News from the Rooms

Acorns

Acorns room provides high quality early learning and care for children from 2 to 3 years. This provision is to support working parents or those returning to education or training. We also have free places for eligible children. These free places are allocated through a city wide referral system.

Beech and Willow

We provide two classrooms (Willow and Beech) for 3-4 year old pre-school children providing high quality learning and care.

Each child has an entitlement to 15 hours a week. We also provide paid wrap-a-round sessions for working parents. 

News from Acorns, Beech and Willow

Filton Avenue Beech and Willow Rooms Harvest and Cook

This afternoon, we have dug up potatoes and turnips from our planters, experiencing the excitement of harvesting vegetables we have grown ourselves. The children then cleaned, chopped, and cooked them before enjoying their freshly prepared food together. This...

Why We Love Snack Time in Acorns

In Acorns, we see snack time as a valuable opportunity for children to explore a variety of fruits and vegetables in a hands-on, meaningful way. By cutting, touching, smelling, and tasting different types of produce, children build familiarity and confidence with...
Acorns Room Have Fun in the Sun With Limes

Acorns Room Have Fun in the Sun With Limes

We had some fun in the sun with limes! The Children's Kitchen gave us lots of limes to explore this week. We gave the children cut up limes and hand juicers to experiment with. Using the hand juicers encourages children to use and develop strong muscles in their hands...

Spring Explorations in Our FANS Outdoor Learning Spaces!

Spring Explorations in Our FANS Outdoor Learning Spaces!

Our outside area is beginning to warm up in terms of temperature and usage! The children have been making the most of the milder weather to engage with nature and explore our outdoor environment in exciting ways. In the sand pit, children worked together to draw...

Acorn Room’s Obstacle Course

Acorn Room’s Obstacle Course

This week in Acorns, the children built an obstacle course using wooden planks and mats! Working collaboratively, the children showed problem-solving skills as they carefully arranged the materials and then took turns navigating their creation with growing confidence....

Exploring With Lemon Tea

Exploring With Lemon Tea

Children from Acorns Room at Filton Avenue Nursery School delighted in a sensory play experience centered around lemon tea. Equipped with miniature teapots, cups, and saucers, the Acorns Room children practiced pouring, stirring, and serving their lemon tea. This...

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Provocation

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Provocation

At Filton Avenue Nursery School, the children in Acorns Room embarked on a delightful sensory adventure inspired by We're Going on a Bear Hunt. We created an immersive learning environment featuring a cozy storytelling den draped with colorful fabrics and twinkling...

The RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch

The RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch

The children from Beech Room and the children from Willow Room have been awarded a certificate from the RSPB for their amazing bird spotting and counting skills! Filton Avenue Nursery School signed up to partake in this nationwide event back in the autumn term, and...

Acorns Room Book Share!

Acorns Room Book Share!

In Acorns, the children love to read and look at books. We thought we would share this joy with their families by creating our Acorns Book Share! We want to encourage families and carers to take a book and share a book together at home. This is a great way to share...

Acorns Room are Growing Vegetables

Acorns Room are Growing Vegetables

A Wonderful Donation In Acorns we have been very excited to start growing vegetables in our garden. We contacted local businesses to see if they could help us with this project and the Filton Community Garden said they could! The Filton Community Garden is located in...

Beech and Willow Children in The Big Brush Club

Beech and Willow Children in The Big Brush Club

Learning How to Keep Our Teeth Healthy Children from Beech and Willow Rooms who stay all day have joined The Big Brush Club where we clean our teeth after lunch and will be learning how to keep our teeth healthy. The Big Brush Club is a service provided by At Home...