Nursery
Kindergarten Enjoy the Benefits of Forest School
This half term our Kindergarten class have had a fabulous time in their new Forest School lessons each week! Thanks to the fantastic weather we have been having, we have been exploring our outdoor area and field and searching for natural resources for our activities. We have created our own pictures using leaves and foliage…
Early Learners Transition Event
Our Early Learners Transition Event was held early this month, to help children in our Little Learners and Explorers classes (age 2-3) prepare for the move up to the Early Learners class, which is our top year of Nursery. The children and some parents enjoyed a taste of the small groups and specialist teaching in…
Early Learners Summer Concert
This year in the Early Learners the children have acted out the story of ‘What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside‘ for their summer concert. We started by reading the story to the children in March and then began the rehearsals at the start of April. The children worked really hard to learn all their…
Early Learners Celebrate King’s Coronation and Explore History at Brampton Museum
The Early Learners have had a very busy month this month celebrating the King’s Coronation and visiting the Brampton Museum to learn about the 850th Anniversary of the charter of the borough of Newcastle under Lyme. We took part in a Coronation Scavenger Hunt to look for the new King and joined the big family…
Parent Survey Results 2023 – Edenhurst Nursery
Our 2023 Parent Survey results are in! They show that the parent community are very satisfied with life at Edenhurst Nursery, with the vast majority of parents describing the nursery as happy, friendly and nurturing with a focus on providing the very best learning experience for all the children in its care. There is a…
Early Learners & Reception Forest School Event
Earlier this week, Early Learners and Reception took part in a fabulous Forest School induction event. The afternoon was led by our Reception teacher and Early Years specialist, Mrs Bartholomew, and provided an opportunity for children to enjoy a Forest School taster lesson to aid their transition to Reception. Some parents also came along to…
Nursery Host Mother’s Day Stay & Play
For Mother’s Day this year, each Nursery room welcomed lots of Mummies, Aunties and Grannies for a special Stay and Play session recently. The Babies had a fun time gluing and sticking with their mummies and emptying and filling pink pots with pasta. They also enjoyed reading a story with their special person. The Toddlers…
French in Early Learners & Reception
Through this Hilary term, Reception and Early Learners have been looking at the classic tale of Handa’s Surprise in French – ‘La Surprise de Handa’. Children have been learning all the French words for the African animals that feature through the tale and the seven different fruits that they sneak from Handa’s basket. To conclude…
Nursery Squiggle While You Wiggle!
The Explorers and Little Learners (age 2-3) have started a new exciting programme this month called Squiggle While You Wiggle! The Squiggle Early Learning Programme is a developmental approach designed specially for the early years and encourages the early stages of mark making and physical development used in writing when the children are older. The…
Little Eden Awards Launch
We launched an exciting new scheme in January for children in our Early Learners and Reception classes – the Little Eden Awards. Similar to the Mini Duke Awards, the Little Eden Awards have been designed to introduce the children to different challenges throughout their time in the Early Years Department at Edenhurst. These 18 activities…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
