Acorns’ Autumn Collections

Acorns’ Autumn Collections

We are encouraging the children to notice the changing seasons around them. We have created a special place outside Acorns’ drop off area where your children can leave and share with us their autumnal finds. Specifically, we would love to see autumn leaves which...
A Follow-up Note for Acorns Parents/Carers

A Follow-up Note for Acorns Parents/Carers

Due to COVID restrictions and to keep you all safe, we understand it is hard for you as a parent to hand your child over at the gate and not be able to come into the room to see where they play or see them happily settled with their friends. It’s not easy for us in...
Exploring Vegetables with Acorns

Exploring Vegetables with Acorns

Acorns have been picking potatoes, rosemary and apples which they have grown. We then explored them today along with a courgette from preschools’ new vegetable patch. The children were cutting, smelling, tasting and even cooking the potatoes! They had lots of...
World Book Day in Acorns

World Book Day in Acorns

We’re having a great week celebrating World Book Day and Book Week at Filton Avenue! We set up Acorns room ready for the celebrations, with reading areas, a tearoom (themed around The Tiger Who Came to Tea) and even a special bug-themed area (with nature-themed...
Acorns and learning to control tools

Acorns and learning to control tools

In Acorns, we have been very busy learning to handle tools with increasing control and having a lot of fun in the process! All this work, handling and controlling tools, will help us with our writing skills later on!