They say you shouldn’t work with animals and children – well this week we did both! Pets week was a roaring success with the largest variety of animals visiting the nursery that we have ever had. The week kicked off with a visit from Pinto the standard schnauzer. He was very calm and more than happy for the children to stroke him. We had a cute guinea pig, two ponies, Goldie the goldfish, a handsome hamster, Moses the snake and... read more

Over the last few weeks the children have witnessed a transformation during their country walks. The leaves on the trees have changed colour and litter the grass, and the children have watched squirrels collecting acorns ready for their winter stores. They have enjoyed building dens in the Fairy Woods using branches that have fallen down in recent windy weather and gathered up leaves for leaf rubbings in the art room. The children have been fascinated to watch the diggers and... read more

We have been learning about our bodies and had a special visit from Bob, our very own life sized skeleton! The children loved using the light box to look at X-rays and compare the pictures of different bones with those on the skeleton. One child told me that the longest bone is the femur and that they had learnt that from a book at home.The children have been thinking about the ways we use our bodies, in particular our different... read more

It’s been a busy two weeks with the children enjoying lots of new activities at the nursery school.  Over the Summer break we developed part of the bark area in the garden into a woodland workshop.  A local tree surgeon donated several large tree stumps for the children to climb and build upon.  There are logs, conkers, pine cones and other natural resources to play with.  Last week we received an assortment of outdoor toys to test from our partners at Fundamentally Children.  As an accredited Play... read more

Things got a little bit emotional this week, what with it being the last week of term.  Throughout the week we held graduation ceremonies for all of the preschool children to mark the end of their journey at Mount Carmel Kindergarten.  The children performed a number of their favourite songs which they learnt throughout the year and proud parents watched as they crossed over the bridge to their future whilst collecting their certificates.  We took a number of photos at... read more