As part of mental health week, we have spent more time outdoors exploring nature! Spending time outdoors is proven to support positive mental health and allows children to develop self confidence, independence and self esteem. Children also become aware of limits, boundaries and challenge in their p
Look out! When children arrived at nursery this week at Marston Green, one of our favourite story characters Supertato and his friends were missing! Evil Pea had written the children a letter saying he had captured all of the vegetables! We needed to act fast, there was no time to waste! We had to r
At Shard End, staff were set a challenge by their manager to develop an area of choice in the setting. Pre School staff noticed that children in their room loved having access to water. They had been experimenting with different resources, using the outside tap to fill and pour water in the garden.
At Marston Green, staff have been using their imagination and creating exciting environments for the children. With engaging environments like these, staff can sit back and observe children use their imagination to play independently and alongside others. Children learn best when they are focussed a
At Little Scallywags, we want to encourage and promote the love of reading. We understand over Lockdown it’s been hard to keep our little ones entertained. You may have exhausted every toy and book in the house and are looking for ideas how to engage your children. We are able to share a varie
Staff and children at our West Heath setting have extended on children’s interests this week and changed their role play area to ‘Doctors and Nurses’. With the NHS becoming so familiar to children over the past few months, children are continuing to ask questions and show an intere
Theres been lots of focus on our environments over the lockdown period – particularly at our Marston Green setting. Following on from the nurseries ‘Focussed Improvement Plan’ at the beginning of the year, we collected staff, children and parent ideas to create a ‘Development
We understand that after such a long time away from nursery, children and parents are understandably going to be slightly nervous about returning. Children who may have left confident could feel slightly shy – after all, they have grown up a lot since leaving us in March and may have forgotte
It’s time to say goodbye, our year has come to an end. We’ve made more cherished memories, and many more new friends. We’ve watched your children learn and grow, and change from day to day. We hope that all the things we’ve done, have helped in some small way. So its with hap
Over the past few months, and after several new restrictions after COVID19, Little Scallywags have taken the necessary precautions to ensure new parents get the opportunity to fully see all of our settings! Each setting has created their very own ‘Virtual tour’ of the nursery to send to