by Tom Walbrin | Jul 14, 2025 | Acorns Room, News, Rooms
With the recent warm weather, the children in the Acorns room at Filton Avenue Nursery School found a creative and refreshing way to cool down—by making ice cream in a bag! This exciting activity combined fun with learning, as the children explored the science behind...
by Tom Walbrin | Jul 1, 2025 | Acorns Room, News, Rooms
Following our core story The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the Acorns embarked on a real-life journey of transformation by raising their very own butterflies! We began with tiny caterpillars, carefully feeding and observing them as they grew. The children were fascinated...
by Tom Walbrin | May 23, 2025 | Acorns Room, News
In Acorns, we are creating a Family Floor Book- a big, shared scrapbook where each child will have their own page to fill with family photos, drawings, and stories. This is a great way for children to make connections between home and nursery, and to proudly share...
by Ali | May 23, 2025 | Acorns Room, Rooms
In Acorns, we are excited to share a fabulous new addition to our top garden – a bird hide that doubles as a climbing frame! This unique structure offers the children a peaceful place to sit quietly, observe birds, and connect with nature. Whether they’re...
by Ali | Apr 4, 2025 | Acorns Room, Rooms
Over this half term, Acorns children have been participating in some exciting spring activities. We made a cosy den to relax in, read books, and looked at bugs. We also did some gardening and planted sunflowers, onions, carrots, tomatoes, radishes, parsnips, potatoes,...
by Ali | Apr 3, 2025 | Acorns Room, Rooms
This week in nursery, the children in Acorns celebrated Eid by having an Eid Mubarak party. The children helped Rahma make some Chapatis. We practised our rolling skills by rolling the dough and our fine motor skills by picking up the chapati to flip it over.
