Our theme on stories old and new continued this week with the children looking stories about animals. From the Highway Rat to the Tiger Who Came To Tea, the children loved sharing their favourite stories with their friends and they tried on different costumes to act the stories out.The animal stories continued with Mrs Federici telling the children made up stories based on Peter Rabbit and his adventures during this week’s assemblies. In this week’s cooking session they made delicious... read more

They say one man’s trash is another mans treasure which was the case this week with some very large boxes I had left over from a recent Ikea delivery.  Very soon the children were busy decorating them to become houses made from straw, sticks and bricks. Once the paint and glue had dried they were brought into the gym for the children to use as props during their assembly performances of The Three Little Pigs. We had some very scary... read more

We jumped into the Spring term with a new theme based on stories old and new.  In our assembly this week the children have been performing the story of the ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’ by reciting lines and singing songs.  It is clear that they have caught the acting bug following on from the success of their nativity play last month and many have been desperate to play the different parts in the story, particularly the troll!  They also heard the story... read more

The weather outside was frightful, but for the children it was clearly delightful, on Monday there was no other place to go but Mount Carmel to enjoy the snow! Despite news of multiple school closures in the area we were busy on Sunday afternoon clearing snow in the car park ready for the children to come in the following day. Fortunately we had bought a petrol powered snowplough a few years ago which had never seen the light of day until... read more

The Mount Carmel Nativity has marked the start of the Christmas period for the past 32 years and each year the children sing louder and act more confidently than the last.  This year was no different and on Monday our preschool children performed their Nativity to an audience of proud parents, grandparents, friends and family.  Our actors and actresses put on a show to remember, confidently reciting lines and singing songs to tell the story of the first Christmas.  All of the preschool... read more