HIGHLIGHTS Nurseries

Miss Daisy’s Nurseries

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese and Lunar New Year from Miss Daisy’s! The children at Miss Daisy’s have been learning all about the traditions and celebrations of the Chinese and Lunar new year. They discovered how our friends and family in China and around the world celebrated, and took part in a Dragon dance. As it is the Year of the Rabbit, we also welcomed some cute friends into the nursery.

Riverside Nurseries

Riverside Nursery Schools Twickenham Park nursery have recently started offering Forest School sessions, every Wednesday, for our 3 and 4 year olds. Our Forest School Leader, Scott, has been getting to know the children and providing them with all of the knowledge they need to explore the curriculum in a safe way. It has been a real joy to see the children so excited about outdoor learning, and has supported their fine motor skills whilst using the tools and techniques Scott has shown them. It has also been a great way to get the children working as part of a team, and using their skills to problem-solve.

The Kindergartens

At The Kindergartens, we are taking part in the RSPB’s ‘Big Garden Bird Watch’. We are supporting this exciting project, and encouraging the children in our care to think about the changing world around them. By supporting this initiative in 2023, we are helping our children to understand what they can do to reverse the declining bird population and help look after the world for birds in the future. As part of the project, we will be observing and documenting the birds we see in our nursery gardens and parks and helping the RSPB to track and understand how UK birds are doing.

Hopes & Dreams Nurseries

A new nursery in the Hopes and Dreams family opened at Old Street over the summer, and has truly become a part of the local community in such a short space of time.

The setting has been designed to fully facilitate the Montessori early years approach, and combines stylish interiors with the exceptional care and education our Nursery Practitioners are known for at their sister nursery in Angel.

The spaces are beautifully bright and airy, with natural light flooding in to create amazing spaces to play and learn. Each resource and piece of equipment has been chosen to enhance the environments, as well as give children open-ended learning opportunities.

Magda Zurawska, our Nursery Manager said: “The nursery is beautiful and I’m delighted to be leading the team here at Old Street. We’ve been involved in the design right from the early stages and advised exactly how we wanted the rooms to look. The resources have been carefully chosen to provide rich opportunities for learning and development.”

Reflections Nurseries

Reflections have introduced music specialists who visit the children every week.

They love exploring the rhythms and beats they can make, as well as the instruments themselves with such an array of shapes and sizes.

We have been experimenting with sound, and how the children respond to what they hear. There has been lots of opportunities for mark-making to music as well as moving our bodies to sound. We also explore the cultural significances of certain instruments, their history and the types of music they make.

Hove Village Nurseries

Hove Village were delighted to contribute several fun pieces of apparatus and play equipment to the newly refurbished playground at their community park, Wish Park. Many local families enjoy the park, so it seemed only right that they helped to make it the best outdoor space it can be. The nursery at New Church Road backs onto Wish Park directly and a new access gate has been provided to allow the children to visit the park even more easily. This has really helped to extend the opportunities for learning outside of the nursery garden, and help the children explore their local green spaces. The high quality equipment will be enjoyed by Hove’s children for years to come.