As your child progresses through their nursery education, you may be deciding on whether to keep your child at their current nursery setting or moving them onto a school nursery. This can be a big decision as you try and make the right choice for your child and your family. Often, we find our families … Continue reading Private nursery or school nursery?
Children are naturally curious and they love to learn about the world around them. It’s important to offer a wide range of experiences for children to increase their knowledge and sense of belonging. This can be through visits around their local community, meeting important members of society and engaging with others in the neighbourhood we … Continue reading Educational Visits
Cooking and baking provide a wealth of learning opportunities for children. Developing knowledge of the different ingredients, enjoying trips to the supermarket to identify and buy different foods and finally pulling it all together to make a variety of yummy snacks and treats! Early math’s skills are put into practice by counting and weighing the … Continue reading Cooking at Nursery
Children love to get out and about and explore their local community. We regularly visit our local area to expand our children’s experiences and use these opportunities to widen our children’s learning. A trip to the park has a wealth of educational benefits, outdoor play allows our children more opportunity for risk taking and to … Continue reading Educational Walks
Pre-Schoolers enjoy taking part in our life-cycle project at nursery. The children eagerly watch as the hungry caterpillars grow and emerge as beautiful butterflies. Alongside watching the transformation, the children enjoy a variety of activities to truly embed their learning. We read stories, create caterpillar and butterfly artwork, and use our motor skills to chop … Continue reading Butterfly Life-Cycle Project
Whilst biting can be a nasty surprise, rest assured it is a very common behaviour in early childhood. The urge to bite typically goes away around 3 or 4 years old, as children develop better control and learn how to use language to communicate their needs. What causes a child to bite? Children bite in order … Continue reading Biting
At Boys & Girls Nursery, we celebrate everybody and welcome children from a range of different cultures, religions and families. We believe it is important to understand and embrace the diversity within our society and teach our children to respect different views, cultures, and beliefs in an age-appropriate way throughout their time at nursery with … Continue reading Celebrating diversity in nursery
Lara, our SENCo at Rickmansworth, has written a great article highlighting the importance of a Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator: The Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) is a vital role in every child care setting, from preschools and day nurseries, primary and secondary schools through to higher education colleges. The SENCo is the person who oversees … Continue reading The role of a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
Every year thousands of children are taken to hospital after accidents and many of these happen at home – the most serious in the kitchen and on the stairs. Therefore, our homes can be extremely dangerous places, from baths filled with hot water to furniture at risk of being pulled over by little hands. However, … Continue reading Safety at Home
