐞🦋

This week our little explorers have been discovering the fascinating world of mini beasts and life cycles!

The children enjoyed a hands-on sensory experience using soil, stones and a variety of mini beasts. They searched, counted, matched numbers and talked about what they found. There was lots of excitement when discovering spiders, snails, ladybirds and ants!

During story time, we explored the life cycle of a caterpillar and discussed how living things grow and change. The children were engaged, curious and eager to share their ideas.

Through this activity, children developed:
✨ Fine motor skills
✨ Early maths skills (counting & number recognition)
✨ Communication and language
✨ Understanding of the world

Learning through play is always the best way to explore big ideas in little hands 💚

Happy Valentine’s Day from The Ark ❤️
We had two wonderful days full of love and learning!

✨ The children explored sensory play with cornflour, water and heart decorations. They mixed, scooped and poured, developing their fine motor skills and descriptive language.

✨ They rolled red dough and used heart cutters to make special Valentine’s biscuits. This supported hand strength, coordination and shape recognition.

✨ The children also created beautiful handprint cards, expressing love and kindness to their families.

Through these activities, the children developed creativity, communication skills and confidence — all while having fun!