Strawberry picking

We picked some of our strawberries today and the children were able to eat them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!

Adam is 3 today! Hope you have had a lovely day with your mummy. See you tomorrow! xx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICE!!!!!! XXX

Happy birthday to our beautiful daughter Alice - 15 today!

We can't believe how fast the time has gone; it doesn't seem that long ago she was a tiny baby. Make the most of the time you get to spend with your children as they are only young for such a short time!

Menu, week beginning 28th June

Monday - Sausage, mash and vegetables
Tuesday - Chicken and pasta in tomato and cheese sauce
Wednesday - Spaghetti bolognaise
Thursday - Fish pie with broccoli and cauliflower
Friday - Chicken casserole and rice

Lots of outdoor play

It's been another beautiful day, albeit a little cloudy this morning.

The children have played outside and have been involved in role-play games such as shops, schools and riding on trains!

Ofsted report May 2010

I have put a link to our report in the link box at the left of the page.

Hope you have all enjoyed reading it!

Teddy Bear week - Thank you.....

....to you all for donating money for Action Medical Research. Altogether, you donated £11 and we will make it up to £15 to send to the charity :-).

The children really enjoyed spending time with the teddies and our new addition (Winston Bear) had a great time with us this weekend watching Green Day at Wembley and seeing the sights of London.

He will be going home with one of the children this weekend.

Water, water everywhere!!

The children have had a great day playing with the water. They have been pouring, using funnels, playing with the water wheels, using little squirty animals and using an old trigger bottle to wet anything and everything! We dressed them in 'sun suits' so it didn't matter how wet they got!

Menu - week beginning 21st June

Monday - Chicken fried rice
Tuesday - Pasta bolognaise
Wednesday - Roast ham dinner
Thursday - Home made pizza
Friday - Beef casserole and mashed potato

Just a quick photo of Charlotte before her prom

Fun in the sun!

We've had a lovely week this week. The weather has been beautiful and the children have spent most of their time in the garden.

We have made cards for Fathers' Day and done some chalking on the patio.

We've had lots of fun with our teddies and one of them really didn't want to go back to his home in our loft, so has asked if he can stay and play. His name is Winston and he is very special! He would like to go home with one of the children each weekend and has a diary which he would love to write in to let us know what he's been up to with that child. He is coming away with William this weekend - we're going to London on Saturday so I'm sure he will write all about it.

We hope you all enjoyed reading our Ofsted report (if you've had chance yet!). I know it's quite long, but we would really appreciate it if you could find time to have a look. Once it is published on the website I will post a link.

We're on holiday tomorrow (Friday) as it's Charlotte's prom. I will post a photo of her when I get chance.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday.

Teddy Bears' picnic

We had a great time today!

We made teddy bear biscuits which the children and the teddies ate for their picnic. We sang lots of songs, including

'Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear' and 'Teddy Bears' Picnic', as well as 'Old MacDonald' and lots more.

The children played with the teddies outside as well as inside, pushing them in the prams, on the swings and just generally having a fun time!

More of the same tomorrow!

The teddies are waiting..........

They are all lined up ready to greet the children in the morning. They are really excited and looking forward to their picnic!

Don't forget teddies!!

We're having teddy bear picnics on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, so please try and remember your teddies!

Menu - week beginning June 14th

Monday - Corned beef hash
Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognaise
Wednesday - Cheesy turkey and ham pasta
Thursday - Chicken curry and rice
Friday - HOLIDAY

'Are we human or are we hamsters?'

That was what one child was singing today to the tune of the song by Killers. It made us both laugh!!!!! The children certainly do make us laugh ;-).

Goodbye David xxxx

We said 'goodbye' to David today. He is leaving us for pastures new and we hope that he really enjoys his new setting.

Lots of role-play

The children had lots of fun with the role-play toys today. They played with the dolls, making them dinner and drinks and this photo shows them playing at 'hairdressers'.

We also read 'Paddington Bear' as an introduction to 'Bring your Bear' month. We will be including a lot of 'bear' activities during the month and a letter will be going out this week about a special 'Bring your Bear' day, to raise money for Action Medical Research.

Menu week beginning June 7th (sorry it's late)

Wednesday - Spaghetti bolognaise
Thursday - Fish pie with broccoli and cauliflower
Friday - Chicken casserole and rice