Bristol in Bloom Silver Gilt Award
We were delighted to learn that our garden was awarded a ‘silver-gilt award’ by Bristol in Bloom’s School Garden Competition 2015 'Learning Through Gardening', run in conjunction with Bristol City Council Allotment Section. Chris Curry and Pat Fitton collected the...
Travelling Light Theatre story telling
The Travelling Light Theatre Company visited the Nursery on two occasions to run story telling sessions with the children. Firstly the children had to shout their names out and these were 'caught' in a paper bag. The children were then enthralled with the making of...
Harvesting our vegetables
We have been busy harvesting our vegetables this week. We planted the seeds and seed potatoes earlier in the year and have been tending and caring for our beans, peas, turnips, radishes and potatoes over the last few weeks. Finally our hard work has come to...
Releasing the butterflies
To fit in with our themes of ‘changes’ and ‘patterns’, the children learnt about the life cycle of the butterfly. The children observed them grow from tiny caterpillars to large caterpillars and change into pupa (chrysallis). At this stage we transferred them to...
Bristol in Bloom Silver Gilt Award
We were delighted to hear that our garden was awarded a 'silver-gilt award' by Bristol in Bloom's School Garden Competition 2015, run in conjunction with Bristol City Council Allotment Section. The judge's comments were: "The Forest School is proving to be an...
Forest School 2015 success
The School has reported very successful visits to Forest School at Arnos Vale and expressed their delight at the opportunity to work with parents and children for the day in a wonderful outdoor learning environment. Luckily the weather stayed dry for us on all four...
Shaun in the City
We would like to express our thanks to Burges Salmon LLP (Solicitors) who kindly donated a Shaun in the City schools sculpture to the School. During Term 5 the children explored the theme of 'opposites'. Activities included weaving and sewing and learning new...
Visit from Maureen and AJ
There was great excitement yesterday when Miss Maureen Rowley (our Community Governor) popped in for a visit with AJ (her guide dog). Miss Rowley talked about how AJ helps her in her everyday life. The children had the opportunity to stroke AJ and throw his...
Shaun in the City has arrived
We would like to extend a huge thank you to Burges Salmon LLP (a local legal firm) for purchasing a Shaun in the City school sculpture for us. The children will be decorating the baa-rilliant sculpture in due course. Shaun the Sheep is starring in two ewe-nique...
Forest School 2015
As a result of the very successful Forest School experience at Arnos Vale last year we are offering the children this year a chance to gain valuable learning opportunities at Forest School. You will be receiving a letter shortly containing information regarding the...
Children exploring the new mud kitchen
Thank you to parents/carers who donated equipment and staff who came in during the Easter holidays to make the mud kitchen. The kitchen has been designed with work tops at different levels, cupboards, sinks, shelves, a table and chairs, boxes full of various dry...
Well-attended Easter sing-alongs
Thank you to all the parents/carers who came to our Easter sing-alongs on Monday morning and Friday afternoon. The children sang the Spring-themed songs (including actions) enthusiastically, especially St Philip's favourite, 'Little Green Frog'. To see the photo...