An eggcellent day

Today we had three Bantam hens in the nursery belonging to Gail. She became hooked on 'The good life' after we successfully hatched chicks last year. The hens have been named, Loulou Kizzy and Saffy. Two of the hens (Kizzy and Saffy) amazed and thrilled the children by laying an egg each, now the children realise that eggs certainly don't originate from Sainsbury's.

Homemade soup

The children in the Nursery have been talking about and looking at a variety of vegetables. This afternoon they made a very tasty 'Tomato Soup'. We thought you may be interested in the trying out the recipe yourself:

Tomato Soup (serves 4)

1 onion, peeled and finely chopped

1 clove of garlic, peeled and finely chopped

1 carrot, peeled and coarsely grated

a handful of fresh basil, leaves picked, stalks finely chopped, olive oil

6 tablespoons double cream

1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

2 egg yolks

1kg/2lb 3oz super-ripe tomatoes

1.1 litres/2 pints chicken or vegetable stock

sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Raising money to help the Children with Leukaemia charity

A parent at the nursery is running the London Marathon for the Children with Leukaemia charity and asked if there was anything we could do to help raise both awareness and money, so we decided to hold a mufti day and cake sale .

Both staff members and parents kindly made cakes to sell knowing there efforts would go to a good cause.

An Outstanding Nursery School

We have recently had out Ofsted Inspection and we are pleased to announce that we received 'outstanding' in all areas.

Congratulations to all members of staff for their continued hard work and dedication.

Thank you to all parents and their wonderful children for making our job so rewarding and enjoyable.

Our 'Team of the Year' article in Partners in Print

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