
The summer school had a lovely trip out to Longlands Lake today , followed of corse with a little detour to the park on the way back 🛝
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The summer school had a lovely trip out to Longlands Lake today , followed of corse with a little detour to the park on the way back 🛝
This week in the toddler area, we have learned all about dentists and the the importance of oral health. We have very kindly been given a box of resources from Smile4Life which we have explored throughout the week 🦷🪥
A fun week in summer club 🌷
-Making wild flower pictures
-Picture making using stencils
-Face painting
-Outdoor play
It has been great having you all ☀️🌷🩷
Last week , we continued our people who help us month, we have done all about firefighters! we have had lots of different activities set out and we have had the firefighters come to visit! 🚒
Thank you for the memories that we will cherish for a lifetime ❤️
It has been a privilege to watch you learn and grow over the last 3 years . From your first words , first laugh and first steps . To forming amazing friendship groups becoming kind and indipendent role models to all you peers .
Class of 2024 we will miss you all thank you for making us smile everyday and making our job the best there is ❤️ 💫
A fantastic day bank farm
For our preschool leavers trip 🚜
Farmer Kev & Vicky gave us a tour of the farm, we visited and learned about the animals, Learned about farm to foods 🐮 Learned how to stay safe on the safe and of course, how to have fun. 🤩
Lots of smiles and happy faces all day today. We are very grateful for such a wonderful experience 🐮🌈🫶🏽
We have had a fun packed week in the toddler area! We have continued our theme of people who help us. This week we have done all about the 👮 We have kindly had a visit from local police and had lots of activities set out linked to the police 🚔. We have also had lots of fun celebrating the football doing paintings, dancing and making yummy biscuits😊⚽️ well done everyone!
Some very excited boys and girls today 🏴⚽️🏆
🏴We’re all behind you England 🏴
This months theme, is based on people who help us. This week we’re learning about doctors and nurses! 🩻 We have had lots of fun activities, that are linked to our theme. We even got to visit our local health centre to understand where we go when we’re poorly and understand the amazing job they all do 🥼🩺
This week in the toddler area, we have been learning all about the colours of the rainbow 🌈 . We have enjoyed a range of activities and learned all about creating new colours by mixing two colours together! 🎨🖌️
This week in the baby area we have been exploring primary colours🌈
We have introduced new language with the children through lots of fun activities !
Well done everyone!
🏴We’re all behind you England 🏴
❤️Thank you for inspiring us ❤️
This week in the Pre- school room, we have made some beautiful Father’s Day cards and pictures for the wonderful Dads, Grandads and father figures in our lives.❤️
During our circle time this week, we spoke about “special people” in our lives, we read a book called “My dads fantastic” . We spoke about the fantastic things that the special people in our lives do for us .
We had a trip to the shop to collect some ingredients to make some yummy cakes 🧁
Well done everyone 😀☀️🧁
Little trip to the library, for some fun arts and crafts 🎨🖌️ and of corse we can’t head back to nursery without a trip to the park 🛝.
We had a lovely day today at the Wild flower planting day at Mill Hill , organised by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust thank you to the amazing staff for a wonderful day out in our community ❤️
This week in the baby area our theme has been ‘Vehicles’ 🚗
We have spent the week painting our own cars, exploring sensory trays filled with different modes of transport ;on land and in the sea and rolling cars down a ramp watching the tyre tracks!
Well done everyone❤️
This week in the toddler room, our theme is dinosaurs we have had a range of activities out, read our dino story and played with the dinosaurs in the small world area! 🦖
Half term with the baby area❤️ We have spent this week doing all of our favourite activities! This has involved puzzles,sensory experiences and lots of outdoor play🥰🥰
This week in our preschool room we have been learning about the life cycle of a frog 🐸 having our very own tadpoles to watch this transformation ourselves. It has been a great opportunity for the children to ask questions and show curiosity. This has provided some great learning opportunities such as co-operation and collaboration, understanding changes and using new language. This week we also made some frog crafts and read some frog themed books 📚 well done everyone🐸
This week in the preschool room, the theme is “all about me”, we talked about what makes us unique, we made self portraits and planned our own activities. This week is also mental health awareness week, In nursery we support and encourage the children to explore their interests, be active and be creative. Learning new things and being a part of a team helps connect us all and boost our mental wellbeing.💛
This weeks theme is ‘under the sea’🌊 we have provided the children with lots of different activities all supporting our theme🐳
A Wild Week in our toddler room 🐯 We have been learning about wild animals, this followed from interest in the small world area. We have completed animal puzzles, explored messy trays, made some wonderful penguin snacks🐧 we made some animal pattern prints, and had our faces painted as one of our chosen animals 🦁🦒🐒 well done toddler room 🐯
It’s been a fantastic couple of weeks at Little Explorers Whitehaven and thanks to your continued support we need to recruit 👏👏
We have the following vacancies for nursery practitioners:
- 2 x 30hr contracts
- 2 x part time contracts
All applicants must be ready to have lots of fun, be outgoing, level 3 qualified and have a DBS check on the update service .
CV’s are to be send to [email protected] for consideration.
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This week in our preschool room our theme was “sea” 🌊 we learned about different animals in the sea and how we can look after the beaches and oceans around us. We created a “save the sea” tuff tray, children were encouraged to fish out the rubbish to keep the animals safe and the beaches clean. 🧼 We have also enjoyed some outdoor time, a trip to the park, whilst there we made some stick dream catchers for nursery 😊 well done everyone 🙌🏽
This weeks theme for the baby area is construction🚧🧱 The children have enjoyed exploring sensory trays, painting and our garden! The children have been able to use different vehicles to scoop up mud and ‘cement’ in our sensory trays and transport it to the blocks to build! Using different sized building blocks the children have been printing with paint and creating artwork!
🦷 May the 4th be with you 04.05.24 🦷
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📣 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
After months of hard work we are so excited to FINALLY share the news that we open our doors at Little Explorers Whitehaven on Monday!!
Thank you to all our staff, new and old, for working their socks off to get our new setting ready for some new explorers!
We can’t wait to see you all over the coming weeks and months! Exciting adventures await 👏🐛
We currently have 2year old and 3 year old places available 🥳
This week in both the toddler room and baby room, we have been looking at gardening and planting flowers. It is really important that we promote the opportunities for children to have garden experiences. This boosts confidence, provides social opportunities, contributes to physical activities and promotes environmental awareness. This also massively helps develop their fine and gross motor skills and supports mental wellbeing of children. 😊 well done everyone 🌷
A huge thank you to Claire O’Connor and the Sellafield team at the Center of Excellence for their very kind donation of indoor and outdoor games. We are loving them already 🥰
Local Authority maintained Nursery School, providing 15 hours free/ week for eligible 2 year-olds, 15 hours/ week free for all 3 and 4 year-olds and up to 30 hours/ week free for eligible 3 and 4 year-olds, Monday to Friday during term time only.