IDA Nurseries at Enfield
Bunnies and Teddies theme for this week has been good old fashioned nursery rhymes. The children have been decorating their sheep and singing along to Baa Baa Black Sheep.
Blue Bears had a thoroughly fantastic time on Thursday when our Monkey Music sessions begun. You simply cannot imagine how enthused they were.
Pre-school have been doing letter recognition and have been finding pairs ie matching letter cards to the magnetic letters. For numeracy this week the children have been looking at different sizes using the compare bears. The children have also had fun exploring and learning on the computer with the “Spot The Dog” game.
Posted at 10:30 on 3rd February 2012
The Children made wonderful dragons out of junk modeling, they were simply amazing and the artistic flair is unbelievable. Tea was really tasty, even if those noodles were slightly tricky to eat. The children especially enjoyed their fortune cookies.
Blue Bears' wall display on Big and Small is wonderful. They have used their imagination to display different sizes using dolls hands and feet, staffs hands and feet and of course their own. They had great fun dipping their hands and feet in paint they found if very amusing
Please note that we are currently creating our hallway wall display. It is based on photographs of all the staff as children, and asking parents to guess the member of staff. We are trying to raise money for Comic Relief
Posted @ 11:30 on 27th January 2012
All the children this week have been incredibly busy and during the cold spell created natural ice mobiles collecting natural materials in the garden. Unfortunately Jack Frost has moved on to pastures new and we are awaiting his return so our mobiles can freeze over.
Bunnies and Teddies have been playing and experimenting with paints, glupe and have been singing songs and playing musical instruments. What musicians they will make.
Green and Yellow Bears have been learning how to wash their hands properly and after washing their hands placed their hands underneath a special Environmental Health Germ inspection machine to see what germs remained after washing their hands. They were really fascinated with what they could see and having fun learning the importance of washing hands correctly and when.
Posted @ 11:30 on 20th January 2012
Bunnies and Teddies have been getting very messy this week, playing with flour, pasta and finger painting white paint on black paper and black paint on white paper, in line with our theme of 'opposites' for January.
The children had fun decorating some large boxes with crayons using their fine motor skills. The children then used the boxes in role play. The simple things in life always give us more pleasures, who needs toys when you have boxes!!
The gerbils have now returned from their Christmas vacation and the children in blue bears have enjoyed getting back into their daily routine of feeding the gerbils. Hertie and Gertie are doing well and are happy to be back.
Green bears have decided to change their role play house into a bus. The children have been busy making their own buses from junk modelling, drawing their own buses and talking about the different shapes you can see and singing "the wheels on the bus go round and round".
Yellow bears have been very busy making kites and flying them in the garden during the windy weather. The kites were extremely colourful and original and to extend this activity the children have been reading stores relating to "weather".
All the staff at IDA Nurseries would like to thank you for all the lovely cards and presents received.
All the children are really excited after the Christmas break and have been telling us all about what Santa gave them and who they spent Christmas with. It is a real pleasure listening to all their stories.
Our topic for January is opposites. The children are having lots of fun learning through play and and please look out for their wall displays.
Chinese New Year - 23rd January 2012 - Year of the Dragon
Yingchun Jiefu - (Greet the New Year and encounter happiness)
We will be celebrating Chinese New year with lots of fun and games. We are currently making our dragon and will be performing our own Chinese dance to Chinese music and Tea will be based on chinese food.
Posted @ 09:30 on 04 January 2012
Christmas lunch was yummy and the children especially enjoyed their jelly and ice cream! The children are still singing their little hearts out practising for the Christmas carol performance. Parents please feel free to join in!
Posted @ 14:00 on 16 December 2011
Christmas festivities are well underway and the children have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The Christmas party was a great success with Santa visiting and even staying for Tea! Santa was inundated with requests for presents. The children really enjoyed singing songs for Santa and were reluctant for him to leave.
Please check your child's drawer as the children have been busy making calendars, cards and lots of pictures for their loved ones.
We are all really looking forward to next week's events and will keep you posted.
Posted @ 10:35 on 09 December 2011
Living Willow Wigwam
In October we launched our Outdoor Learning School by having a wonderful Living Willow Wigwam planted in our garden for the children to explore and nurture by watering it everyday and watch how it grows. The children helped plant the wigwam by pushing down the compost at the roots with their wooden sticks.
The children in the Outdoor Learning School will be exploring nature every week by taking part in activities such as Scavenger hunts, making natural mobiles, mini beast hunts and planting and growing seeds.
Fire Brigade Visit
For the month of November and December 2011, the children at Ida Nurseries, Enfield are currently learning about people who help us. We have been lucky enough to have a visit from Enfield fire brigade and the children really enjoyed trying on the uniform, using the water hose and sitting inside the fire engine. The children are eagerly awaiting visits from the police and a nurse.
Children In Need
The children took part in raising money for Children in Need. During the week of 14th to 18th November the children participated in many fund raising activities i.e sponsored bounce, teddy bear picnic, fancy dress, back to front day, snuggle day, cake sale ending with our Christmas open day/fun day on Saturday 26th November. This was a great success and we have raised, to date, £765.00
IDA Nurseries at Sawbridgeworth
This week the Grufflo came to visit us. The children were really excited and went on lots of Grufflo hunts. We made scrambled snake and Grufflo tea, which the Grufflo ate in our Living Willow tree, leaving behind his huge muddy footprints. The children loved making a Grufflo cake on Thursday and eating it was simply yummy. Please feel free to look at our pictures on our Facebook page.
Posted @ 11:00 on 27th January 2012
We will be celebrating Chinese New Year at IDA Nurseries Sawbridgeworth on the 23rd January with a Chinese themed fun day. We will all be wearing red and having lots of fun and games. The children are busy making colourful masks and lanterns. The children are also this week making a giant dragon and will all participate in a spectacular dragon dance. Our menu on this day will be based on a range of Chinese food.
Posted @ 12:35 on 20 January 2012
A big thank you to everyone who attended our carol concert. It was a great success and everyone had a fantastic time. The Christmas party was very entertaining with lots of fun had by all. Santa also made time in his busy schedule to visit us. Santa was inundated with requests for presents. We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Posted @ 11:35 on 23 December 2011
Christmas Coffee Morning
We are holding a coffee morning Friday 16th December from 9.30 am to 11.00 am. Please feel free to pop in, all are welcome. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Karen on 01279600966. We very much look forward to seeing you for coffee/tea and cakes.
Posted @ 09:15 on 15 December 2011
Ready Steady Cook...
This week the children have enjoyed trying our new dishes from our New Menu. This children have participated in our new menu by telling us their favourite dishes from home and what they would like to eat. Next week the children will become 'Little Chefs' and will help prepare yummy receipes with Maureen, our cook.
Posted @ 12.35 on 09 December 201
Living Willow Wigwam
The Living willow is an exciting addition to our curriculum! The children helped plant their very own outdoor learning area by watering it once it was planted. Ida children will be able to extend their language and communication, physical, team-working and social skills whilst having fun exploring their new natural enviroment.....mother nature helping take care of the little ones!
Why not come and join our 'Ida Family' we would like to offer you 10% reduction on your first 3 months standard fees in 2012 if you register before the end of the year.
Christmas
We are all really excited about Christmas. The staff and children have been decorating the nursery making it our very own winter wonderland. There will be lots of activities going on throughout December where fun will be had by all!
The children and staff cannot wait for our Christmas party which is arranged for Thursday 15th December. The theme is fancy dress dress and there will be a prize for the best fancy dress outfit for the children and staff. We have also arranged for Santa to make time in his busy schedule to come and visit us during our Christmas Party.
Maureen, our cook, will be making our delicious christmas dinner on Wednesday 13th December.
IDA Nurseries at High Wych
The babies are very busy this week making animals to put up in their nappy changing room. They have created a jungle with a glittery snake, a furry monkey and a lion with a multicolored
The Toddlers have been having lots of fun with their babies. They have had a nursery as their role play area and have been feeding them and changing their nappies and putting them to sleep when they are tired. Some of our Toddlers have just become big brothers and big sisters so it's good practice.
In Pre-School they have been serving their snack to each other in The Cafe. They have been charging £500 for a slice of apple so if you visit make sure you bring lots of change. There has been lots of counting in the room this week and they have even been using their washing line to pin numbers on.
Last week we tried freezing some leaves but it didn't work very well! This week we have been freezing petals in pots and they looked really lovely. When the children go into the garden they love to look in the pots and see what has happened to the petals and water. It's been a great way to use the freezing weather to our advantage.
Posted @ 12:00 on the 2nd February 2012
High Wych is a busy nursery and the following is just a few of the things that we have been doing this week.
Pre-school have been making a cafe for their role play area. They have collected lots of boxes from home to put in as tempting treats to serve each other. They also created their own noodles by painting string. Their theme this week has been about how to look after your teeth and the children have brought in their toothbrushes so that they can brush their teeth after lunch.
Toddlers have been having fun at their new creative table and have produced some beautiful works of art. They have been covering shapes, different sized pieces of paper and different colored pieces of paper with glitter and paint and tissue paper along with other glittery materials.
Babies have been loving playing the musical instruments this week and singing along. When they finish a song they all clap and start another one. They have also enjoyed playing with the shaving foam and one or two of them tried to taste it!!
In our garden this week we tried to make some ice blocks with leaves in them. We had some very interesting results and are going to try them again with something different next week.
Posted @ 09:45 on 26th January 2012
This week we have all been very busy at High Wych and having so much fun. Here is what we have been doing:
Pre-school have been enjoying playing with their new puzzles and table top games. They have been sharing really well and taking turns nicely. This week their project was "our favorite foods" each child has painted a picture of their favorite food and we have had some of their favorite dishes for lunch and tea.
Toddlers have been enjoying sing and sign and welcoming a new friend who uses signs every day. She has even taught us some new ones that we can add to our signing board. We have also been mixing shaving foam in the sand and squishing it to see what it feels like.
Babies have been exploring the garden now we are all walking. Some of us are still a little wobbly!! We have also been cuddling the teddies during story time in the cosy corner.
We have all been enjoying planting and sowing seeds. We started with cress and the children loved watching it grow and we also learnt how to care for seeds. Now we are planting Tomatoes, Peas, runner Beans, Sunflowers, Carrots and wild flowers in the hope that we might attract some winged and buzzy friends. They should start to pop up by March so we will keep you informed. Alan Titchmarsh would be so very proud.
Posted @ 10:45 on 20th January 2012
A big thank you to everyone for all their kind wishes, cards and presents. They were greatly appreciated.
We have all settled in nicely after the Christmas break and a big welcome to all our new children.
This week our babies have been having fun experimenting with mixing glitter with sand, shaving foam and even in the water.
Our toddlers have been relaxing in the book corner looking at our new books and telling each other and the staff stories.
Our pre-school children have been helping their new friends who have made the transitions from toddlers to settle in and have made some beautiful creations using paint.
Please remember our coffee mornings every Tuesday. Please feel free to join in.
Posted @ 09:00 on 06th January 2012
A big thank you once more to everyone who came to our coffee morning on Tuesday 20th December. It was a great success and we hope to see more of you at our next one. These will be hosted every Tuesday so please keep an eye on our events calendar in case the date changes.
We would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic New Year.
Best wishes.
The Nursery Team
Posted @ 09:00 on 22nd December 2011
Thank you to everyone who came to our Coffee morning, it was a great success. We look forward to our next Coffee morning which will be Tuesday 10th January between 10.00am - 11.30 am. Please feel free to pop in for a coffee.
On the 30th December we will be having a New Year's Eve party, together with a special New Year's Eve lunch. All staff will be dressing up. There will be plenty of party games and fun will be had by all.
Posted @ 13:05 on 16 December 2011
Do not forget our coffee morning Tuesday 13th December between 10.00 am and 11.30 am. Please feel free to pop in for a mince pie or two and bring your friends.
We are holding our Christmas Concert on Thursday 22nd December from 4.00 pm and everyone is more than welcome. Babies and toddlers are doing a joint performance which will commence at 4.00 pm and pre-school will be holding their performance in their room at 4.30pm. Parents are more than welcome to join in the singing! The children have really enjoyed practicing their Christmas carols and there will be an extra special performance of Jingle Bells, which we will be performing using signs.
On Friday 23rd December Santa will be making time, in his busy schedule, to stop at High Wych to visit the children and deliver presents.
We have a very special Royal Mail Postbox for the children to post all their cards and will make a very special delivery at Christmas.
Posted @ 09:15 on 13 December 2011
The festive season is upon us and at High Wych we are very excited and busy decorating our new Christmas Tree. All the rooms are beginning to look festive and bright.
The children are busy practising for their concerts and singing their little hearts out.
IDA Nurseries wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Posted @ 21:00 on 05 December 2011 back to top