Bertie's Nursery

We've had a great first week back :-) We were soooo excited this morning when we came in to find a letter from the fairies who are visiting our fairy garden...they even left us some fairy... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

We've had such a lovely last week of this term full of fun things that we've done :-) On Monday afternoon the children decorated Easter bonnets with real flowers with one of our parents,... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

Do any of your friends have children that would love to join in the fun that we have at Bertie's? We're in the fortunate and very unusual position this year, due to most of our children... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

Well, last week it was engineering and this week we've had archaeology! 🦖 Arising from a child's particular interest, we made saltdough fossils and bones...the children have been excavating... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

This morning we had such an amazing adventure at our Lorenden Forest School session :-) The fun started with our minibus journey there...the children loved looking through the windows and... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

Who says that engineering is a job for the grown-ups?! Our children have had the most amazing week creating a whole group edible structure. They have learnt about shape, construction,... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

This week some of the children have continued their interest in 'edible architecture' - through this we've also been able to talk to them about shapes and that some are 'flat' (2D) and some... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

Another fun week at Bertie's for us all :-) including yummy pancakes on Tuesday afternoon! On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day with two of our favourite books at the moment. In the... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

:-) World Book Day is this Thursday (7th March) and we'll be celebrating our love of two particular Bertie's favourites: 'Dear Zoo' by Rod Campbell and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

How lucky were we to have such a glorious first week to start the term?! ☀️At the beginning of the week we had Bertie's Mechanics outside, with the children devising their own ramp. This... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

What a lovely sunny week we've had to end the term :-) ...and as you can see, we've spent plenty of time outside ☀️ On Wednesday we had love heart toast as a treat and made yummy jammy... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

This week we tried a new fun activity in response to some of the children's interest in ice - we used an ice cube tray to make painty ice cubes with lolly sticks, waited as they froze in... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

Oh, I just love the paintings of the gingerbread man characters that some of the children did with me this week...don't they look wonderful on display? :-) This week we've also introduced other fairytales at... facebook.com/16501661918915…

Brrr...it's been a cold week but still no snow ☃️ unfortunately! The children have been busy exploring ice outside...in the tyres, the puddles and ice cubes that they played with. Inside... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

This week we've carried on with our gingerbread man theme 🙂 On Wednesday we had lots of fun being detectives and following the clues to find a special treat that the gingerbread man had... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

This week we finished off our display with a wintery dreamcatcher hanging from the ceiling :-) For the rest of the week we've been introducing the children to the Gingerbread Man story and... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

A happy New Year to all our families :-) we hope you've all had a relaxing (!) time and are glad to be back. We've had such a lovely two days back with the children :-) it's been wonderful... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

We've had such a lovely festive and fun-filled end to this term :-), including lots more cheekiness from Alfie and Nutmeg. They wrote messages on bananas for snack time, invited the... facebook.com/permalink.php?…

Oh my goodness...imagine our surprise when we came in on Monday morning to find Alfie and Nutmeg, those cheeky little elves, back at Bertie's! The children were so pleased to see them and have made them a... facebook.com/16501661918915…

We've used our waterproofs ALOT this week as we braved the rain and windy weather! ☔️ The muddy puddles have been very popular 🙂 Earlier in the week some of the children did an experiment... facebook.com/permalink.php?…