Weekly Newsletter - Head of Early Years

Dear Parents As we come to the end of week 4 of Online Learning and move into the second month, knowing that we are going to have to maintain this until March, I want to congratulate every parent for supporting their children at home. Having joined a number of the lessons please know we are aware of the difficulty of juggling working full time and

Pre-School graduation day

Our 2019 Chestnuts class are getting ready for their graduation day on 22nd June 2019, as they start on their next steps of learning in our Reception classes from September 2019.

Happy Father's Day

This week in Pines, Purley

This week in Pines, the children have been learning about life under the sea, based on their current reading of the 'Rainbow Fish' story. The children have been using our new interactive learning boards to explore sea life, have decorated their own fish for the classroom and have also created their own sea in a jar.

Interactive Smart Board

This week our @WeAreCumnor Nursery children have been busy experiencing their brand new Interactive Smart Board.

Mini Beasts Artwork

Extension to nursery provision

From September 2019, Cumnor House Nursery, South Croydon will be offering an extended early start provision from 7.30am – intended for working parents who will benefit from additional commuting time in the morning. For further details and to secure your child’s place within Cumnor House Nursery, South Croydon from September 2019, please contact our admissions team. admissions@cumnorhouse.com

Shadow tracing in the spring sunshine

Shadow Drawing

Puppet Show

Our Nursery children enjoyed listening to and watching a puppet show.

Hockey

The children learned about the skill of dribbling in hockey, moving the ball left and right around the cones holding the hockey stick with both hands.

World Book Day 2019 - Nursery

Paco and the giant chile plant

Outdoor learning

Our nursery children have been enjoying the spring sunshine in their outdoor learning spaces. This week has seen a whole host of imaginative play, children being pirates on the nursery pirate shop, shouts of 'walk the plank', sending bad pirates to the dungeon galley of the ship and using the seesaw as a pretend boat to row away from the crocodiles in the water -

Addition and Subtraction

Our 5 Senses

Blending Sounds

Developing Our Fine Motor Skills

Role Play

Snow Time

Phonics and sound blending

Children have been expanding their phonic knowledge and investigating blending sounds together to create simple words. We have been recapping each sound and working together in small groups, reminding ourselves of how we write the letter using its phonic rhyme and the individual sound that it makes. These skills are essential for our future in blending sounds and reading.

Where the wild things are...

Recognising Shapes

People Who Help Us

Nursery Skyline Painting

New Yoga and Spanish Classes at Cumnor House Nursery

We are delighted to announce that from the Spring Term, Cumnor House Nursery will be running Spanish and Yoga classes at our Purley and South Croydon sites on Mondays and Fridays respectively. Education studies have suggested that children who learn an additional language at a young age are more creative and better at solving complex problems. Whilst yoga helps children develop body awareness, increase their

Cumnor House Nursery Grand Opening Fun Day

To celebrate the opening of our brand new Cumnor House Nursery, we are holding a family fun day. A free event for all to come along and see the new facilities, and enjoy a variety of family friendly activities.

New building for Cumnor House Nursery

The nursery building at Treetops South Croydon, known as the Pavilion, will be razed to the ground during the summer holidays of 2017. When all the children come back in September 2017, there will be a brand new Pavilion building for the children aged 3-4 years to enjoy.  The other [...]