Nursery Category: Southville Centre

  • 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…

  • Little Seasons – Spring Time Fun

    Little Seasons – Spring Time Fun

    April April saw us celebrate Easter in style with a large selection of creative activities and many egg hunts. Our staff got to do what they do best, setting up lots of engaging play trays and providing opportunities for our little ones to explore creatively. We also focused our attention on World Earth Day, thinking…

  • 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…

  • Lighting up Bemmy at the Winter Lantern Parade

    Lighting up Bemmy at the Winter Lantern Parade

    We are thrilled to be taking part in the 2025 Bedminster Winter Lantern Parade once again, the only local nursery who does so. This year our Raleigh Room children – along with support from their parents, carers, grandparents and our older friends at Monday Club – are making the lantern, inspired by Banksy’s Girl with…

  • Christmas Round Up

    Christmas Round Up

    December was full of magic and sparkle here at BS3 Community Nurseries! Our Nursery children, along with our older friends from Monday Club got stuck into lots of crafts to help us put together a beautiful grotto for the Winter Festival on 30 November. The artwork included memories of Christmases past from Monday Club and…