Whatever the weather!
What a difference a day makes! typical Manx weather but that doesn’t mean our outdoor activities are off limits as our little cherubs will have fun in any weather
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DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING
DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING Please be aware that Norovirus and Diarrhoea and Vomiting (D&V) is here. You can help to stop it spreading by good hygiene and hand washing. Don’t go to hospital or your GP for advice – ring them if required. Help to stop the spread, please share this information.
Scarlet Fever
With scarlet fever on the rise, it’s important that you know how to spot the signs to ensure early treatment. Please share and tag your friends
Dinosaur hunt
🦖🦕Mr Tyrannosaurus is in there somewhere 😊
Level 3 Diploma in Children’s Care
A huge double congratulations to Miss Michaela on gaining her level 3 Diploma in children’s care and successfully becoming Little Cherubs deputy manager. Michaela has been with us for 2 years and is a fantastic and valuable member of the team. Congratulation’s Michaela and well done xxxxxxxx
Christmas baking, making & games
Christmas tree games & Snowmen, Christmas fun baking delicious christmas biscuits:-)
Christmas time!
Christmas is a favourite time of year for everyone! but it comes and goes so quickly so it’s nice to have some pictures to look back on. We took lots of lovely ones showing your little cherubs enjoying their time at nursery over the christmas peroid, and we will be posting these over the next…
Santa post
The big day is not far away so just making sure out little cherubs get their Santa letters posted in time
Preparing for Halloween!
no better place than to spend time in the glen making chocolate apples! a fantastic morning enjoyed by everyone
Newest Cherubs
Some of newest Cherubs, and what clever cherubs they are too 🙂 developing their fine motor skills by participating in these natural creative activities..
Little Cherubs Graduation 2016
What a lovely evening watching our Little Cherubs Graduate! A big thank you to all the parents who came along to support this very special occasion, and how cute did they all look 🙂 We will miss them all and we really hope you will bring them back to visit us sometime. A big thank…
Knockaloe farm visit
Another great day for our baby cherubs! this time with a visit to the lovely Knockaloe farm
Silly Moo’s Farm Visit
A fun week for our baby cherubs with a visit to Silly Moo’s farm
Chicken Pox
***CHICKEN POX*** Dear Parents, We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the procedure for when to keep your child at home and when it is appropriate to send them back to nursery, should your child develop the symptoms of chicken pox. Chicken pox is contagious from 1 to 2 days before…
Beach school – crab houses
Our little explorers were so excited to get back to the beach today. They sang songs all the way to Fenella beach 🙂 They worked really hard to create crab houses, decorating them with shells and stones they had found. We had a look in the rock pools to see if there were any crabs!.…
Painting at Beach School
On Today’s trip to the beach we collected lots of stones to paint with sea water. The children enjoyed watching the stones change their colour as they added water. They also enjoyed painting the larger rocks that were embedded in the sand.
Taking forest school to the beach!
Over the next couple of weeks Little Cherubs will be taking forest school to the beach! Beaches are wonderful and inspirational places for children to learn and have fun. They can be a pirate one minute, go on a treasure hunt, build sand castle and sculptures, become a mermaid, explore rock-pools and cave’s. The beach…
Beach School – exploring
Miss Teryn’s Group exploring the beach. Discovering their footprints and making new tracks for each other to follow. They have been for a look in the cave and the rock pools
Introducing Beach School
Our team of cherubs have been to the beach, where we have been discussing safe boundaries and taking care of our environment. Miss Michaela’s group have been exploring rock pools and caves, collecting stones and shells for crafts at nursery and making marks in the sand with their fingers (early writing skills)
Babies in the glen
Preparing our cherubs for their move to preschool where they will participate in regular outdoor learning. Being outdoors gives incredible sensory experiences. The smells of the outdoors – mud, the plants and the things around us. The chance to feel different textures – the feeling of the natural objects we find, the texture of the…
Reuse for our garden
Very productive senior race day! reusing old tires to brighten up our garden with Teryn’s creative touches 🙂 and Riannes rustic art easel 🙂 thanks girls x
Food for Free
A big thank you to John Fargher “Food for Free iom” for his guided walk today. The children had a great time identifying the edible plants and flowers around them! and what a beautiful day it was too
Foraging with children
Foraging with children can be safe, easy, and fun. 🙂 When incorporated into role play children can learn from a very young age about the natural world and the plants around us. Today Michaela’s group loved the experience of searching the woods and looking at plants that can be eaten, and the best part!! pretending…
TT – sitting in the hot seat
TT 🙂 nothing like the real thing..the children got to sit on the hot seat today! Thanks Peter
Fun at the park
What a fun morning we have had at the park enjoying some fresh air
Learning with mud
This week our explorers have been creating mud faces. They gathered mud to stick to the trees and found bits and pieces of natural materials to add facial features to their mud. They had such a great time getting muddy and using their imagination for their creations. 🙂 Such a lot was gained from this…
Forest School Qualifications
Still going after a long day at work! studying hard for the level 3 childcare and forest school qualifications. It’s not often your working environment can also create a relaxing environment for studying! just like home 🙂 Nearly there girls keep up the good work xxxx
Identifying plants and trees
This morning Miss Teryn’s group have been out in the Glen looking for plants and trees to identify. They have taken photographs and will be using a plant book to identify the name of the plants in the glen. This will be made into a little booklet for all of our groups and staff to…
Recycling
Dear Parents, As part of our recycling topic for this month our Little Cherubs will be recycling material next week. We would be grateful if you could bring in an old T Shirt belonging to your child, preferably white or any bright colour you may have at home. Over the past couple of weeks our…
Forest Sessions learning
When documenting our Forest Sessions learning, each key group have their very own floor book, this is where we add our photo’s, thought’s, pictures and observations after every trip. The children sign the book themselves, stick in the pictures (or make a little drawing) and then we all sit together and discuss our experiences. We,…
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Little Cherubs Nature Kindergarten (Union Mills)
All year except Christmas to New Year, TT week and all Bank Holidays.
Little Cherubs Nature Nursery (Strang)
All year except Christmas to New Year, Thursday and Friday of TT week and all Bank Holidays.