Date posted: 22/05/17
Burgess Hill Nursery are excited to be going to the Teddy Bears’ Picnic on Wednesday 7th June 2017 at St. John’s Park hosted by the West Sussex County Council and Sure Start Children’s Centre. Come and see Mrs Roberts, Nursery Manager and her team – they can’t wait to meet you. They will be showing
Date posted: 12/05/17
This week we’ve started practicing to perfect all the skills needed for our sports day in July. We are using one of our many open spaces available to us in the grounds of the school. This is our favourite running track, behind one of the boarding houses.
Date posted: 12/05/17
We are so excited because today our baby caterpillars arrived in the post! We are going to be watching their transformation into butterflies over the next few weeks. We will make sure you have regular updates.
Date posted: 20/04/17
Children generally associate books with the warmth and security of snuggling comfortably with a caring adult who shares the mutually enjoyable experience of hearing a favoured story. Therefore books are soon associated with affection, comfort and entertainment. When children join Nursery settings, shared book experiences provide useful social interactions. The correlation is perfect; the more
Date posted: 20/04/17
Easter activities were a great opportunity for the children in the Nursery to get creative and explore the beginnings of creating patterns. When children understand what makes a pattern, how to copy patterns and how to make their own, this not only enhances their understanding of maths in other areas but also their experiences of
Date posted: 29/03/17
At Nursery the children have access to a large variety of props: This week we provided Hedgehogs class with a doctor’s kit, beds and dolls and left the children to explore! In hedgehogs class the children are just emerging from parallel play (playing alongside each other) to engaging with each other in meaningful play, so
Date posted: 27/03/17
In honour of Red Nose Day the children in the Nursery brought in donations to buy red noses and to dress in red. We had discussions as to why they were gifting money and about families less fortunate than ourselves who need extra support. For Red Nose Fun we had a ‘games day’. The children
Date posted: 10/03/17
Spring is definitely in full swing here at Burgess Hill Nursery. We used our home made binoculars as we explored our wonderful grounds and searched high and low for buds, daffodils, birds, blossom and many more wonders of nature!
Date posted: 10/03/17
Every week in the nursery, we focus on a different number and practice recognising it in our environment. We also learn that it has a value by playing games, doing number activities and puzzles, both indoors and outdoors. We also practice how to write the number as part of our handwriting practice.
Date posted: 08/03/17
During the February Half Term, our all year round Nursery children went on a trip to visit our local Waitrose store, where we had an educational talk all about where our lovely fruits and vegetables grow. We learnt that most of our fruit grows in the southern hemisphere and that ‘Billy the Banana’, after having