This week, we celebrated Diwali—the festival of lights—with lots of colourful and creative activities! We began by sharing a lovely story all about Diwali, helping the children learn about the lights, colours, and joy of the festival. Everyone listened beautifully and joined in with lots of enthusiasm. The children really enjoyed looking at the Diwali books and dressing up too.

Next, we got creative with rangoli colouring, using bright colours to decorate beautiful patterns. The children loved choosing their favourite shades and filling in the designs

To finish, we made firework patterns using a washing-up brush dipped in paint—what a fun and sparkly way to celebrate! The children were fascinated by the bursts of colour they created.

It was a wonderful week full of learning, creativity, and celebration. Happy Diwali! ✨

It was wonderful to see so many of our parents engaging with their children during our family reading session this week. Sharing books with your child is so important, it helps them learn new words, understand their feelings, build imagination, improve focus, and strengthen your bond together.

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been having so much fun learning All About Me and discovering all the amazing things we can do, even at just 2 years old!

Our little learners have been busy exploring their world through play and creativity. We’ve enjoyed:

Sharing books together – such as Elmer’s Colours and Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.
Creating wonderful collages – sticking, layering, and expressing ourselves with colours and textures.
Squishing and shaping playdough – making all sorts of fun shapes and strengthening our little fingers.
Balancing along beams – showing off our coordination and confidence.
Climbing on the climbing frame – building strength and independence with every step.

One of our favourite activity has been making handprints and footprints. The children love seeing their own marks on paper and noticing how different they all are.

It’s a lovely way for them to learn that everyone is special and unique, no two prints are the same, just like no two children are the same.

We have also had a brilliant time singing, dancing, and learning about our bodies. Action songs like Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and The Hokey Dokey make learning so much fun. Well done to our 2 year olds, you are all wonderful and take everything in your stride.

We’ve had a lovely first two weeks settling back into nursery life. It’s been wonderful to see our two-year-olds reconnect with their friends after the long holidays. There’s been lots of fun both indoors and outdoors as we explore, play, and learn together.

A big well done to our new starters who joined us in the second week — you’ve settled in beautifully and we’re so proud of how confident and curious you’ve been already!

Here’s to a fantastic year ahead full of laughter, learning, and growing together!