This week, to expand on our Autumnal theme, we hope to be pressing apples with the children. Thanks to the apple press that we’ve borrowed from Hogacre Common Eco Park. If anyone wants to add a few more apples to our collection that is waiting to be pressed then they’d be gratefully received and alsoContinue reading “Apple pressing”
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Chatty Tuesday
Oxfordshire County Council have launched Chatty Tuesdays: great ideas to support communication, language and literacy development. #ChattyTuesdayToday’s Top Tip is to encourage children to listen to the sounds around them. Go for a listening walk and chat together about the sounds that you can hear. Use your voice to copy the sounds. Find pictures inContinue reading “Chatty Tuesday”
Old Macdonald had a farm
Old MacDonald had a farmEe-i-ee-i-oAnd on that farm he had some cowsEe-i-ee-i-oWith a moo-moo hereAnd a moo-moo thereHere a moo, there a mooEverywhere a moo-moo
COVID19 Update August 2020 System of Controls
The following link is for the guidance issued by the Government for early years settings and contains the System of Controls that are advised for all settings. At Lake Street Nursery we will be ensuring that our system of controls is as robust as possible as we head into Term 1, September 2020. Although weContinue reading “COVID19 Update August 2020 System of Controls”
September start
Term 1 will begin on Monday 7 September 2020, at 8.45 Please be aware of our new sessions times of 8.45-11.45, 11.45-2.45 We will also be following advice regarding the situation with COVID19 and will inform parents of any changes to normal operating conditions that this may mean as soon as we have the relevantContinue reading “September start”
Coronavirus Update 1 June 2020
Lake Street Nursery is planning towards opening again, dependant on latest Government advice, from Monday 8th June 2020. This will look significantly different than usual and will be our first step towards developing a ‘new normal’ and wider opening from September. We will be working in two separate cohorts of children and adults, based onContinue reading “Coronavirus Update 1 June 2020”
Lake Street mentioned on Oxford MUMbler
As part of our strategy to recruit new members to nursery, Committee member Maddy (who is a freelance journalist) wrote a guest article for parenting website Oxford MUMbler in return for some coverage. You can read the article ‘3 secrets to raising happy children’ here and check out all the latest events for families in OxfordContinue reading “Lake Street mentioned on Oxford MUMbler”
Nursery featured in Oxford Mail
We had a visit from the Oxford Mail last week and the children had lots of fun posing for photos and testing out the paints for our sponsor a plank initiative, which is part of our 50th anniversary celebrations. Read the article here. For the sponsor a plank drive, we’re inviting old members (as wellContinue reading “Nursery featured in Oxford Mail”
