St Mary’s Playgroup arm and shoulder muscles ready for when they begin to learn writing skills. They have been spending more time in our newlyrenovated outside space at playgroup too, with lots of enjoyment in turning the mud kitchen into a ‘mud café’, using herbs and spices to create wonderful dishes for their friends!
The ‘Secret Garden’ is officially no longer a secret! What a fantastic turn out we had at our joint open day with HC-One’s Ilsom house last month. We introduced our Forest School, ‘The Secret Garden’, to so many lovely local residents, families and friends. The open day provided an opportunity for members of the public to visit both the care home and the forest school - and to gain an insight into what’s available for both local children and the elderly in such a ‘hidden local gem’. The day was a great success for everyone, and we are so proud of the partnership we have built with the team at
Ilsom house – we look forward to the future as we continue to work closely with them to develop positive relationships between the children, staff and residents. Alongside the run up to our open day playgroup, staff have also been busy completing their forest school level two and three training. All staff have now been trained or are completing training and will continue to provide the highest quality forest school experiences to our children. Back at playgroup, our children have been using their physical skills to throw bean bags and balls, as well as experimenting with small items such a buttons and gems and making play dough! These are all really important skills to help develop their hand,
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Over the coming months we are looking forward to welcoming more new children, as well as supporting our preschool children with their transition to school. I can’t believe our older ones will be ‘flying the nest’ in a matter of a few months now! We are focusing on building their confidence ready to move to a new setting, as well as savouring as many memories with them as we can.
During the last couple of months, we have hosted an Easter craft fair, run an Easter Egg hunt around the town and held a bottle tombola at the Wacky Races, which again proved to be a real success this year. We would like to thank everyone who supported us in these events, along with those who have organised, donated prizes and helped on the day. We couldn’t have done it all without you! Please keep a look out for us at our next fundraiser during the summer show on the 11th of August. Each week we continue to see lots of new and lovely faces at our Seedlings ‘baby and toddler’ group - but for those who haven’t ventured along yet, we would welcome you to come and join us at our friendly sessions on Monday mornings from 9.00 am at Christchurch. You can see what we’re all about, chat with staff and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee whilst your children enjoy the lovely activities on offer. We also have some exciting new sessions from September so please keep a look out for more details of this over the summer term! For more details please visit our Facebook page or call us on 01666 503777 to arrange a visit to see what we do.
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