Harbury Pre-School

27/07/2026

✨ Booking is OPEN ✨

This summer I am running 8 summer specials 🎉

Each special will last an hour and they will contain the usual mix of stories, songs, dancing, an activity, bubbles, stickers and lots of fun 🧸📚💕

Each session contains a different story adventure so feel free to join as many summer classes as you would like 🧸

Summer classes are open to old and new story timers and older and younger siblings are most welcome to come and join the fun 🤗

These are the classes that are running:

📚 Wednesday 22nd July- 1pm in Foundry Woods

🧸 Friday 24th July - 10am in Priory Park

🫧 Tuesday 28th July - Radford Semele

🏝️ Friday 31st July - 5pm at The New Inn, Norton Lindsey

💕 Monday 10th August - 10am in Priory Park

✨ Friday 14th August - 10am in Priory Park

💃🏻 Monday 24th August - 10am in Priory Park

🌳 Thursday 27th August - 5pm at The New Inn, Norton Lindsey

To get booked in please click the link below 👇🏻
https://bookwhen.com/magicalworldofstories

I can't wait to see you soon and spread a little Storytime Summer Magic ✨

03/07/2026

We had a lovely time on Sunday opening up our Pre-School outdoor area for Harbury Open Gardens. We welcomed a steady stream of families who enjoyed our delicious cakes and drinks, enjoyed decorating plant pots and staying for a chat and a play.

26/06/2026

This week the children have been learning about some of the different things we can do that contribute to good health; such as healthy food, exercise, good hygiene, sleep, oral health and emotional wellbeing. Using our 'mouth' resource we have been talking about the importance of looking after our teeth and practising our tooth-brushing techniques.

19/06/2026

This year, the theme of our Carnival Float was stories and book characters. The float was decorated with the children’s creations which including paintings of story characters painted by our wonderful Pre-Schoolers.

The children dressed up as book characters, including ‘a cat in the hat’, a very hungry caterpillar, a witch, a butterfly, bluey, a dalmatian, a builder, a rabbit, a tiger and a ladybird to name a few! The staff team dressed up as crayons from ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’.

The staff are extremely proud of how well the children sat on the float or walked alongside it with their parents and carers.

We would like to express our thanks to the Hadley’s for the use of the trailer, George and Heather Clarke for storing the tractor, Tesco for donating the food, Quigley’s Butchers for the meat, the Rugby Club for the barbeque, the Carnival Committee for their support, our Pre-School parents and Committee for their help decorating the float and running the barbeque, the staff for their hard work leading up to and on the day and last but not least, our amazing pre-schoolers for their art work, dressing up and sitting so well on the float.

19/06/2026

One of our lovely Pre-Schoolers brought her smoothie maker into Pre-School. The children chopped up some fruit using safety knives and added it to the smoothie maker to make a delicious smoothie for snack. A perfect treat for a hot day!

As the children were so enthusiastic about their smoothies, we transformed our role play area into a ‘kiosk’, selling healthy smoothies, juices and ice cream. The area included a selection of pretend fruits and vegetables, weighing scales, a till with cards and money, jugs, bowls, whisks and spoons and beakers. We also included some recipes to follow with numbers of fruit to count and a menu.

We were served some very strange and wonderful concoctions!

12/06/2026

We have been learning all about lifecycles over the last few weeks. The caterpillars are growing fast, and this week, we have introduced some ladybird larvae.

The children have been excited to see the changes over the days and weeks.

10/06/2026

The Pre-School caterpillars have arrived! The children are loving watching them grow. We have been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar story and playing a board game based around the book.

The children eagerly check daily for any changes in size and appearance.

08/06/2026

Here at Pre-School, we are very fortunate to have over 31 budding gardeners in our midst! We are very excited to be opening our Pre-School space for Harbury's Open Gardens on 29th June. The children have been busy planting seeds and flowers and keeping everything watered. They have loved watching the plants grow over the weeks and exploring the different colours and smells.

05/06/2026

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