The children will be taking part in age-appropriate activities linked to the NSPCC's Pantosaurus campaign. Through stories, songs, and discussions, they will learn about privacy, personal boundaries, staying safe, and speaking to trusted adults if they are worried. 💚

Today we will be celebrating two exciting events!

🦧 The children will learn about orangutans and the importance of protecting their rainforest homes through stories, crafts, and animal-themed activities.

📸 To celebrate World Photography Day, the children will have lots of fun taking selfies, photographs of their friends, and pictures around the nursery while learning how to safely use the nursery iPads with adult support. We'll explore how cameras work and encourage the children to capture their favourite moments throughout the day.

Today is a very special day as our Deputy Manager, Jess, gets married! 💍 We would like to wish Jess and her new husband a lifetime of love and happiness together.

We will also be celebrating Katie's birthday at nursery with lots of singing, smiles, and birthday fun throughout the day. 🥳

The children will take part in simple, age-appropriate activities to introduce the importance of staying safe when using technology. We will also be learning alongside Techosaurus, the NSPCC's friendly dinosaur, who helps teach young children about using technology safely and talking to trusted adults if they are ever worried. 💚

The children will enjoy celebrating our four-legged friends through stories, crafts, role play, and discussions about caring for pets. 🐾

Communication is for everyone! To celebrate Makaton International Awareness Day, the children will enjoy taking part in fun activities that introduce them to Makaton through play, stories, and music. Throughout the day, we will be learning some new signs together, singing Makaton songs, and exploring how Makaton can help everyone communicate and understand one another. We use Makaton regularly within the nursery to help support communication and inclusion, and we look forward to celebrating the wonderful difference it can make for so many children and families. 💙✨

A gentle reminder that the nursery will be closed on Monday 31st August for the Summer Bank Holiday.

We hope all of our families enjoy a lovely long weekend, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back on Tuesday 1st September. ☀️🌼

We’re starting September with a little bit of magic! ✨ The children will be getting involved in some magical Harry Potter-inspired activities, including making their very own potions 🧪, experimenting with different ingredients and using their imaginations to create plenty of spells and magic!

We would LOVE for everyone to get involved with dressing up! 🧙‍♂️ If your child has any Harry Potter clothing or costumes at home, they are very welcome to wear them. Alternatively, they could come dressed as a witch, wizard or anything magical! 🧹🪄✨ Please don’t feel that you need to purchase anything especially for the day – dressing up is completely optional and the children will have lots of magical fun either way! 💫

Today we will be celebrating Pantosaurus Day! 🦖 The children will take part in fun, age-appropriate activities based around the NSPCC’s Pantosaurus message, helping them to begin learning about keeping their bodies safe, understanding that their body belongs to them and knowing they can always speak to a trusted adult. We’ll be using stories, songs, discussions and activities to introduce these important messages in a positive and child-friendly way. 🦖💚

We also have another very special reason to celebrate today – Shannon has been part of the St Andrew’s family for 7 YEARS! 🎉💙🐻 We’ll be celebrating this wonderful milestone with Shannon and thanking her for everything she has brought to the nursery over the past seven years. Happy 7-year anniversary, Shannon! 🥳7️⃣💐

Today we will be celebrating National Wildlife Day! 🐾🌍 The children will be exploring the wonderful wildlife that lives all around us, from birds and butterflies to insects and woodland animals. 🦋🐞 We’ll be heading outdoors to see what wildlife we can spot in our gardens, looking for mini-beasts, exploring natural materials and talking about the different animals and creatures that share our environment. 🌳🔍 We’ll also be thinking about some of the simple ways we can help to look after wildlife and be kind to our planet. 💚🌎

Today we will be focusing on all things teeth and healthy smiles! 🦷✨ The children will be learning about why it is important to look after our teeth, how to brush them properly, which foods and drinks help to keep our teeth healthy and what happens when we visit the dentist. 🪥🍎🥛 We’ll be making this fun and interactive with lots of age-appropriate activities and opportunities for the children to practise their toothbrushing skills. 😁💙

We would also love to welcome a special visitor! 🦷 If any of our parents, carers or families know a dentist, dental nurse or other dental professional who may be willing to visit the nursery and talk to the children about looking after their teeth, please let us know. We would absolutely love to hear from you! 🪥👩‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️💙

National Read a Book Day officially takes place on 6th September, but we’ll be bringing the celebrations into nursery on Tuesday alongside International Literacy Day! 📖💙 We’ll be celebrating our love of stories with lots of reading, storytelling and book-themed activities throughout the day. The children will be encouraged to share their favourite stories, talk about the characters they love and enjoy books together with their friends. 📚🐻🌟

We would love for the children to come to nursery dressed as their favourite book character! 🧙‍♀️👸🦸🐛 Whether they choose The Gruffalo, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Paddington Bear, a superhero, a princess or another much-loved character, we can’t wait to see who arrives at nursery! Dressing up is completely optional, and there is no need to purchase anything especially for the day. 📖🥰

Today we will be celebrating National Teddy Bear Day! 🧸 The children are invited to bring their favourite teddy bear or cuddly friend into nursery to join us for a special teddy bear picnic! 🧺🍓 We’ll enjoy stories, songs, games and teddy-themed activities throughout the day before settling down together for our picnic. Please make sure that any teddies brought into nursery are clearly labelled with your child’s name so we can make sure everyone goes home with the right cuddly friend! 🧸🏷️💕

We’ll also be celebrating a very special milestone as Katie has been part of the St Andrew’s family for 4 years! 🎉💙 We’ll be marking the occasion with Katie and thanking her for everything she has brought to the nursery over the past four years. Happy 4-year anniversary, Katie! 🥳4️⃣🐻

Today we will be learning about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year! 🍎🍯 The children will have opportunities to explore this special celebration through age-appropriate stories, creative activities and discussions about celebrations, traditions and new beginnings. We’ll also explore some of the symbols associated with Rosh Hashanah, including apples and honey, which represent hopes for a sweet new year. ✨🍏🐝

We’ll also be celebrating a very special milestone for Molly, who has now been part of the St Andrew’s family for 3 years! 🥳💙🐻 We’ll be celebrating with Molly and thanking her for all of her hard work, care and everything she brings to our nursery. Happy 3-year anniversary, Molly! 🎉3️⃣💐

Today we will be kicking off our Recycle Week celebrations! ♻️ The children will be learning about why recycling is important and how we can all help to look after our planet. 🌎💚 We’ll be exploring which items can be recycled, practising sorting different materials into the correct recycling bins and getting creative by turning recyclable materials into something new! 📦🧴📰✨

Throughout the week, we’ll continue encouraging the children to think about reducing waste, reusing items and recycling wherever we can, helping them understand that even our smallest actions can make a big difference to our world! 🌱♻️🐻

We have something extra special planned for our Preschool children today! We will be welcoming Mini First Aid into the nursery to deliver a fun and age-appropriate first aid session, run by Freddie’s Wish – a charity that is very close to our hearts. 💚 The Mini First Aid Early Years programme is specifically designed for children aged 3–6 and introduces children to what happens when someone gets hurt, how a grown-up might help, and important skills such as knowing how to call 999 in an emergency.

We think this will be such a valuable experience for our Preschoolers, giving them an opportunity to learn important life skills while building their confidence around what to do if somebody needs help. 🧸🩹🚑 We’re really looking forward to welcoming Freddie’s Wish and seeing our little first aiders get involved! 💚

Today we will be focusing on internet safety and introducing the children to some simple ways they can stay safe when using tablets, phones and other technology. 📱💻 We’ll be using Techosaurus 🦖 to help make these important messages fun and age-appropriate, encouraging the children to understand that if they ever see or hear something online that makes them feel worried, confused or uncomfortable, they should always tell a trusted grown-up. 💙🔒

Through stories, discussions and activities, we’ll explore using technology safely, asking a grown-up for help and beginning to understand that not everything we see online is suitable for us. Our aim is to start building positive and safe digital habits from an early age! 🦖📱✨

We have two exciting celebrations to enjoy today! 🐾 We’ll be learning all about the wonderful red panda, exploring where they live, what they eat and why it is so important that we help protect endangered animals and their habitats. 🌳🍃🐼 The children will have lots of opportunities to get creative with red panda-themed activities while learning more about the amazing animals that share our planet. 🌍❤️

We’ll also be getting into the spirit of Talk Like a Pirate Day! 🏴‍☠️⚓ “Arrrgh!” We would love for the children to come dressed as pirates for the day if they would like to join in! We’ll be searching for treasure, exploring maps, getting involved in pirate-themed adventures and, of course, practising our very best pirate voices! 🗺️💰🦜 Dressing up is completely optional, and there is no need to purchase anything especially for the day. 🏴‍☠️✨

Today we will be learning about Yom Kippur, an important day in the Jewish faith. ✡️ We’ll introduce the children to the celebration in an age-appropriate way, focusing on themes such as saying sorry, forgiveness, kindness and thinking about how our actions can affect others. 💛 We’ll use stories, conversations and creative activities to help the children explore these ideas together.

We’ll also be celebrating International Day of Peace! 🕊️🌍 The children will be thinking about what peace means to them and exploring friendship, kindness and caring for one another. We’ll encourage lots of lovely discussions about how we can make our nursery a happy and peaceful place by using kind words, helping our friends and including everyone. 🤝💕🌈

Today we will be learning all about keeping our beaches, oceans and environment clean! 🌊🐚 The children will explore what can happen when litter is left on beaches or finds its way into the sea and how this can affect marine animals and wildlife. 🐢🐟🦀 We’ll be bringing the beach clean to St Andrew’s with fun, hands-on activities where the children can practise spotting, collecting and sorting pretend litter, as well as thinking about recycling and the simple things we can all do to look after our planet. 🗑️♻️💚

We’ll be encouraging our little environmental champions to remember that even though we may be small, we can all make a big difference! 🌍💙✨

Today we will be welcoming the beginning of autumn! 🍂 The children will be exploring the changes we can see happening around us as the seasons change, from leaves changing colour and falling from the trees to cooler weather and the different things we might find outdoors. 🍁🌳 We’ll be getting creative with autumnal activities, exploring natural materials and heading into our gardens to see what signs of autumn we can spot! 🔍🍃🦔

We’ll also be celebrating International Day of Sign Languages! 🤟💙 Communication comes in many different forms, and today we’ll be encouraging the children to explore this through signs, gestures and visual communication. We’ll practise some familiar signs together and celebrate the different ways that people can communicate, helping our children understand the importance of inclusion and making sure everyone has a voice. 🥰🤟🌈

Today we will be celebrating World Gorilla Day! 🦍 The children will be learning all about these incredible animals, exploring where gorillas live, what they like to eat, how they communicate and what life is like within a gorilla family. 🍌🌿 We’ll be getting involved in lots of gorilla-themed activities, movement and creative play while discovering some amazing gorilla facts! 🦍💚

We’ll also be talking about why gorillas need our help and introducing the importance of protecting endangered animals and their natural habitats. 🌳🌍 We can’t wait to see our little explorers learning more about one of the world’s most fascinating animals! 🔍🦍✨

Today we’ll be getting creative for National Doodle Day! ✏️🎨 The children will have lots of opportunities to let their imaginations take over, creating their own doodles, pictures and masterpieces using a variety of different mark-making materials. 🖍️✨ There are no right or wrong ways to doodle – we want the children to have fun, express their ideas and see where their creativity takes them! 🌈💭

We’ll also be celebrating International Rabbit Day! 🐰🥕 The children will be learning all about rabbits, including what they eat, where they live, how they move and how we can care for them. We’ll enjoy rabbit-themed stories, activities and plenty of hopping around too! 🐇🌿💚

Today we will be celebrating the wonderful variety of languages spoken across Europe and within our own nursery community! 🌍💙 The children will have opportunities to listen to different languages, learn some simple words and greetings, explore songs and stories, and discover that people around the world communicate in lots of different ways. 👋

We would love our families to get involved too! 🥰 If your family speaks another language at home, please feel free to share some simple words, phrases, songs or stories with us that we can introduce to the children. It’s a lovely opportunity to celebrate the different languages and cultures that make our nursery community so special! 🌈🌍💬

Today we’ll be celebrating World Heart Day and raising money for the British Heart Foundation! ❤️ We would love for all of our children and staff to come to nursery wearing something red 🔴 and, if families would like to, make a small donation to support the charity and its life-saving work. Every donation is completely voluntary, and there is no need to purchase anything special for the day. ❤️

Throughout the day, the children will be learning about our amazing hearts, exploring what they do, listening to their heartbeats and discovering some of the ways we can help keep our hearts healthy, such as being active, eating a balanced diet and looking after our bodies. 🫀🏃‍♀️🍎 We’ll have lots of heart-themed activities too! ❤️🎨

We’ll be finishing September by celebrating friendship, kindness and what it means to be a good friend! 🥰 The children will take part in activities encouraging them to think about how we can make our friends feel happy and included, from sharing and taking turns to using kind words, helping one another and noticing when somebody might need a friend. 🤝💕🌟

We’ll be celebrating all of the wonderful friendships that have grown across our nursery and reminding the children that everyone is different, everyone should feel included, and a little bit of kindness can make a very big difference! 🐻💙🌈