Club

The past couple of weeks has been a busy time and an often very confusing one . . . . . to say the least. The Government has published many dozens of Guides for all areas of industry and commerce and many apply to us.  The most recent specialist Guide is this one: coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures It…

Read More Responding to Events – Keyworkers – Fees – Childcare Arrangements – Club – The Future

If you’ve been looking at the posts on this site you could be forgiven for thinking nothing’s been happening at the Nursery since September! Nothing could be further from the truth. The New BuildingIt has been manic trying to sort out our new building; Katherine and Rachel have been coordinating with Ros, who has been…

Read More What’s happening?

Summer’s on its way! Honest!Well, Summer Club that is. Club will be opening its doors for the Summer on Wednesday 24 July and they’ll stay open until Friday 30 August (but not on Bank Holiday Monday, 26 August).Brittany and Lydia will be back for their third year in a row and one of my lovely…

Read More Book now for Summer Club

Easter Club 2019 Over the Easter holiday the children coming to Club, along with a few older members of the nursery, took part in a host of Easter themed crafts and activities to get into the celebratory spirit. We started by making sure the room was looking festive and full of springtime colours. We made…

Read More Overrun by rabbits!

On Monday 8th April we’ll be welcoming back a horde of familiar faces in the Club Room. I’ll be cowering in my office in the corner! No, really, it’s a joy to hear them all enjoying themselves. And they do! My Nursery colleagues make big efforts to plan interesting, challenging and pleasurable things for them…

Read More Easter Club – Book Now!

One of the great things about Club is the amount of effort our team puts into making it interesting and enjoyable for the children.  This year’s Autumn Club, ably led by Susie and gamely supported by Alice (who definitely has a creative bent!), set to work on this:- Is it Art?  You betcha!  I think…

Read More What is Art?

Peter Pan flew into Club this Summer! The running theme throughout the summer was J M Barrie’s famous story.  Children were encouraged to immerse themselves in the adventures of Wendy, John and Michael, Tiger Lily, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys and, of course, the evil Captain Hook. They produced back drops, pictures, models (including real…

Read More Peter Pan finds Lost Boys

It’s been a couple of months since my last post – no news is good news? Well, there hasn’t been a great deal to talk about really. Travis Perkins has been knocking seven bells out of the site next door.  It has been noisy, but they put up a sound barrier for us and supplied…

Read More Silence is Golden

A warm welcome back to all the ‘old’ boys and girls who are attending Club over the next fortnight.  They’ll spend the Easter Holiday with us and get the chance to catch up with old friends while pursuing all sorts of specially prepared activities.

Read More Club News