nursery

Lost in Translation from lizdavies 13 days old

I taught my children "The Farmer's in his Dell" the other day. They love it, of course. But the first time, they weren't sure how it was played. I deliberately ...

The Children Have Arrived from lizdavies 79 days old

After a week of FRANTIC activity - it's no joke as a newbie to both country and school, trying to support a team of 13 teachers plus support staff, several ...

Five Go Out to Play from lizdavies 497 days old

The Nursery staff celebrated the end of the year, and sadly the break-up of our lovely team, with a night out. Here we all are, posing for the waitress ...

End of Term from lizdavies 701 days old

[ ... ] booked our Nursery Staff dinner for last night, too. The day went well. We swapped about as usual, so that I spent the first part of the morning ...

A Different Sort of Day from lizdavies 716 days old

[ ... ] came back to nursery full of what they'd seen. Our concerns about the parents and their afternoon arrangements came to nothing. When collecting ...

International Food Week from lizdavies 777 days old

[ ... ] admitted to nursery yet, but next week is the lull before we get the "Summer Birthdays" - the week when we start to pride ourselves on having got ...

Working alongside builders from lizdavies 792 days old

is a trying and frustrating experience, judging by our struggles this week to get our nursery up and running in time to open on Monday coming. We have ...

Home Visits from lizdavies 805 days old

[ ... ] backgrounds were almost all really sweet and lovable and we are looking forward to seeing them all in our Nursery, along with next week's batch!

New Beginnings from lizdavies 809 days old

Back to school today for another new year. We've got a somewhat different and difficult start this September, as our Nursery is still in the throes of ...

I went to school in the holidays from lizdavies 818 days old

[ ... ] to teach our nursery children to recite the alphabet and write their names; it's a quotation from a piece of research by American educationalist ...