Nursery

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2 years ago
Posted on 30th Jan 2025 by

Sir Elton John 💎

Today’s inspirational person was Sir Elton John. The children thought his style was ‘funky’ and ‘sparkly’ and were inspired to make their own Elton John style glasses. We listened to his music & decided it made us feel ‘jiggy’ and ‘bouncy’!

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2 years ago
Posted on 28th Jan 2025 by

Fashion designers, fossil hunters, planet savers and much, much more! ☁️

DAY TWO ☁️

Working collaboratively with children from across the school, our children took part in a variety of workshops.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD 👗
We designed, up-cycled and accessorised dresses & shirts.

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH & GRETA THUNBERG 🌍
We made placards to encourage people to help save our planet!

DEREK REDMOND 🏃‍♂️
We explored thoughts & feelings of training & running an important race. We learnt to never give up but to accept help when we need it.

MARY ANNING 🦖
We made our own fossils using dinosaur bones!

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2 years ago
Posted on 14th Jan 2025 by

Little Chefs 🧑‍🍳

Little Chefs 🧑‍🍳
Star Biscuits for our little chefs today.
So many great learning opportunities; teamwork, measuring, communication and language, turn-taking, life skills and the best bit – taste testing!
Although not all of our Little Chefs took part in baking today, they said it would ‘be kind’ (one of our school rules) to make enough biscuits to share with the whole class. What kind little ones we have!🌟

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2 years ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2024 by

Bowbrook’s Got Talent 🌟

Bowbrook really has got talent! Our little superstars shone today as they took to the stage to perform their acts. Dancers, singers, comedians, artists, train enthusiasts – we had it all! We are so proud of you Bowbrook, you felt the fear & did it anyway! 💪🏻 & you would ALL get the golden buzzer in our eyes. 🥇 🌟

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2 years ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2024 by

Ice exploration ❄️

 

Ice exploration at forest school!

We found different shapes and talked about their properties. Then we explored how long it took for the ice to melt and what helped the ice melt quickly!

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2024 by

Penguins! 🐧

Today has centred around penguins! Where do they live? What do they eat? What do they like to do? Some children set up a slide for the penguins and tested the materials to see if they were ‘slippy’ enough. We used words like ‘rough, smooth, shiny, soft’ to predict whether the penguins would be able to slide.

This led us on to talk about cold colours and some of us explored mixing blue and white paint to make different shades.

Great work, Caterpillars!

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2 years ago
Posted on 19th Nov 2024 by

🎁 Christmas Events-Important dates for your Diary 🎄

We are excited to share with you our upcoming Christmas events. We have a wonderful line up of activities planned to celebrate the festive season. Please take note of the following important dates and details:

30th November (9am-11am) – Christmas Movie Morning Enjoy some free time for Christmas shopping and drop your little one off to enjoy a Festive movie. Please only sign up for this if your child is able to sit comfortably through a movie. (Sign up on Arbor at a cost of £6).

 

2nd December – The Greatest Show at Adcote School (2-3pm) We are delighted to be taking Dragonflies & Kingfishers to Adcote school to watch The Greatest Show. Please note that collection from school will be at the later time of 3.30pm. Caterpillar children need to be collected at the normal time of 3.20pm (Please sign up on Arbor at a cost of £4.20)

3rd December – Wreath Making with Festive Tipples and Snacks (Adult Only Event) Join us for a fun and creative evening of wreath making, accompanied by festive drinks and snacks. Please reserve your place with Mrs Madden or Mrs Woosnam. £65 to be paid in cash at the time of booking.

 

6th December – Christmas Light Switch On 5-7pm This is a community event with stalls, games, and a bar. Friends and family are all welcome to join in the festivities. £2 for Adults £1 per Child to pay on the door.

12th December – Nativity We will have two shows at 1.30pm and 5pm. Come and enjoy the children’s performance of the Nativity story. We will also have festive drinks for sale at the evening performance. We ask for a maximum of 2 people, per child, to attend each show.

18th December – Whole School Trip to Theatre Severn We will be taking a trip to Theatre Severn to see “The Owl Who Came for Christmas.” This will be on Arbor in the next few weeks. We will subsidise the cost depending on funds raised from the Christmas Light Switch On.

19th December – Christmas Party (1-3pm) A fun-filled Christmas party for the children to celebrate the end of the term. Please send children to school in their favourite party clothes.

20th December – Break Up for the Christmas Holidays School will break up for the Christmas holidays.

We look forward to celebrating this festive season with you and your children. Thank you for your continued support and involvement in our school community.

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2 years ago
Posted on 15th Nov 2024 by

Old MacDonald had a Farm 🚜

As part of Nursery Rhyme Week and to provide us with the opportunity to compare different animals, we had a visit from the Farm on Wheels. We were interested to find out whether they were carnivores or herbivores and used this information to compare and contrast with the animals we saw at Chester Zoo.

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2 years ago
Posted on 23rd Oct 2024 by

Mini Chefs🧑‍🍳🍕

After our trip to Pizza Express last week, our mini chefs took to the Bowbrook Pizzaria this morning to prepare, cook & sell some delicious pizzas to their grown ups!

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2 years ago
Posted on 18th Oct 2024 by

Our first forest fire 🔥🍿

Caterpillars had their first fire at forest school. They saw and helped make some popcorn from kernel’s. They were amazed at how it changed with the heat and started popping….

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2 years ago
Posted on 15th Oct 2024 by

A Sky full of Stars ✨ 🎶

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At Bowbrook, we want our children to be confident communicators! In order to do so, we pride ourselves on using Makaton in our school to ensure all children have the best opportunity to communicate and interact effectively. 🙌🏼

Our singing assembly this half term has focused on the song ‘A sky full of stars’ by Coldplay – a fitting song for a school full of little stars. ✨

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 15th Oct 2024 by

Autumn walk 🍂

Coats on and off we went for a (slightly soggy) autumn walk.
We spotted lots of seasonal changes; the colour of the leaves, conkers on the ground & some pumpkins and Halloween decorations around the estate!
We love getting out & about and are always very proud of our children’s behaviour.

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2 years ago
Posted on 27th Sep 2024 by

Pizza Express Trip for Caterpillars (Thursday children only)

Caterpillars are off to Pizza Express.

The Nursery children have shown a keen interest in cooking. This will give the children first hand experience of what a Chef does and what a Chef looks like. We are excited to take them to Pizza Express to experience being a Chef for the morning.

The visit will take place on Thursday 17th of October, departing school at 9.00am and returning around 11.45am.

The cost for this trip is £12.15, covering the cost of transport and insurance. Payment for this trip should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip.. Although costs for trips are voluntary, in reality the school has no other means of funding these trips. We hope that everyone can contribute to the trip in some way.

All children will need to bring water bottles. Please also ensure that they wear school uniform and have a coat with them.

Please note this trip is only open to Nursery children with attendance patterns including a Thursday.

Please note that this visit is covered by the Annual Consent Form for Trips/visits & Medical Information. Please notify the school immediately if there are any changes to your contact/emergency contact details or medical information.

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2 years ago
Posted on 26th Sep 2024 by

Enabling environments to promote a love of reading 📕

A rich learning environment is something we are very passionate about at Bowbrook! Promoting curiosity, awe and wonder through an enabling environment means our children are inspired and excited to learn every day. Whilst our Caterpillar children are interested in all things bear related, we’ve enhanced our environment to promote storytelling and sequencing.

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2 years ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2024 by

Who’s been eating my porridge?

Caterpillars are so engrossed in the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as well as other Bear stories!
We explored making porridge in the mud kitchen to feed to the bears. Then, we made our own porridge in the cookery room to try. We had 3 different toppings and we took a vote on which one was our favourite after thinking of different adjectives to describe the taste and texture. The sticky syrup was the firm favourite! Yummy. 🍯

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2 years ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2024 by

If you go down to the woods today…

Following the interest of Bears, the Caterpillar children designed, made & enjoyed a Teddy Bear’s Picnic with some special friends they brought from home.
We enjoyed having a story from Miss Stone’s magic basket too. A wonderful sunny afternoon! 🐻

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2 years ago
Posted on 20th Sep 2024 by

Bear Pizza Making…

Keeping with our children’s interest on bears we decided to make some bear pizzas in our cookery room. The children independently made them. They watched Big Cook Little Cook, whilst their pizzas were baking.  They were absolutely delicious and a very successful cooking day!

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2 years ago
Posted on 13th Sep 2024 by

Forest School

Forest School

Caterpillars loved their first visit this term to our forest school. We explored our new surroundings, then went on a bear hunt. Lots of amazing vocabulary and fun.

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2 years ago
Posted on 18th Jul 2024 by

Sharing picnic & performances 🎵

We had a fabulous time at our sharing picnic yesterday afternoon. It was lovely to see so many of our parents there to celebrate what has been a fantastic year! ✨

The children performed some songs they’ve been practising in assembly & class time and our (slightly depleted) choir, the tremendous trio, showed courage and bravery to sing solos in front of a large audience!

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