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Pride Celebration

Thu 24 Jun 2021 Cherubins team

On Thursday the 24th the children and staff had a wonderful time at the Pride party, the children made pride cup cakes using a variety of bright coloured icing and topped with multi coloured sprinkles, orange and lemon segments, smarties and fruits.

The children listened to multicultural music and danced the day away filling their little bellies with delightful treats and yummy foods. Some children’s room created handprint rainbows and others made badges ‘love is love’ this is the message for all, and the children learned that we should love and treat every human being with the same respect. And to never judge others for who they choose to love, the colour of their skin, their religion or cultural beliefs.

'Our Chickens have Arrived'

Fri 14 May 2021 Cherubins team

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you all to the newest members of our Cherubins family, who will be joining Rosie the rabbit. We have just brought back three beautiful and inquisitive chickens. They have yet to be named and would like to ask you all to maybe take a couple of minutes to sit with your child/ren to write down some names for our chickens. Please write the chosen names down and bring back to us in the morning or afternoon whenever is convenient to you and we will pick the names out of a hat, these will be chosen names.

We have a gated section outside called ‘Pet corner’ and we are hoping that the children will help care of all our furry friends

The children have been aware of the arrival of the chickens and have been learning within their group rooms what chickens can eat and foods that should be avoided; they have learned that chickens will not start laying eggs until they reach 16-20 weeks.

We are all looking forward to the first chicken egg this will definitely be put to good use; some suggestions are “chocolate cake, cup cakes”.

Our goal for the pet corner is for our children to understand such things as to care for animals and to be kind to living creatures. The many rewards that come from being kind to all living things, not just each other.

Also that food such as ‘eggs’ do not just come from Tesco! Or the ‘fridge’. Over the next coming weeks we will also be introducing a compost bale so that we can reduce the nursery waste, developing the children’s understanding of the importance of caring for our planet for generations to come!!!

The Very Hungry Caterpiller picnic

Thu 29 Apr 2021 Cherubins team

The children in saffron room(2-3 years) have been reading the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. This is their focus book of the fortnight; the staff and children have been reading the story book, using props from the stories and a variaty of other fun filled activties. The Room have planned a teddy bears picnic based around the Hungry caterpillar. This event will take place on the Wednesday the 5th May 2021 in the morning from 10am. The children and staff will set up this outside in the garden with picnic blankets and their very own favourite teddy bear from home.

The children and teddy bears will be eating like the “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” at the picnic, trying treats such as Swiss cheese, Plums, Strawberries, oranges, apples, watermelon, pears, cherry tarts, chocolate cake, ice cream cones, lollies, pickles, sausages (chicken) and cup cakes.

Over the next couple of weeks the nursery will be receiving the very own caterpillars, for the children to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. The children will see the wonder of how they grow from an egg to a caterpillar and then a beautiful butterfly for all group rooms.

Spring 2021 trip to Godstone Farm

Mon 26 Apr 2021 Cherubins team

Dear Parents,

I would like to say that we are in the process of planning a trip to the fabulous Godstone Farm for all rooms. After being in lockdown for 1 whole year and going slightly stir crazy. It will be lovely to be in the great outdoors being free to roam around and explore, to see all the new life and more furry friends.

If you have not yet received the email with permission slip attached please collect one at the main door when collecting or dropping. As soon as we have all the permission slips, a time table with room/children and allocated adults, will be placed on the front door.

All meals will be provided for all children that attend taking in to consideration the individual child/rens dietary needs. A detailed risk assessment will be completed by management before attending. If you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to call or email.

Lot’s of photos will be taken of the children throughout their time at the farm and will be published on our website please check back........... watch this space!!!!!!!!

Easter egg Hunt (Thursday 1st April 2021)

Tue 23 Mar 2021 Cherubins team

'Great news' I have been on the carrot phone and had a chat to the Easter Bunny. I have asked him if he is hopping through to visit the children and drop of some yummy chocolalatey eggs, In exchange for some deliciously vibrant orange carrots.

The children will also have a fun filled day, joining in with a wide range of spring activties and trying our Easter menu.

Spring and new life is upon us!

Tue 23 Mar 2021 Cherubins team

Wonderful spring is upon us, were the wonder of life for most animals begins. The staff team and I at cherubins are over joyed to inform our families that the children will be welcoming a new furry friend, a little bouncing bunny Rabbit from next week(29th March 2021).

As you can Imagine the children are very excited for the new arrival and have been coming up with a variety of names for the little one. The children are looking foward to caring and getting to know their furry friend.

The bunny will be placed outside in the garden in a gated area so that the children will be supervised at all times when caring and handling their furry friend. Over the coming weeks we are hoping to add to our new extended animal family, to encourage children to build and extend on their learning and devlopment. "Can you guess what we will be getting next??"

As part of the 'EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE' guildlines for children learning and development, there is an emphasis on Understanding the world.

8-20 months links;

Closely observes what animals, people and vehicles do.

22-36 months links;

Notices detailed features of objects in their environment.

30-50 months links;

Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.

Can talk about some of the things they have observed such as plants, animals, natural and found objects.

Talks about why things happen and how things work.

Developing an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time.

Shows care and concern for living things and the environment.

40-60+ months links;

Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change

Recycling theme 15th Febuary 2021- 26th March 2021

Thu 04 Mar 2021 Cherubins team

Lewisham's children and Staff have had a fun filled time learning about recycling!

looking at sorting and learning what happens to all our waste, the children have been taking part in sorting diffrent waste matirals into the correct bags and box's. watching sort clips/videos about landfills and what affect our waste has on the enviroment as a whole.

Stargazers and Jasmine had fun removing all the toys from their rooms and giving the children the opportunity to explore recycling materials such as bottles, boxes, packets, tubes and lots more. They had a fantastic time climbing inside the boxes, filling boxes with smaller boxes and tubs, their box play house, painting on bubble wrap, making a wheel barrow from a box, and mark making using the paint pens to doodle on the cardboard that had been placed on the windows/floors.

Throughout the whole nursery the children have created junk modling robots, cars, play house, wheel barrow and dump trucks.

Our Winter Theme

Mon 16 Nov 2020 Cherubins team

The children have had a fantasic time exploring a variety of fun filled activities. Learing about how the weather changes and what happens within the winter period. Such as the leaves falling from the trees and that sometime we have faboulas fluffy snow which can sometimes make crunching sounds under your feet. Looking at diffrent clothes suitable for the winter season and of course learning about'Christmas' and most of all 'Santa'.

The children will also be learning about diffrent cultural festivals such as Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Broadening their little minds, to what makes us diffrent.