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Oct 09
A short but sweet week!
This week in Nursery we have been sharing the story The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright and Jim Field. The children really enjoyed meeting the cheeky squirrels, Cyril and Bruce, and learning about their autumn adventure! Together we looked closely at the different parts of the book — the title on the front cover, …
Oct 02
An Autumnal Week 🍁🍂🌾
This week in Nursery, we have been fully embracing the wonderful changes that autumn brings. The children have been noticing the change in the weather each day, checking our weather chart carefully and recording what they could see and feel outside. This has helped us think about how the weather can change very quickly and …
Sep 18
Another week in Nursery completed!
Due to technical issues we have been unable to upload photographs this week. This week in Nursery, we have been exploring the magical world of books! We looked closely at different book covers to see if we could guess what the story might be about. The children learned where to find the title, and we …
Sep 12
Welcome to the Nursery blog!
Wow, I almost can’t believe that the children have completed their first week in Nursery! As can be expected, the first few days in a new setting there a couple of wobbly lips in the mornings (from mums and children) but as the week progressed we are greeted with beautiful smiley, happy faces! Settling in …
Jul 18
Goodbye from Nursery!
As this year draws to an end, we would like to say a fond farewell to those children leaving Merry Hill and moving to new schools. We wish them lots of luck settling in and making new friendships – we will miss you all! We have had the most wonderful time this year; watching the …
Jul 11
This year in Nursery!
We are nearly at the end of a fantastic year in Nursery, during which the staff have had a wonderful time getting to know your children and watching them grow into independent learners. They have all made huge progress this year and we are immensely proud of them. We look forward to seeing the children …
Jul 04
Our Wonderful Trip to Ruislip Lido!
On Monday we went to Ruislip Lido. We had a fantastic time! We went on a coach and were so sensible staying in our seats and wearing our seatbelts. When we got to Ruislip Lido, we caught a little train that took us for a ride through the forest and then stopped at the station …
Jun 27
This week in Nursery
This week we have been spending lots of time in our forest. We are very fortunate to have this facility at Merry Hill as it generates a range of fantastic learning experiences for our children and enables us to cover the Early Years Curriculum in different and exciting ways. For this week’s forest sessions, we …
Jun 20
Healthy body week
We have been thoroughly enjoying learning about our healthy body this week in Nursery. We have loved exploring the book ‘Look inside Your Body’ because it has a lot of interesting facts about your body. We generated some of our own questions and have been working hard to find out the answer to some of …