Working Mums' Daycare and Preschool

Last week in partnership with our sister nursery in East Sheen we had a farm visit, children from both settings were able to get up close to a range of different farm animals, there were able to touch and feed them.

It was such a lovely experience for both the child and the staff and for some of the children it was the first time see these animals in real life.

It was also a great opportunity for the preschool children from both settings to meet and mingle, giving them the opportunity to meet other children that they be going to big school with.

The children at Mortlake are very curious about the world around them, and are fascinated when they find insects in the garden and it always sparks conversation.
The children for are for ever asking question about what they are, where it comes from and what it likes to eat along, and there is alway a practitioners close by to help extend the children’s learning and help research and find out more about what they have found.
We have made a little exploring corner in our garden where the children can go to find out more, the children have even made their own bug hotel to encourage more insects to visit our garden.
Our residential stick insects are a firm favourite with the children and we all work together to clean out their habitat and feed them. 🪲🦋🐛🪱🐌

Keep our skills up to date ⛑️
18 of our lovely Early years practitioners from Mortlake and a few of our sister nurseries all came together to complete First Aid training, with few treats throughout the day including ice creams and ice lollies for the journey home

🎨Working Mums East Sheen Preschool children have been busy creating an under the sea environment talking about life in the Ocean, and painting their favourite sea creature, we had some lovely Lobsters, Scary Sharks, Fantastic Fish, Crazy Crabs and much more, the children enjoyed listening to relaxing under the sea music as they painted their master piece. 🏝️🎨

The children’s wellbeing and mental health is very important for us at Working Mums and getting out into the fresh air helps promote this, not only do they have space to exercise and increase their physical development but being outdoors also can improve their mood, focus and boost immune system with our newly refurbished garden the children can enjoy the outside area even more.
Along with space to develop their physical skills, we have incorporated a cosy book area where they can sit and relax whilst looking at books or have a story with their friends, and a cosy nature area to encourage our love for nature.

Mental Health Awareness Week
Supporting good metal health in both our team and our children is important at Mortlake. During mental health awareness week all the staff and children got involved through a variety of activities such as wear it Green day, welling being walk to the river with our youngest children, green scavenger hunt for our older children and the team all got involved in a quiz and were all presented with treats for participating.

Working Mums East Sheen are proud to congratulate Nancy who celebrates 1 year service and Dali who celebrates 3 years service. Thank you for your continued support and dedication to the nursery. 🌻💐

👩‍🍳👨‍🍳Our Shooting Stars at East Sheen have been busy baking and learning about colour recognition and matching the fruit and vegetables to the correct plate. Our chef, Chanel came to join the activity introducing them to language around sweet and sour and teaching them how to use their knives in a safe way. The children created a really well presented rainbow of food

👨‍🚒👩‍🚒 Our Preschool children at East Sheen have been learning about "People who help us" the children focussed on the fire brigade learning 999, sirens and how to use a fire extinguisher to put out a fire. This also helped develop their hand eye co ordination and fine manipulative skills using the spray bottles.

Babies on the move! Our Cherubs and Angels have been exploring new ways of manoeuvring their bodies during physical play. The younger babies were provided with low level furniture and prams to help navigate the space around them along with the older children taking safe risks using our new soft play resources. 🤸‍♀️🛝