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Nightingales Nursery

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Nightingales Nursery

Nightingales Nursery, Penarth's leading private pre-school,

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Nightingales Nursery, Penarth's leading private pre-school, provides a warm and friendly environment for your child to develop at their own pace, under the caring supervision of our dedicated team of professionals. We take children from 6 weeks to 8 years old, and offer a full school pick up and drop off service, we are open from

7:30 a.m. till 6:30 p.m. 5 days a week

We are situated in a quiet

residential area with spacious gardens featuring extensive outdoor play facilities, and thanks to our newly installed 300 square ft covered, all weather outdoor play area, we are the only nursery in the area to be able to provide 365 days a year full outdoor play. All meals are freshly prepared on site using the finest locally sourced materials and our menus are specifically designed to give our children a wide and extremely varied diet, encouraging them to broaden their horizons, and experience new flavours. Contact Number - 02920701074
Email - [email protected]

01/09/2026

After a very long and exciting weekend, we started our circle time by catching up with one another and sharing what we had been up to over the bank holiday. We then talked about the exciting changes coming our way, including getting ready to join “big school” or moving into new classes with different teachers and friends. We discussed how these changes made us feel. Everyone was very excited, but we also shared some of the worries and questions we might have. Together, we talked about ways we could overcome these worries and explored different strategies to help us manage our emotions and feel more confident. Throughout the day, we took part in a variety of activities designed to help us calm our bodies and regulate our emotions. We practised different breathing techniques, including standing still and breathing out our “butterflies” and taking part in some relaxing yoga breathing 🧘‍♂️. During the morning, we made our own little name signs in preparation for school. We practised saying and spelling our names aloud while developing our pencil control and practising our letter formation. After enjoying lots of delicious fruit salad and milk, we headed up to the top garden to collect some Forest School treasures, including twigs, leaves and feathers. We then used these natural resources to practise forming the letters in our names and creating different shapes. After refuelling with some delicious “Pasta La Vista” 🍝, we enjoyed a variety of activities, including jigsaws, farm play and colouring. We also developed our mathematical skills while playing both familiar and new board games 🎲, taking turns, counting and problem-solving together. After our afternoon fruit and milk, we headed back up to the top garden to continue practising our writing and developing our self-awareness. We completed an “All About Me” sheet, where we practised writing using smaller letters and sharing things about ourselves. We finished our day with lots of fun and movement, playing our Rainbow Jump game using the tyres. We also enjoyed watching lots of beautiful butterflies dancing around our garden. 🦋

27/08/2026

We started off our new and exciting day by discussing what we might find growing in the garden. The children proudly showcased their knowledge and shared what they have learnt throughout our topic so far! 🌹💐🌸🌱 We then finished our morning routine with our calendar, a story and some fun movement songs. 🎶🎶 Before the rain arrived, we headed outside to the back garden, where we collected leaves of different shapes and sizes. We used these to create our very own mini leaf beasts, and they looked absolutely fabulous! ✂️🦟🐛🐞🪲After coming inside to enjoy a delicious selection of fruit, we put on our wellies and headed up to the top garden for some Forest School mark-making in the mud. The children enjoyed exploring the natural environment while creating their own marks and patterns. 🪵🌿We then came inside to enjoy a lovely lunch. In the afternoon, while some of our friends had a well-earned sleep, our favourite imaginative game continued — “going on holiday”! ✈️🎒 The children worked together to build their very own aeroplane, packed their bags and got ready for their exciting imaginary adventure . Meanwhile, we enjoyed some mindful colouring, creating beautiful sunflowers 🌼, before moving on to explore musical instruments and make music together during our music and movement session. 🎹🥁🎸 To finish our wonderful day, we headed back out into the garden to explore our nature-items investigation table. The children enjoyed talking about the different objects they found, discussing their appearance, colours and textures, while also taking part in a variety of fun garden games. 🌸🍀🌞🌲

26/08/2026

We started our new day in Nightingales by focusing on the gardening side of our topic. During circle time, the children used their descriptive language to talk about different plants and flowers, which encouraged lots of lovely conversations and engagement! 🌹💐🌸🌺🌳🌱🪴 We then finished circle time with our daily calendar and our favourite silly-to-calm song. 🎶
We headed outside to the back garden, where the children created beautiful sunflower paper-plate crafts. 🌻 They practised their painting skills while developing their scissor control and fine motor skills. ✂️ After all that creativity, we came inside to enjoy some delicious fruit.Later in the morning, we explored the top garden, where the children took part in an exciting insect-counting challenge! Using magnifying glasses, 🔍 they carefully searched for and counted different insects, including 🐞🐛🦟🪲🐜. This was a great opportunity to develop their counting skills while encouraging curiosity and observation. We then came inside for a tasty chicken Balti curry lunch! 🍛 In the afternoon, the children enjoyed playing spot-the-difference games before getting involved in imaginative role play. ✈️ They pretended to go on holiday, with some children travelling as far as Africa! 🌍✈️ We then danced and moved along to a fun Danny Go disco! 🎶💃🕺 To finish off our busy and exciting day, we headed back into the garden for a teddy bears’ picnic. 🧺🧸 The children also enjoyed washing the animals during our water-play activity, exploring splashing, bubbles and lots of imaginative play. 🫧🐘🐯

25/08/2026

We started our very busy day by warmly welcoming our friends with our Bore Da song, followed by our daily diary. 📖🎶Our theme for today was “Flowers” 🌼. We explored the different parts of a flower and learned their names in both English and Welsh. We then headed outside to the back garden for lots of exciting team games, including Red Light, Green Light and Tag. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️We also got creative and made some fabulous tissue-paper flowers while talking about the different parts of a flower. 🎨🌷 After enjoying some refreshing fruit and milk, we headed up to the top garden, where Team Nightingales completed our end-of-season garden check. We counted twigs, mini beasts and leaves and discovered that, sadly, we currently have just one very big flower, but plenty of mini beasts and leaves to keep us busy! 🐛🍃After a delicious bowl of soup 🍲 and a well-deserved sleep for some of our friends, the rest enjoyed playing some new games, including Box Picture and Snap. 🃏After our second fruit and milk snack, we headed back up to the top garden for even more fun! Team Nightingales took part in a colourful maths challenge, cooked up a fantastic mud camping meal, and enjoyed a fun chase-the-ball challenge. 🔢🌈⚽We finished our busy day back inside with a delicious Pasta La Vista — yum yum! 🍝😋What a fantastic day full of learning, teamwork, creativity and fun! 🌸💛

24/08/2026

We started the new week at Nightingales by sharing all our weekend news with one another! 📰 Once everyone was settled, we got ready for an exciting adventure. This morning, the children were given a choice of where they would like to go for a trip, and they chose the crocodile park! 🐊 We enjoyed a lovely walk down, taking in the beautiful views of the bay. However, when we arrived, we discovered that the park was closed until next year! 🫢 Fear not, though — we continued exploring and discovered a wonderful new park where we had a fabulous morning playing together. After all that fun, we enjoyed a delicious fruit picnic. 🧺🍓 We then made our way back to Nightingales, taking in the world around us as we walked. 🌍 Once we returned, we headed to the top garden, where the children were challenged to collect sticks to use in creating and building their very own Ark crafts. 🪵⛵️ They did an amazing job, and their creations looked fantastic! In the afternoon, we enjoyed some calm colouring and puzzling time while some of our friends had a well-deserved nap to restore their energy after such a busy morning. We then moved on to our music and movement session, where we enjoyed some Butterfly Yoga 🦋 before pretending to be flamingos during the Danny Go challenge! 🦩After another delicious fruit snack and some refreshing milk, we practised our colouring skills with today’s theme, “A is for Ark.” 🛶🖍️🎨 We then had lots of fun riding around on our bikes and playing with our cars. 🚲🚙🚗To finish off our busy and exciting day, we enjoyed a delicious bowl of warm soup with freshly baked bread. 🍲🥖 What a wonderful Monday we had at Nightingales!

21/08/2026

🌞🌸 A Lovely Friday at Nursery! 🌸🌞
What a wonderful sunny Friday we’ve had! We started our morning with circle time and our favourite “Bore Da” song, before learning all about how flowers grow. 🌺🌷 The children enjoyed discovering how plants have roots that grow down into the soil and what they need to help them flourish. 🌱We then headed outside into the back garden to colour some beautiful flower pictures before enjoying a delicious snack of freshly cut fruit. 🍏🍌🍇The fun continued outdoors with leaf printing! 🍃🎨 The children searched for lots of colourful leaves and had great fun using them to create their own prints.After a yummy lunch of roast beef and carrots, our little sleepers settled down for a well-earned rest, while the rest of us enjoyed a fun garden-themed flashcard game. 🥕🌿Once everyone was awake, it was time for some Jolly Phonics fun! 🎶🔤 The children sang along and practised their sounds with lots of enthusiasm.We finished our lovely day with a tasty tea of “Pasta La Vista” 🍝 before enjoying some outdoor playtime together.What a fun-filled Friday! We hope all our little ones have a wonderful weekend with their families. 🌞💐💛

20/08/2026

Today in Nightingales, we enjoyed a wonderful Forest School Fun Day! 🪵🌱🌼🍂 At circle time, we chatted about our favourite Forest School activities, giving the children the opportunity to have a say in what our exciting day ahead would look like. We then finished our usual calendar, story and Bore Da song before heading outside to the back garden to make beautiful nature crowns. 👑🍂🌱 The children loved collecting natural materials and creating their crowns, which looked absolutely fantastic! After enjoying some delicious fruit, we headed up to the top garden where the children got creative with Forest School potion making in the water tray. 🧪🧪 They also worked together to create a pretend nature campfire, using natural items they had collected. We sat around our campfire, sharing stories and enjoying some lovely imaginative play. 🏕️🔥We then headed inside for a delicious lunch. While some of our friends had a well-deserved sleep, those who stayed awake enjoyed an exciting game of Hey Duggee Bingo! 🎲 We then danced along to some fun songs, including Silly to Calm, Hop Little Bunnies and many more. 🎶🎶 To finish off our fantastic day, we headed back outside for a mud experiment, exploring what happens when we add water to mud. 🫜💧 The children enjoyed getting hands-on, making observations and seeing how the consistency changed. We also had lots of fun playing garden games such as number tag.🔢

19/08/2026

We started our new day in Nightingales by exploring different plants that grow in our gardens, which led to a lovely discussion about what we would like to grow in our own garden! 🪴🌱 We then enjoyed our usual daily calendar, followed by our Bore Da song and a story. 📖 After this, we headed out to the top garden, where we collected a variety of natural items. The children then used their findings to create their own nature collages, which looked wonderful! 🍂🎨 After enjoying some delicious fruit, we headed into the back garden, where the children enjoyed washing Noah’s animals with soapy water and toothbrushes in the water tray. 🦁🧼🪥 Alongside this, the children engaged really well with a wipeable ‘Spot the Difference’ worksheet, developing their observation and concentration skills. ✍️ In the afternoon, after enjoying our favourite lunch — pasta with green dots! 🍝 — we took part in some relaxing mindfulness colouring using animal stencils. ✍️🐶🐷🐱🐒 We then moved on to some fun animal yoga, stretching, moving and pretending to be different animals. 🧘‍♂️ We finished our busy day back in the top garden, where the children enjoyed water play with the boats ⛵️, as well as practising writing their names with chalk, trying to do this as independently as possible. 🖍️

18/08/2026

We started another exciting day at Nightingales with our wonderful “Bore Da” song, followed by the quickest daily diary of the whole summer! 👏👏 Today’s theme was 🌼 Flowers 🌷, and we began by learning all about how to care for plants and flowers. We then headed outside for some creative junk modelling, making beautiful flowers from toilet rolls 🎨🌷🌹🌼. After a delicious fruit and milk break, we made our way up to the top garden, where we watched crickets jumping and flying around 🦗. We then put our maths skills to the test with a fun flower quiz challenge 🤔🧮🌷. While some of our friends invented a brand-new chase football game, others enjoyed watering our flowers with watering cans or getting creative in the mud kitchen, cooking delicious mud cakes and stews 🥘🧑‍🍳. After our delicious dinner, the children enjoyed colouring lots of different building pictures, dressing up and building some very tall structures with the blocks 🏗️🧱. Once all our sleepers had joined us, we took part in some calming breathing exercises and flower yoga 🧘‍♂️, followed by a very energetic dance to our favourite “Lion” song 🦁. We then enjoyed another refreshing fruit and milk break. To finish off our fantastic day, we headed back out to the garden and worked together to build some huge, colourful flowers using our foam blocks. 🌹🌼🌷 They looked absolutely beautiful and provided lots of creative fun!

17/08/2026

We started the new week by sharing our weekend news with one another 📰😊. We then enjoyed reading The Tiny Seed and discussing what happened throughout the story. The children showed excellent listening skills and did a fantastic job retelling the story in their own words! 👂📖🌱 We then headed into the main room, where the children created beautiful patterned handprint butterfly crafts. 🦋🎨 They carefully explored colours and patterns, creating some wonderful butterflies to brighten up our room! After enjoying some fresh fruit, we headed outside to the back garden, where we explored different statements about minibeasts. The children worked together to decide which category each minibeast belonged in, developing their understanding while having lots of fun! 🐞🐛🦟 Meanwhile, the children enjoyed water play and exciting races on the bikes! 💦🚲 After coming back inside, we enjoyed a delicious bowl of tomato soup 🥫🍅. In the afternoon, we had some quiet time working as a team to complete our Noah’s Ark puzzle while listening to the animals going by “two by two”! 🧩🎶 We then explored a variety of musical instruments, experimenting with different sounds and rhythms. 🎹🎸🥁 To finish our busy day, we headed to the top garden for a Forest School activity. The children enjoyed collecting sticks and then worked together to order them by size. 🪵🌳

Address

15 Albert Crescent
Penarth
CF641DA

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 6:30pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 6:30pm
Thursday	7:30am - 6:30pm
Friday	7:30am - 6:30pm

Telephone

02920701074

Website

http://www.nightingalesdaynursery.com/

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