Nursery Category: Preschoolers

  • Navigating Family Dynamics and Celebrating PRIDE with Young Children

    Navigating Family Dynamics and Celebrating PRIDE with Young Children

    Jess Wilkins talks to us about PRIDE “PRIDE is simply saying that there are people that are different from us, this is what makes them different – we can accept them and we can be friends with them, and I think that’s nice.” Find out more with Jess In celebration of Pride Month and Bristol…

  • Find out more with Faay – Celebrating our Differences

    Find out more with Faay – Celebrating our Differences

    Meet Faay Abukar, our new(ish!) Stackpool Room Lead “I want the children that I work with to know that they will always have some place that they’ll belong to” Find out more with Faay Faay (Fadumo) joined BS3 Nurseries in January after teaching in Dubai for two years. After finding out that she had a…

  • Butterflies for Linda

    Butterflies for Linda

    We are delighted to announce that our butterfly mosaic, honouring our much-loved and missed colleague, Linda Bayliss, has been installed in the courtyard at the Southville Centre.   Created by parent alum and Broken Stone Mosaic artist, Michael Henry, the piece shows a blue butterfly taking flight outside the Leighton Room and creates a lasting…

  • From Planting Project to Plate

    From Planting Project to Plate

    Regular Fun Stuff readers will know that the Southville Centre Nursery Allotment has been back up and running since May this year. This is our third year taking part in the Planting Project in association with Blaise Nursery Bristol and it is already shaping up to be our best year yet! We have already harvested…

  • Gardening and Growing in the Allotment

    Gardening and Growing in the Allotment

    Our little friends have been having lots of fun gardening and growing in our Nursery Allotment. Back in May, Blaise Nursery Bristol kindly donated us lots of seedlings and herbs to share with our children. We planted lots of yummy fruit and vegetables that the children have been taking care of, and we were rewarded…

  • Science Week

    Science Week

    “It’s red, it’s hot, it’s lava” –  Small Scientist. Did you know that this week has been British Science Week? The children in our nurseries have been putting on their safety goggles and grabbing their clipboards, ready to investigate the wonders of science through fun experiments, exciting challenges, and lots of hands-on learning activities. Our…

  • Reimagining our Worlds

    Reimagining our Worlds

    We were thrilled to take part in National Storytelling Week (1 February to 9 February) across our Nursery Rooms, enjoying sharing books together and exploring how stories can make us feel and increase our understanding of the world around us. This year’s theme was “Reimaging Your World”, which gave lots of opportunities to immerse ourselves…

  • Witch-ing you a Happy Halloween

    Witch-ing you a Happy Halloween

    We love Halloween here at BS3 Community Nurseries and took the opportunity to get up to lots of spooky fun. From renaming our Nursery Rooms (Skel-Leighton Room, anyone?!) to creating bespoke activities for our little friends in the Southville Centre garden and Jasper Room at the Chessel Centre, it was fang-tastic fun. We particularly loved…

  • Harvest Time Thank You

    Harvest Time Thank You

    Harvest is a wonderful time to talk to children about where their food comes from, to experiment in the kitchen and to try new tastes and flavours. For example, the preschoolers in Ruby Room have been making soup, baking bread and trying new vegetables. We also asked our wonderful parents and carers if they could…

  • Planting our Allotment

    Planting our Allotment

    Our plants are here! Following the success of last year’s planting project, we are delighted to be working with Blaise Planting Project at Blaise Nursery, who have once again donated us lots of seeds and saplings to grow fruit and veg with the children. We have chosen lots of yummy bits and pieces and are…