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Energy levels were sky-high for our annual Sports Day! The children showed amazing sportsmanship, determination, and lots of giggles across our unique events: To celebrate the end of term, we took our party to the allotments. Activities offered included: We wrapped up our celebrations by gathering around the fire pit for some well-deserved treats and

This week, we adapted our environment to turn our main room and hallways into a dynamic indoor arena. We opened up a brand-new transit zone in the main room, allowing the children to navigate their ride-on toys seamlessly from one room to another. The children absolutely loved the challenge. They successfully: Cruised down the indoor

Just in case you are wondering why your child comes home covered in dirt, here is the reason. All week the children have been mixing soil and water to make “concrete.” Baking mud pies in our outdoor kitchen. Compacting and throwing mud bombs. Feeling different textures in nature. Thank you to everyone who donated bags

Fruit kebabs (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) With the temperature soaring this week we have focused on keeping the environment comfortable and engaging. Closing the blinds, switching on the ceiling fans and eating ice lollies has helped the children to keep cool indoors. Children explored lightbox play using translucent shapes and numbers, lacing planet shapes using

A trip to the allotments sparked the children’s imagination and connected them with nature: After listening to a beautiful outdoor story, the children gathered twigs and natural treasures. Then wrapped them in bright rainbow wool to create beautiful, magical nature wands. In the garden children loaded up wheelbarrows with bricks, wheeling them across the garden

To celebrate Ronnie’s birthday on Thursday he brought in tablecloth, plates, cups, hats and delicious cakes. A Pirate Adventure this week included walking the plank over blue gloop, sand dust buried treasure, tea stained treasure maps, making a pirate puppet, and a pirate ship tuff tray. We also set a Pool Noodle & Hair Band

Using their imaginations this week the children have been building worlds out of simple objects, and testing their physical limits both indoors and out. Inside, one room transformed into a bustling construction zone and obstacle course. Soft play blocks, bouncy toys, cushions and bean bags were used to build magnificent, cosy forts. Our indoor sensory

Thursday’s trip to the park included parachute games. We practiced lifting the giant parachute high into the sky to catch the wind, making a big dome, and pretended to camp underneath it. Back at pre-school, the children transformed the outdoor area by painting the garden walls with their hands, trimming the hedges, mixing up batches

Abbotsbury Explorers, Roy Lancaster, and the gardening team from Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens officially opened the Lancaster’s Hut on Monday. The new children’s trail inspired by real-life plant explorer Roy Lancaster. We followed Lancaster The Explorer on an exciting journey around the gardens, discovering fascinating plants from across the globe. Along the way, the children enjoyed