News and Events
Yoga
03rd November 2017
The children LOVE participating in their Yoga with Jen each week. We have been working on self-regulation, breathing techniques, extending our muscles and lots of good listening.
Songs and Toasted Marshmallows around the Campfire
03rd November 2017
We loved toasting our marshmallows around the fire and making smores! They were delicious! Scott told us all about fire safety and we completed our risk assessments together.
Visit from the Princes Trust Volunteers
03rd November 2017
We had great fun working with some visitors from the Princes Trust. They set up a scavenger hunt for us around the building. They also showed us how to play some of the types of games that our mums and dads would have played at school. We really liked playing hopscotch, what’s the time Mr Woolf, hide and seek, dodge ball and British bulldogs.
Halloween Celebrations
03rd November 2017
We had a great time dressing up, baking, partying and designing pumpkins during our Halloween week. Many thanks to everyone who participated in our Pumpkin carving. The competition was VERY strong this year. The children ALL LOVED admiring the huge assortment of pumpkin characters each day! Well done to our winners - Timmy with the Gruffalo, Riley with Peppa Pig, Jet with Cookie Monster, Amy with a Minion, Braydon with his KingsWellies logo, Cameron’s Spiderman, Ellie’s VW Bunty van and Naya with her very scary hungry pumpkin. It was extremely difficult to judge but parents, children and staff all cast their votes.
Festivals, Traditions and all things Autumn
04th October 2017
As part of our Festivals and Traditions topic, we will be celebrating Halloween from the 25th October to the 31st October. We will be holding Autumnal festivities all week to ensure that all children can participate. We have lots of activities planned and we are all very excited! We asked the children what they wanted to do for Halloween. They suggested a party, lots of games and dressing up!! Throughout the week we will also be learning about: • Concepts of light and dark • Seasons – Autumn and Winter • Colours • What is hibernation and which animals hibernate? • Diwali – Festival of lights • Animals – nocturnal, diurnal and crepuscular • Pumpkins and tasty treats All children are more than welcome to come to nursery wearing fancy dress all week. Nothing too scary please and no masks. Additionally we will be holding a pumpkin carving competition with prizes for our top six. Please take your pumpkin in for display. We will be doing lots of baking and food tasting activities throughout the week also. We are looking forward to celebrating with you, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask a member of staff.
Christmas Holidays
04th October 2017
Just a reminder that we are closed for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year Period. We close at 6pm on Friday 22nd December 2017 and reopen at 7.30am on Monday 8th January 2018. It will be here before we know it!
Congratulations to Carole and Grant
04th October 2017
HUGE congratulations go to Carole, our Prime Four Events Manager, who gave birth to Baby Jamieson LAST night! Congratulations Carole and Grant. We can’t wait to meet her!
Staff Training
04th October 2017
We are very busy with our training for Session 2017/18. Staff will be participating in the following courses during the next session: Children’s Rights, Curriculum for Excellence, Pre-Birth to 3 Curriculum, challenging behaviour, managing for excellence, observation and assessment skills, observing schemas in children’s play, quality interactions, quality questioning, child protection and safeguarding, play and outdoor literacy, play and outdoor numeracy, family support, inclusion and diversity, attachment child development and learning, building the ambition, How Good is Our Early Learning and Childcare and lots of skills workshops!
Parental Consultation – Question of the month - October 2017
04th October 2017
Each month we strive to self-evaluate our practice because we want to be a better nursery. We also need our parents to give us feedback. Our October question of the month comes from How Good Is Our Early Learning and Childcare and focuses on Quality Indicator 2.4: Personalised Support. Please give us your comments. Your feedback means a lot to us.
Friends of Anchor – Fundraising week
04th October 2017
A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated during this week. We raised a whopping £971.96 for this extremely worthwhile cause. WELL DONE to all of the staff who cycled a total of 2,155.3 miles that week! You did us VERY proud. Well done also to all of the children who enjoyed their anchor sponsored walk and managed to find all of the anchors around Prime Four. This was a hugely successful week, not just in monetary terms but also in raising awareness. Congratulations and well done to everyone who participated in one way or another.