Oaklea Montessori Colchester, New Town

Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles....

What a way to end a FUN water week, with bubbles...

We can’t believe we’ve arrived at the end of the summer term—it’s flown by! It’s been a fantastic few months, filled with fun, learning, and lots of special moments.

A BIG thank you to our wonderful parents who came to our leavers celebration last Friday, for our children leaving for school. It has been a pleasure to see your children grow and we wish them well in this next step in their life.

Thank you for the lovely cards, gifts and the lovely messages the staff have received, they are much appreciated by the Oaklea TEAM.

A BIG thank you to Oaklea's amazing TEAM led by Marie and Helen, they do the most incredible job everyday.

Please check your emails for dates for your diary :)

☀️ A huge thank you to the whole amazing Oaklea Montessori nursery team! ☀️

We want to take a moment to say a heartfelt thank you to our incredible staff, who have worked tirelessly throughout this hot weather to ensure your children remain safe, well and hydrated.

Their dedication, compassion, and commitment to providing outstanding care, even in challenging conditions, never goes unnoticed and our nursery children are so fortunate to have such a caring and dedicated team supporting them.

Thank you for everything you do – you are truly appreciated! Hope you all have a well deserved weekend break :)

💦 Water and Ice Play 💧

Look at the many ways, that the children have been keeping cool this week :)

⚽ The World cup has arrived at Oaklea Montessori nursery ⚽

What a fun filled week we have all had at Oaklea Montessori nursery. The children have enjoyed taking part in lots of exciting activities, exploring, creating, and learning through play.

As Montessori said "Play is the work of the child."

🌳 May Half Term 🌳
Here are some of the activities that we have enjoyed this May half term, with Montessori activities and 30 days wild.

🌳 Picnic 😋
🌳 Visit to the nature garden
🌳 Smelling bottles with herbs
🌳 Ice play
🌳 Designing a bug hotel
🌳Making clay creatires
🌳 Making paper boats and watching them float
🌳 Learning about bees
🌳 Building 'ee' phonogram words including bee, using Montessori's small moveable alphabet
🌳 Tree and leaf puzzles

Here is the link if you would like to join the 30 days wild:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild

What a FUN week at Oaklea Montessori nursery.

⭐REMINDER: We hope all our term time families and staff have a nice half term with lots of fun! We will continue to see All Year Round children from Tuesday 26th May.

Dawn and Marie 😊

"Help me to help myself" is a Montessori mantra focusing on fostering independence by preparing an accessible environment where children learn to care for themselves.