Blossom Wood Nursery and Pre-school

Blossom Wood Nursery and Pre-school Pre-school based in Newhall. Catering for children to school age.Home from home enriching environment

At our nursery, we believe little minds grow best through real-life experiences. 🌿That’s why we don’t use screen time wi...
06/10/2026

At our nursery, we believe little minds grow best through real-life experiences. 🌿

That’s why we don’t use screen time with the children during their nursery day.

Instead, we fill their time with talking, stories, messy play, creativity, outdoor adventures, music, movement and lots of opportunities to explore, imagine and learn through play.

We want children to build strong communication skills, develop friendships, use their imagination and stay active — all while enjoying meaningful interactions with the adults and children around them.

Children have plenty of time for screens as they grow, but their early years are such an important time for playing, exploring and connecting with the world around them. 🤍

🧙‍♀️✨ WIZARDS & WITCHES HALLOWEEN STAY AND PLAY ✨🧙‍♂️Join us at Blossom Wood Nursery and Preschool for a morning of spoo...
05/10/2026

🧙‍♀️✨ WIZARDS & WITCHES HALLOWEEN STAY AND PLAY ✨🧙‍♂️
Join us at Blossom Wood Nursery and Preschool for a morning of spooky fun!

📅 Tuesday 20th October | 9:30am - 11am
Come along with your little ones for our...

🎨 CREEPY CRAFTS

🫧 MESSY PLAY SPOOKTACULAR

With pumpkins, potion making, sensory play and lots of Halloween magic!

🧡 Fancy dress is encouraged! Witches, wizards, pumpkins, superheroes -come as your favourite spooky character.

This is a lovely chance to explore our setting, meet the team, and have lots of messy, creative fun together.

👉 Book your place -just message our page to reserve a spot for you and your child.

Spaces are limited!

We can't wait to see you there! 🎃👻

👻Our Fluff Monsters Have Arrived! 👻This morning in Preschool the children have been getting spookily creative making th...
02/10/2026

👻Our Fluff Monsters Have Arrived! 👻

This morning in Preschool the children have been getting spookily creative making their own Fluff Monsters for our Halloween display! 🎃
They loved exploring a mixture of of shaving foam and pva glue to create their own fluffy, puffy monster paint. It was so soft and squishy! ☁️✨
They then used forks 🍴 to make the shapes of the fluff monsters, dragging and swirling the mixture to create fabulously spooky textures and monster fur. To finish, they added googly eyes 👀 to bring their monsters to life - some silly, some scary! 👹💜

We are so proud of their creations, come and have a peek at our monster display! 🖼️

Links to EYFS:

Communication & Language & Literacy 🗣️: Talking about textures, colours and ideas, introducing new vocabulary such as 'mixture', 'texture', 'spooky'.

Physical Development (Fine Motor Skills) ✋: Developing fine motor control and hand-eye coordination through mixing, mark-making with forks and carefully placing googly eyes.

Expressive Arts and Design (EAD) 🎨: Exploring different materials, textures and tools, experimenting with colour and texture and creating their own unique designs.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) 😊: Building confidence and pride in their own creations, sharing resources and enjoying sensory play together.

Understanding the World 🌍: Exploring sensory materials and observing changes as materials are mixed together.

A little burst of sunshine from the art table 💛🌼We filled a small vase with fresh bright yellow blooms and invited the c...
01/10/2026

A little burst of sunshine from the art table 💛🌼

We filled a small vase with fresh bright yellow blooms and invited the children to sit and paint what was right in front of them.
Such a calm, happy atmosphere.✨ Lots of focused looking and quiet pride as their paintings came to life 🎨

This activity promotes:

👀 Careful looking. Learning to pause and notice tiny details.
🎨 Colour awareness. Spotting all the different yellows and greens.
🌿 Shape and pattern. Seeing how petals curl and how stems cross.
✋ Fine motor skills. Gentle brush control and hand-eye coordination.
✏️ Early writing muscles. Building strength for mark-making.
💬 Language. Finding words for what they see.
💛 Confidence. Knowing every painting is different and every one is wonderful.

So much joy, focus and pride in one simple activity 🥰

🎃Pumpkin Sensory Play🎃Owls engaged beautifully into a fun, sensory experience, scooping, squishing, spreading and swirli...
01/10/2026

🎃Pumpkin Sensory Play🎃

Owls engaged beautifully into a fun, sensory experience, scooping, squishing, spreading and swirling the foam with their hands, spoons, mashers and scoops.They loved describing the cool, soft, fluffy texture as they mixed it around the pumpkin seeds and bumpy skin, using descriptive words like "squelchy", "smooth" and "sticky".

There was lots of giggling, mark-making, and imaginative play as they pretended to make "pumpkin ice-cream" and "wobbly potions".

EYFS Links:

• Communication & Language: Developing new vocabulary to describe texture and sensations.
• Physical Development: Strengthening fine
motor skills and hand-eye coordination through scooping and squeezing.
• Expressive Arts & Design: Exploring materials freely and creatively.
• Understanding the World: Investigating natural objects and seasonal changes.

Today the children took part in an apple printing activity inspired by autumn . Using halved apples as their stamps, the...
30/09/2026

Today the children took part in an apple printing activity inspired by autumn . Using halved apples as their stamps, they explored colour mixing with a palette of autumnal coloured paint, including burnt orange , golden yellow , deep red , warm brown and crisp green.

They carefully selected different sized paintbrushes to put the paint on the apples , using the larger brushes to cover the surface quickly and the smaller brushes for more detailed and controlled application.

They enjoyed predicting what colours would be created when they mixed them together on the apple, showing great curiosity and excitement as new shades appeared.

Once painted, they pressed the apples firmly onto paper to reveal their prints, talking about the shapes, patterns, and colours they could see . There was lots of rich language, turn-taking, and pride in their finished artwork.

EYFS Links: 📚

• Expressive Arts and Design (Creating with Materials): Explored colour and colour mixing, used tools for a purpose, and created their own representations.
• Physical Development (Fine Motor Skills):Developed hand-eye coordination and control using different sized paintbrushes and pressing the apples.
• Communication and Language (Speaking): Used new vocabulary to describe colours, textures, and patterns, and shared ideas with peers.
• Mathematics: Explored shape, pattern, and size through printing.

Building resilience (when things get tricky) 💛At Blossom Wood Nursery and Preschool, we know resilience isn't taught -it...
30/09/2026

Building resilience (when things get tricky) 💛

At Blossom Wood Nursery and Preschool, we know resilience isn't taught -it's gently nurtured.

It grows in our everyday moments together. When a little one concentrates hard to chop a pepper at the cooking table, when they wobble and try again when trying to balance , when they take a deep breath and use their words instead of tears.
We’re right beside them for it all, with patient hands, calm voices, and lots of encouragement.
We don’t rush to fix the tricky bits.
Slowly, they start to believe it for themselves. “I can do hard things”.

That’s what we’re building at Blossom Wood, every single day, confident, capable, resilient little hearts who know they are safe, loved, and never alone when things get tricky. ✨

👩‍🍳 Let's Get Cooking - Cookery Club Fun! 🧀Stir it! Roll it! Sprinkle it! Taste it! On Tuesday 6th October, Owls will be...
29/09/2026

👩‍🍳 Let's Get Cooking - Cookery Club Fun! 🧀

Stir it! Roll it! Sprinkle it! Taste it! On Tuesday 6th October, Owls will be making tasty cheese scones! ( details added onto Babysdays).

Cookery Club is the yummiest part of the week where our little chefs get to get messy, have giggles, and make something delicious to munch!

🎂Aprons on, sleeves up, let's bake!

How we learn while we bake (EYFS):

✨ Physical Development - mixing, pouring and rolling to build super-strong fingers
🔢 Mathematics - counting, weighing and measuring like little scientists
💬 Communication & Language - chatting, following recipes and learning tasty new words
💛 Personal, Social & Emotional Development - sharing, taking turns and feeling so proud!
🌍 Understanding the World - discovering where food comes from and watching it magically change in the oven.

Yum yum, let's cook together!

Our little chefs have been busy chopping vegetables today to make their very own soup…the first week at Cookery Club! Ea...
29/09/2026

Our little chefs have been busy chopping vegetables today to make their very own soup…the first week at Cookery Club! Each week we will be supporting the children to make a tasty dish!🥕🥔🧅
Using safe knives and lots of concentration, the children practised their chopping skills, explored new textures and smells, and talked about where vegetables come from. There was so much pride as they watched their hard work turn into a delicious, bubbling pot of soup, served with some tasty crusty bread! 🍞

EYFS links:

PSED – Building independence and confidence as they prepared their own food 🤗
PD – Developing fine motor skills through safe chopping and stirring ✂️
UW – Exploring where food comes from and talking about healthy choices 🌱
C&L – Learning new vocabulary: chop, dice, simmer, ingredients 🗣️
Well done, chefs, what a delicious teamwork lunch! 🌟

✨Helping one another✨One of the loveliest things to see in Preschool is how beautifully the children help one another 💛W...
29/09/2026

✨Helping one another✨

One of the loveliest things to see in Preschool is how beautifully the children help one another 💛
Whether it’s helping a friend put on their apron, holding a hand, sharing the toys, or offering a comforting cuddle when someone feels a little unsure, these small, kind moments happen every single day.

It’s in these little acts of kindness that we see confidence growing, friendships blossoming, and our preschool family getting stronger 🥰
At Blossom Wood, we are so proud of our caring, thoughtful little helpers!

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The Scout Hut, Higgins Road
Newhall
DE110JY

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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