Defibrilator Evening
On the 13th of July we held a fundraising evening to highlight the addition of the new defibrillator mounted to the exterior of the nursery and to raise funds for the British heart foundation, we had a very informative evening with a talk from Bernard on the use of the defibrillator and the need to use CPR and how to gain access to the device itself.
A total of £503.00 was raised through a raffle and a cake sale.
Easter.
This week we have been preparing for the Easter break, the children have been making chocolate cornflake nests complete with eggs, drawing lots of pictures of chickens, bunnies and eggs, the tuff trays have also been full of easter themes, again chicks and eggs dominating their play, today they had dark brown playdough looked quite a bit like chocolate, none tried eating it though.
St Patrick’s Day 2023
Every year on 17 March, millions of people across the world celebrate Saint Patrick – Ireland’s patron saint. We celebrated St Patrick’s Day by making Shamrocks, Irish flags and introducing new festival related words such as ‘Ireland’ ‘shamrock’ and revisiting the term ‘saint’.
Holi 8th March 2023
Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates spring, love, and new life. It’s a colourful festival, with dancing, singing and throwing of powder paint and coloured water. Holi is also known as the “festival of colours”. To celebrate Holi this year we had our dance teacher Zena come in and we danced with our brightly coloured ribbons. We made Rangoli art using bright coloured pens and shared a circle time discussing this festival.
St David’s Day 2023
St David is the patron saint of Wales and he is celebrated on the 1st March. To mark the day, Welsh people around the world wear one or both of Wales’s national emblems – a daffodil or a leek. This year we celebrated by making Daffodils and flags, whilst learning new words such as ‘saint’, ‘festival’ and ‘wales’. We share group circle times with discussions and many crafts.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
(dee-the goil De-wi ha-peece)
Happy St David’s Day
World Book day 2023
The aim of it is to celebrate authors, books, illustrators and – of course – reading!
This year we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up in fancy dress and donating money to the Crackerjack Charity. Crackerjacks is a children’s charity, committed to offering help and assistance to any child, or their family in the United Kingdom, who suffer from a disability. We raised £54, so thank you to everyone who took part and donated.
Pancake Day 2023
Pancake Day is also known as Shrove Tuesday, it happens on a different day every year to mark the start of the Christian festival of Lent. The tradition comes from families using up all ingredients in their cupboards so that they can start Lent the next day. We celebrated by doing a pancake race and eating yummy pancakes at snack time. We had fruit with our pancakes, what did you have?
Chinese New Year 2023
This week we have celebrated Chinese New Year. This new year celebration is also called Lunar New Year and celebrated also as Spring Festival. The first month of the new lunar year starts according to the Chinese calendar on 25 January 2020. During this celebration people wish each other good luck, happiness and wealth for the new year. ‘Gong Xi Fa Cai’ means ‘Have a prosperous new year’. To celebrate at the Nursery/Preschool we decorated red envelopes as this is seen as a lucky colour, made spring rolls and Zena (Our Dane and Movement Teacher) helped us to perform a Dragon Dance. please see our photos from the week below.
January Parents Evening 2023
Thank you to the parents that were able to attend Parents Evening on Tuesday 24th January. It is such a great opportunity to have all staff available for parents to catch up with their key person, look through the children’s profile and discuss future Next steps. We have now updated the website with a new ‘Term dates’ section and a ‘Menu’ section which was given as feedback from the questionnaires. A massive thank you to all our parents who continue to work in such a close partnership with us.
Christmas 2023
Christmas is a Christian holy day that marks the birth of Jesus, who Christians believe to be the Son of God.Christmas is celebrated each year on 25 December (7 January for Orthodox Christians). This year we celebrated by singing Christmas Carols to our parents and dancing to a popular Christmas song. We even had a surprise visit from Father Christmas! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2020, Love the Chesfield Team
Halloween 2022
October 31st is when Halloween is celebrated. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. For Halloween this year we enjoyed a special dance session by our Dance and Movement teacher Zena. Can you move like a monster and howl like a wolf? We can!