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Well the Autumn rain has been pouring down this week but we certainly haven’t let that dampen our spirits – it’s been another wonderful week at Young Friends. Each group

The new rabbits have been fussed over all week and have new houses and toys etc and the children have been stroking and cuddling them – not deterred by the

What a week at Young Friends! Not only did we have our usual amounts of fantastic fun but we also had a super special visit from the Fire Service on

The Chimps. This week has been very exciting for our youngest members. They have been making patterns by rolling cars in paint and then across paper to make beautiful colourful

This week the Chimps have been exploring all kinds of different textures, ranging from giant freezing slippery ice balloons in their builders tray to squeezing squishy shaving foam through their

It was Parents Evening this week so it was a chance for all our parents to come and see and hear in detail how their lovely children have are getting

It is hard to believe we’re nearly half way through January already but it has been a steaming start to the year at Young Friends. We have had lots of

The cheeky little Chimps this week as you can see from the pictures had a really lovely time doing some painting rolling balls around in paint and making patterns. They

Our Chimps this week were playing with their lovely wooden small world shops and teddies. They were taking teddies for walks and buying them things. They also did some very

After such an amazing ‘Around the World’ theme last week, we had a lot to live to this time around but once again, the staff have ensure it’s been another

This week was Eco Week and Red Nose Day. It was super busy and full of activities for both. So far we have raised £101.64 through selling cakes and red

Well despite the cold we have been out in the brisk weather and getting lots of fresh air. Wishing that Spring weather to arrive! There have been Eastery activities, music,

Week beginning 8th April… This week we have welcomed a few lovely new children who have been joining in all of the fun both at nursery and out on trips

“Naming Body Parts” The Chimps have had a week of naming, pointing to and working out body parts. They have been reading stories and doing giant paintings on the floor

Week beginning 6th May… This week as you are well aware has been a mixed bag of sunshine and showers but of course the children never really care either way

Week beginning 20th May… It’s been yet another action packed week at nursery. We’ve gained a special new friend this week, Noemi our Japanese persona doll. Irene recently undertook persona

Week beginning June 3rd… What an amazing sun kissed week we’ve had and we have made the most of every last bit of it. The garden has been an absolute

June 17th 2013… We’ve had some lovely afternoons in the sun this week, with the children enjoying the fresh air, tending to the vegetable patch, hiding and going on adventures

Well we have certainly kicked off the month of July with a bang at Young Friends. There’s been sports relays, oodles of healthy cooking, wonderful artwork and days full of

The nursery of course, despite the fans, has been really hot this week so we have been letting the children jump in and out of the garden spray to keep

We’ve welcomed some new children in many of our nursery groups this week and there has been an excitable and fun filled atmosphere throughout each day. The garden has been

Week beginning 19th August… We’ve had trips to the beach, the most amazing role play areas, wonderful creative activities and fascinating sensory experiences this week and the children and staff

This week our little Chimps have been rocking and bobbing and playing instruments whilst Amber and Carly sing their (the children’s, not theirs) favourite songs with them. They have also

What a fantastic week we’ve at Young Friends. The lucky children could not contain their excitement when they saw their new animal bouncy hoppers. There are two dragons and a

Rainy Outdoor Play This week we have been joined by lots of new friends in all of the groups and the children have made them feel very welcome. Saying hello,

Squeaky Toy Hunt: The Chimps have been having a blast hiding and finding all sorts of squeaky toys around the room. They have also been crawling up and down and

All our groups have gone for it with a really spooky themed experiences and environments this week. We stock piled spooky resources and everyone made brilliant things. We had spooky

This week has been full of Children in Need and we wish to thank you all for supporting us in our fundraising efforts. The Argus came in today to see

This week has been full of sensory exploration for our gorgeous little chimps! They’ve been digging in the sand pit for sea shells, exploring new textures whilst getting messy with

This week the Chimps have been getting festive, messy and creative making their Christmas bags ready for their mummy’s and daddy’s to take home. They have been making Christmas tree

This week the cheerful chimps have been having a lovely picnic with lots of teddy bears and encouraging them to sign ‘more’, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. They have been using

Cooking, making and emotions… Our little Chimps made some delicious pepper parcels this week. They were smelling and tasting and rolling and having a lovely sensory time. The team in

The Chimps started off their new week by experimenting with fruits. They squashed strawberries, blueberries and raspberries on paper to create marks and feeling new textures – of course a

Pasta, Diggers and First Steps: Our Chimps this week have been playing with sand, water, funnels and wooden implements in their sand tray. They splashed and scooped and filled up

Dinasoar Role Play: Our rather wonderful youngest ones, this week, have been using multi-coloured feathers to do ‘bird collages’. They had dinosaurs out in small world but they basically went

Crystal Balls: Our fabulous Chimps this week have been singing an array of counting songs and doing actions to Three Currant Buns, 3 Little Speckled Frogs and more. They have

Soft Play and Music: Our cheeky Chimps have been having a great time rolling balls to each other and the team this week in their new conservatory. They showed sweet

Our lovely Chimps this week read and did the actions to their ‘Eyes, Nose and Cheeky Chin’ book which they had a lot of fun with. They played with jelly

Our baby Chimps this week were singing songs in different languages – well they enjoyed the staff singing them anyway. They did painting and blowing the paint with straws and

Our Chimps this week played with balloons of all different shapes and sizes which was really good fun until of course a couple popped and the activity had to be

This week our Chimps have been marvelling at giant bubbles. They also had different coloured bags with matching coloured objects and they were really interested in picking out the objects

This week our Chimps have been playing with musical instruments in the conservatory. They loved the piano, the guitar and crashed the life out of those tambourines! They had lots

Well the whole nursery has been getting sporty this week doing all sorts of things from circuits classes to javelin. Our Chimps have not been the exception to the rule.

The Chimps this week have been practicing putting on their own shoes and socks. They proudly matched pairs and with help were very good at it. They had cups and

This week our Chimps have been using binoculars to look around and focus on objects, things in the sky etc. They have been building sand castles in the sand tray

Chimps – Whoever heard of a baby pirate? Well, the Chimps have been sailing the open seas with their pirate role play with all the little ones enjoying climbing the

We have been a day short of a full week but the Chimps have still managed to cram five days worth of fun into the four. They have been creeping

Can you find your nose? The Chimps have been spending the week having a good, long, hard look at their faces and pointing out features from pictures. There has been

Our little Chimps had a lovely time this week making ‘Fruit Sticks’. They did a lot of tasting and threaded the fruit onto the sticks with a bit of help

Well the weather has not been very kind to us this week, but it hasn’t stopped the Chimps from having oceans of fun in their room. They have enjoyed some

The Chimps have kicked off our Halloween spirit with a spider sticking activity and a fun free for all with the big trucks and white paint as they rolled them

Fireworks everywhere! The Chimps have been creating their very own fireworks with toilet roll stamps and then bonfire collages with tissue paper and sticks. This week the soft play blocks

The Chimps have been rather creative with our baking trays this week as they have used them for a varied problem solving activity, adding milk bottle lids and balls so

This week has been all about those budding professionals and hobbyists and the Chimps have been singing about poorly Miss Polly who needs a doctor to take care of her.

The Chimps this week are back in full swing and have been meeting a few new friends who have come to join the nursery. In the mark making area, what

The Chimps were not particularly impressed with our snowy white garden or the sub-zero feeling temperatures, so they’ve snuggled up to their animal toys and practiced conversing in each animal’s

It’s been a creepy crawly week in the Chimp room. Butterflies were fluttering from their caterpillar and butterfly sensory bag. After having a good look at the butterfly picture cards,

Well it’s Chinese New Year (Year of the Goat) this week and the Carly, Carla and Angela have kicked it off by helping your little Chimps create some beautiful blossom

Poor old Carly has broken her foot so our Chimps have very carefully crawled around their injured leader while she still led the week (well most of it) through some

The chimps were off to the farm in the small world area this week and it was quite the sensory experience. Pigs were in the mud, sheep were on the

To celebrate Easter week the Chimps have donned their fluffy bunny ears and started things off with some hard-boiled egg painting. It’s going to be hard to tell children not

The Chimps have been basking in all the glorious sunshine and it’s just as well since their song of the week was all about bumble bees. They practiced their buzz,

You will hopefully notice an ‘earthy’ theme throughout this week’s blog. Last week’s national ‘Earth Day’ was just not enough for Young Friends so this week we went one better

This week the Chimp room became a pop-up bakery and the little ones were loving it. Following on from their successful bread making last week, they branched out with additional

The Chimps have been particularly curious about each other’s toys and objects so their group time focus this week has been a Chimp variation on pass the parcel. With Makaton

Text to be completed…. X-factor here we come! The Chimps have been gurgling, warbling, and shouting out their favourite sounds into their role play paper microphones and have had a

Typically this week our charming young Chimps got stuck into an array of sensory and imaginative activities. They made their very own ocean out of coloured water and cleverly compared

The Chimp band has been cranking out some summer tunes in the conservatory this week using maracas and castanets among a full instrument stock. In the sand tray, they have

Space travel guidelines have grown a bit lax of late as our littlest friends in the Chimp room have been moonwalking and space hopping in their space station role play.

Happily the sun hasn’t abandoned us just yet and the Chimps enjoyed some rather lovely days in the garden this week. At the top of the hill, they enjoyed rolling

“Twinkle, twinkle” and all that jazz… our fabulous Chimps have borrowed the Howler song board ( no surprise they had their beady eyes on that one – there are moveable

Well it’s all been very quiet in the Chimp room this week as many of our littlest ones are graduating to the Howler room. They’re now old pros at the

Everyone’s in full autumn/Halloween swing as all the rooms have been enjoying some seasonal crafts and activities. The Chimps have been navigating cobwebs to find spiders for their sensory activity.

On your marks! Get set! Go! The races have begun as our little movers and shakers had a walker race through the Chimp room. The little ones were bursting with

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Though not officially launched, the Gibbons children have been none the wiser as they have been enjoying both their newly resourced (new

Well quite a few of the Gibbons have returned from our break triumphant with some new walking skills as they toddle around the green and white rooms. At this time

It’s all been rather cool in the Gibbons rooms this week as their theme was winter and the Arctic. The role play has been overflowing with bubble wrap for their

The Gibbons have been surfing it up beach boys style in their beach role play. They’ve even had to avoid the jaws of the blue shark, although most were quite

Our Gibbons love nothing more than a little shake about so this week they’ve been making all manner of shakers in their creative areas, exploring and linking sounds. For their

As it was World Book Day on Thursday, Jodie, our storytelling rep was hard at work on creating a new stock of story bags for the groups. We now have

Our little princes and princesses in the Gibbons have had their coronations this week in their castle role play. All but their sceptres were missing in the royal proceedings, but

Since we were down a day, the good times were ramped up this week in the Gibbons.  Of course, it can sometimes be a bit difficult returning to nursery from

The Gibbons have been unrecognizable this week in their Fancy Dress shop. The team borrowed the Baboon’s costume rack and the Gibbons really enjoyed pulling items of hangers and choosing

The Gibbons morning group times for this week deserve a bit of an accolade. Those imaginative so and so’s made an amusing looking monster and the children delighted in feeding

The Gibbons have gone stamp crazy in their post office role play this week. Not only have they used potatoes to stamp on envelopes but they also have been experimenting

The Gibbons have left no shaker unturned as they rattled their way through their sound box this week. They even made some new shakers using rice, pasta and dried beans

The Gibbons caused a bit of a stir in their kitchen role play this week as spatulas, giant spoons, and tongs were waved around like flags. Cupboard doors and pans

With all this English summer rain, perhaps the Gibbons had that Incey Wincey Spider on their brains because this week, they made like arachnids and crept their little fingers along

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The Gorillas have been learning to work as part of a team and in partners whilst following directions of Nadeem, our very own qualified sports coach, in the park. The

Our little Gibbons have been making a right old noisy racket in the Green Room… they have had the giant round drum out along with shakers, xylophones and scrapers. They

This week the Gibbons have been immersed in so many adventurous activities. One of their absolute favourites was playing exciting games with the parachute. An object would be hidden under