Halesowen Day Nursery

This past two weeks at preschool our topic has been based on the wonderful story The Princess and the Frog. 🐸👑

The children have had lots of fun taking part in a leapfrog activity, running and jumping across lily pads while developing their gross motor skills. They also used their fine motor skills to complete a number matching game.

The children enjoyed acting out the story through imaginative role play and showed fantastic creativity while building beautiful castles fit for princesses.

It has been lovely to see their imagination, confidence, and enthusiasm shine throughout our activities! 💚✨

✨Kindergarten✨
This week, Kindergarten have had lots of fun at the park🌳
The children loved exploring, playing with friends, and enjoying the fresh air⛅️

✨Toddler Room✨
This week our toddler room enjoyed outdoor garden play and lots of indoor water fun, splashing, pouring and exploring together!💧
Toddler room have also been reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' 🐛🍎

✨ Baby Room✨
This week, baby room explored sensory play!
A lovely way to support curiosity, development, and lots of smiles!

✨Kindergarten✨
Our book of the week was The Smartest Giant in Town. We enjoyed footprint painting to compare the size of our feet with different animal footprints🎨👣

🌟 Employee of the month! 🌟

💫Congratulations to our Employee of the Month, Marie-Claire, our wonderful Office Manager! Since stepping into her recent promotion, Marie-Claire has shown incredible professionalism, kindness, and dedication in supporting both our team and families. She has been a fantastic support to our new Office Administrator, always leading with patience and encouragement, while continuing to build positive relationships with staff, parents, and prospective parents alike. Marie-Claire is always happy to help wherever needed, including spending time downstairs supporting with the children, and her commitment to her role truly shines through in everything she does. She consistently goes above and beyond to ensure everything runs smoothly, especially during busy periods, and her positivity, caring nature, and strong work ethic make her an absolute asset to our setting. We are so lucky to have her as part of our team.

💫 Congratulations to our Employee of the Month, Emily, our fantastic Nursery Deputy and Toddler Room Leader! Emily’s dedication to her role shines through in everything she does, and her genuine care for the children, families, and team makes such a positive impact every day. She is wonderful with the children and continually pushes herself to grow and try new ideas, always bringing a solution-focused and positive approach to her work. Emily’s many years of experience are reflected in the calm confidence and strong relationships she builds with parents and colleagues alike. She is a warm, approachable leader who always goes out of her way to support her team, and she plays a huge part in the smooth running of the nursery. We are so grateful to have her as part of our team.

✨This week in Toddler Room✨
We’ve been making the most of the outdoors!
The children have had so much fun in the sand pit and exploring water play using watering cans💧👒

Over the past week, our babies have had so much fun! 🌟 From a lovely trip to the park enjoying the fresh air, to lots of exciting sensory play in the ball pit area, it’s been full of smiles, laughter, and new experiences. 💛

The children in the toddler room have had a wonderful time playing with the animals today! 🐾 They explored paint getting the animals nice and dirty while making lots of footprints along the way. After all the messy fun, the children helped to clean the animals, enjoying every step of the process. A fantastic day of sensory play and learning!

✨Preschool✨

This week Preschool have been focusing on 'The Little Red Hen'.

The children have been exploring the process of making bread and butter. They created their own mill, using a pestle and mortar to grind wheat into flour. The children then used playdough to practise the skill of kneading dough.

They also had the opportunity to make their own butter from double cream, shaking it for a long period of time and observing how it changed. Finally, they enjoyed buttering their bread to have as an afternoon snack.🍞