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

Meet the Acorns Room Millipedes!

Acorns Room at Filton Avenue Nursery School has some very exciting new additions — we have got pet millipedes! Our new residents are Black Fire Millipedes (Centrobolus fulgidus) and they have been an absolute hit with the children. The children have been watching them...

Celebrating World Book Day in Little Acorns and Acorns Rooms

Little Acorns and Acorns at Filton Avenue Nursery School have had a lovely week celebrating World Book Day, with parents and staff coming together to read and retell their favourite stories with the children. The children enjoyed hearing all the different books and...
Chinese New Year Celebrations

Chinese New Year Celebrations

To celebrate Chinese New Year, the children in our Beech Room helped decorate the head of a Chinese Dragon. Each group then performed the dragon’s dance at circle.

Our Children’s Kitchen

Our Children’s Kitchen

We are very lucky to have Jo Ingleby visit our nursery each week to help us learn about and explore food. On each of her visits, she brings in fresh produce for the children to learn more about and taste. In the spring we plan to sow and plant salad and vegetables in...

Willow Room’s Construction

Willow Room’s Construction

In Willow Room, we have been exploring new construction resources. We've been making walkways, robots and houses. Some of the children are beginning to construct with a purpose in mind, selecting and using appropriate resources and techniques.