Forest Friends Day Nursery, Canal Basin, Coventry.

🪥🦷 Oral Health Day 😁

At Forest Friends we do lots of fun activities to help promote good oral hygiene and help children understand why looking after their teeth is so important.

Did you know that as soon as your baby gets their first milk tooth you can take them to the dentist? Early visits help familiarise children with what to expect and make the environment feel normal and comfortable rather than something to worry about.

Because dental check-ups usually happen every 6 months, we support children in between visits by providing resources and activities here at nursery that help make trips to the dentist a positive experience.

Throughout the day the children have been exploring:
🦷 Tooth brushing demonstrations
📚 Stories and discussions about healthy teeth
🎨 Creative activities about foods that help keep our teeth strong
😁 Practising big “toothy smiles” and learning why brushing twice a day is important

Building healthy habits early helps children grow up feeling confident about taking care of their teeth.

Follow the link below to find a local dentist.

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist/

Last week, to celebrate World Book Day, we were delighted to welcome one of our parents, who is also a talented author.
She kindly visited our Owls and shared a very special experience with the children by reading her own children’s book, Sleepy Guppy Says Bedtime Must Wait.

The children were captivated as they listened to the story being brought to life. To make the session even more engaging and memorable, she used a range of wonderful props that helped the characters and scenes from the book feel real and exciting. The Owls thoroughly enjoyed interacting with the props and following along with the story.

It was a great opportunity for the children to meet a real author, experience storytelling in a creative way, and celebrate the joy of reading together. A big thank you to our visiting author for making our World Book Day celebrations so special. 📚✨

Was your Christmas Dinner as yummy as ours.

Last week our children had Nursery Christmas Dinner made by our lovely cook Sam and will be coming home with a gift that our resident Elf left at nursery for the children 🎁

As you can see our children were very much spoilt and Owls were very happy with their crackers, Christmas dinner and party hats the had made.

Merry Christmas everyone 🎅🏻🤶🏻

*CHRISTMAS HAMPER*

This will be our last Fundraising event of the year for OurJay Foundation

They kindly donated our defibrillator which is outside our Nursery and we have nearly reached our target of £1000. We are just £130 away!

The Hamper is so big and very heavy and contains over £100 pounds worth of Treats from Gingerbread Mulled wine, Cadburys Chocolate House, Yankee Candle, Bayliss and Harding soap and gift set, Baileys Hot Choc Set, Biscuits, Lots of Chocolates, Wine etc...

https://www.justgiving.com/page/forestfriendsdefib?newPage=true

Tickets are £2 each or 3 for £5. You can purchase tickets on collection if you are a parent or via the Just Giving page and state your name and number so we can get in touch when we draw the raffle.

Cut off date is 17th December.

Thank you so much for your support and Good Luck!

Happy Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas to all those celebrating, may this special time be filled with light, happiness and togetherness
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A Big THANK YOU to all of our families and staff team for helping support National World Food Day last week, the children dressed up in their cultural clothes in return for a donation.

All the children held hands in the garden, showing their unity and support for fighting poverty.

Together we all talked about our favourite foods and the Owls shared their knowledge on that Food Banks are for helping people.

All bags and crates were dropped off at Coventry Foodbank today.

If you need to access a food bank follow the link below.
https://coventry.foodbank.org.uk/locations/

If you are able to donate to the Food bank follow the link below.

https://coventryfoodbank.org.uk/give/

Please share, as we want this to go far and wide so we can be seen and get the right candidates.

We are looking for full or part time roles either 8-6pm, 8-1pm or 1-6pm all year round.

Thank you

We had the lovely Ruth from Nature Makers today for our first session.

The children painted with berries and made their own forest creatures using clay and then using acorns, pinecones, seeds etc..

All the children were very engaged and spent their time making their own animals and helping each other with what to add.

We cannot wait for the next outdoor session.

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We are not wishing time away, but as of today you can apply for your child's September 2026 place for primary school or High School.
Applications opened today and you have until 15th January 2026.

https://www.coventry.gov.uk/school-admissions/primary-school-admissions/2

We are recruiting!

Are you fun to work with?
Do you like to work with under 5's?
Are you qualified to a level 3 in Early years?
Do you want to come to work to make a difference?
If this is you....

All successful candidates will be subject to reference checks and either a new DBS or run a new DBS check on the update service. If this sounds like you then please do get in touch.

The working Hours are full time, 51weeks, 37+ hours per week, hours are between 7.45am - 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.

Drop us your CV to our e-mail [email protected]