Farm School – what’s up, buttercup?

So much exploration and learning happened this week at Farm School.  We used the large field to just run, have races and look at all the different flowers we could see.  One child found a [...]

Farm School – feeling toasty!

Following on from last week’s Farm School, we used our fire pit this week to make our snack. The children remembered all of the safety rules they needed in order to keep themselves safe and [...]

Farm School – it’s hotting up!

This week we learnt about fire safety at the farm as the children found a fire pit in Pixie Wood. The children thought really hard and came up with some really sensible ideas such as not touching [...]

Farm School – on top of the world!

This week our visit to the farm was all about physical literacy. We encouraged the children to be as physical as they could, trying to move in different ways and use muscles over their whole [...]

Farm School – playing in the rain!

It may have been raining for some of our Farm School adventures this week but that didn’t stop our Pre School children! We used the water as a learning tool and listened to the rain, jumped in [...]

New mum and baby group is launched

Today saw the first of our weekly baby “stay and play” groups. The free sessions are open to parents with children 0-11 months and gives the little ones a chance to play and meet new [...]

Farm School is back!

Farm School has started back up and we don’t know who is more excited….. the children or the adults who get to go! Our first visit was spent exploring the beautiful surroundings and talking [...]

Gym sessions and ballet classes on offer to youngsters in lockdown

A Portishead nursery is running gym sessions and ballet classes in a bid to help early years children maintain normality in their lives. The Nursery, in Combe Road, said it has worked with [...]

Rocking Around The Christmas Tree!

We had another exciting trip in our nursery mini bus this week to go and pick and collect our nursery Christmas tree.  The children were full of festive spirit on our journey and we sang [...]

The Perfect Pumpkin Patch

Today we took a trip in our nursery minibus to Triggols Farm in Tickenham. The children called non-stop on the journey, discussing what they could see out of the window, previous experiences [...]