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Kindergarten & Pre-School Awarded Early Years Quality Mark
19th July 2021This national accreditation is awarded to early years providers of any size within the maintained, private, voluntary and independent sector which meet the Quality Mark Standard. Schools can gain a similar Primary or Secondary Quality Mark for their work in English and mathematics. Each Quality Mark award will last for three years, after which a renewal assessment is required. The Quality Mark for Early Years
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Weekly Newsletter - Head of Early Years
1st February 2021Dear 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
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Pre-School graduation day
19th June 2019Our 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.
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This week in Pines, Purley
13th June 2019This 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.
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Interactive Smart Board
5th June 2019This week our @WeAreCumnor Nursery children have been busy experiencing their brand new Interactive Smart Board.
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Extension to nursery provision
8th May 2019From 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
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Outdoor learning
27th February 2019Our 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 -
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Parent Talk: Preventing mental health problems in children
7th February 2019As part of this week's programme focusing on children's mental health, wednesday night saw 50 parents from across the Cumnor House School group come together to our latest parent talk led by Dr Aric Sigman, focused on preventing mental health problems in children. A hugely insightful seminar covering statistics on screen time, the impact that sport and physical activity can have on cortisol levels, the
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Phonics and sound blending
30th January 2019Children 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.
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New Yoga and Spanish Classes at Cumnor House Nursery
15th March 2018We 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
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Cumnor House School announces stellar scholarship results for 2017-2018
8th March 2018Cumnor House School are delighted to announce exceptional scholarship results for 2017-18.
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Cumnor House Nursery Grand Opening
17th October 2017On Saturday 30th September 2017, Cumnor House celebrated the opening of our fantastic new Nursery in South Croydon with a family fun day.
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Cumnor House Nursery Grand Opening Fun Day
22nd June 2017To 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.
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New Headmaster for Cumnor House Boys and Nursery
5th June 2017Daniel Cummings joins Cumnor House School in September. He has taught in the state and independent schools sector in England as well as in Australia and has a track record of innovation and leadership.
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It's official - we're EXCELLENT!
20th March 2017Cumnor House School for Boys and Treetops Nursery were inspected by the Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) in February and the Headmaster of the Boys' school, Floyd Steadman, is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the grade of “Excellent” across the board.
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New building for Cumnor House Nursery
9th March 2017The 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 [...]
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Cumnor House Nursery to offer year-round care
1st August 2016Treetops Nursery will offer a new year-round service from September 2016 to all existing and new parents of children at both nursery sites – Purley and South Croydon. In addition to the current term-time nursery provision, the staff are delighted to offer year-round (51 weeks a year) provision. This is [...]
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Treetops Celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday
23rd May 2016Treetops have enjoyed celebrating the Queens 90th Birthday. The children painted portraits of the Queen and also enjoyed a scrummy picnic!
