Last week we really enjoyed opening our doors to families to come to play and learn alongside the children. 
We welcomed dads, mums, uncles, grandmas alongside siblings and staff. Together they enjoyed:
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• Following a recipe to make playdough;
• Icing biscuits;
• Decorating and mark making a Father's Day card;
• Egg and spoon races;
• Sack races;
• Sharing books;
• Observing the chicks;
• Building and talking.

Thank you for joining us - we know everyone has busy lives.

Remember, you don't have to wait until special celebration days to find out what goes on in nursery.
Speak to your child's key worker, borrow your child's Special Book and come in and see us! #
Our doors are always open!

So following the excitement of the arrival of our 10 mystery eggs in Red Building and the Main Building: we now have 10 chicks + 10 chicks = 20 chicks!
We learned some new vocabulary: the eggs rolled, pipped and hatched and all contained a chick.
Children observed the chicks were sticky and small. We watched them peck their way out of the egg shell.
Children were supported to understand how to care for the chicks by making sure that the chicks had fresh water and food and that their home was cleaned everyday.

Children respectfully observed them as they dried out, getting stronger and as their feathers became fluffy.
Children noticed how they have grown quickly. As they have got bigger, we know they need a chance to get out and move about. 

In the sunshine in the afternoons, we let the chicks out in a large pen the children created using blocks.
The chicks explored but stayed close to one another, children were excited but we empathetic and understood they needed to be calm so as not to frighten the chicks. 
Some chicks came close to the children and were able to be handled sensitively. Children did so respectfully and all washed their hands afterwards.
Some children noticed the some of the chicks were yellow and others light brown. With support we were able to use the information books.
Children were able to identify that the yellow ones are male and the brownish ones are female.  

Children talked about and drew similarities between themselves and the living chicks saying that they too ate food, drank water, slept and most children noticed that the chicks liked to run around and play just like them.  

The chicks will go back to the farm on Friday so please feel free to come in and say goodbye! ​

At Children's House Nursery School we know how powerful it is to take our children out on trips in London.
Where possible, we take parents/carers too! We understand how navigating public transport alone with young children can be overwhelming. So we help take the strain by coming along in small groups and supporting each other. 

This week Shazna and Salma took a group to The Natural History Museum in South Kensington.
It is 17 stops on the District or Circle Line from Bromley by Bow.
No changing and we travel at times when it is less busy (avoid rush hour!)  Children took packed lunches with them and once there, the museum is FREE to enter.
How lucky are we in London to have access to so many museums and galleries for free?
From Hope, the HUGE Blue Whale skeleton which greets you in the entrance hall, to fossils, nature and the world, The Natural History Museum is a great day out. Children spent time exploring and observing, asking questions, learning facts and information. 
They saw dinosaurs, mammals, skeletons and the sheer size of them is what is utterly breathtaking.
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Also nearby is The Science Museum and The Victoria and Albert Museum - all of them are free to enter. 
Over the summer, you can keep costs down by bringing a packed lunch and drinks, a picnic rug and making a day of it!
From Bow to Kensington - one train - 45 minutes!