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Across the nursery the children have participated in activities for Remembrance Day. Main nursery had their own parade where they laid their poppies they had made, they listened to the Last Post song as well as watching a short video about Remembrance day.

Main nursery have been celebrating Diwali, they have created their own rangoli patterns using coloured rice, drawing around their hands for mendhi patterns, as well as exploring coloured rice. For bonfire night, we spoke about fireworks, created their own fireworks, learning about how to stay safe around fireworks. The children also had the experience of holding a sparkler.

It was the sunflowers Halloween party today!
We had the big screen and the children got to do some dancing, for snack time they all enjoyed their party snack together on the veranda!
They all looked spooky in their costumes!

We have also celebrated Halloween with a range of activities in the provision such as hammering pumpkins, painting with apples, making potions, cutting and sticking, spooky play dough and even Halloween dress up! The children have enjoyed exploring these activities during free flow!

On Friday, we also celebrated with a party! The children enjoyed games, dancing and even some special party food! We had such fun!

We had a wonderful day at our Pumpkin Patch Stay and Play! It was fantastic to see so many of our children and their families exploring the outdoors and getting involved in all of our seasonal activities.

There were lots of lovely things to enjoy — from potion making and using pipettes to create pumpkin shapes with water and cotton pads, to painting pumpkins with brushes and sponges, and even washing pumpkins in our very own pumpkin washing station! The children showed such great curiosity and creativity throughout the session. ✨

Thank you to everyone who joined us — it was a lovely day filled with learning, laughter, and a little autumn magic! Here’s a few photos that were captured during the event, enjoy!

We held our Pumpkin Patch event, and it was such a fantastic evening! It was wonderful to welcome our children and their families into nursery for some spooky fun and autumn adventures.

Our pumpkin patch was bursting with pumpkins, and there were some incredible designs created at our painting and carving stations. The campfire was a huge hit too — everyone loved the delicious hot dogs cooked over the fire and our tasty hot chocolates to keep warm.

There were tricks and treats galore, with many brave children daring to put their hands into the Trick or Treat Surprise Box! And of course, our Halloween cake stall was another big success. ️

We’re thrilled to share that we raised an amazing £295.70 from the event and your generous cake sales! Thank you so much for your support and kindness — all funds will go directly towards enhancing learning opportunities for our children in nursery.

It truly was a wonderful evening filled with laughter, creativity, and community spirit. We’ve added some photos of the event for you to browse and enjoy — we hope they capture just how special the evening was!

Today our children took all of your wonderful Harvest donations to Hebburn Helps!

They worked so hard helping to pack the bags and load the car — such amazing teamwork and kindness!

Hebburn Helps were so grateful for all of your generous contributions. Thank you to everyone who donated and supported this fantastic cause — we’re so proud of our little helpers!

We were so glad to welcome everyone to our Harvest Festival today!

This is such a special time of year when we come together to say thank you for the food we eat, to think about sharing with others, and to celebrate the wonderful autumn season.

Our children have been working so hard—learning songs and talking about all the good things that grow. Earlier this week, they enjoyed a visit from Farmer Jill, who shared a special story and brought along vegetables grown on her allotment. The children then chopped and cooked these into a tasty soup, which they prepared for our families—served with some freshly baked bread.

Children also spent time reflecting on what they are thankful for, and their lovely thoughts were written onto our Pumpkin of Thanks and added to our Harvest display.

‍ We had a special visit from Farmer Wright (Mrs Wright). Mrs Wright has an amazing allotment where she grows her own fruit and vegetables. She kindly brought some in for us to look at and use! First she showed the children the foods as a seed, to show how small they started, then we spoke about how to care for them and what they need, such as water and sun, and then we saw how big they are now! We all had a little turn holding and looking at the vegetable. Farmer Wright also read us a lovely story about a Scarecrow.

‍ We were very excited to make our own Scarecrow! We were provided with some great clothes to make our scarecrow, first we used straw to stuff the clothes! All the children loved doing this part, seeing who could fit the most in. We spoke about what a scarecrows job is, how he scares all the birds and crows from the crops and seeds.
As you can see, the children were really happy with their scarecrow!

Our next job was making bread! We sat at the table on the veranda, we poured the ingredients into a bowl, each having a little turn. We added some water, mixed it together and then all had a bit to kneed. The children loved this part, as we had flour everywhere they all said we looked like snowmen! The children all worked really hard to squash, squeeze and kneed the dough. Once it was the right texture, Miss Hamilton put it in the bread maker for us. You’ll all make fantastic bakers!

Time to make soup.. we used the vegetables Farmer Wright brought in as well as some extras. First we had to wash them to make them nice and clean. Then each of the children had a turn to chop the vegetables! We also added lentils and stock cubes to the soup. They showed great skills in carefully cutting them.