Class Blog for Nursery

Welcome to Storytellers

Welcome to our Nursery blog ...

In our spacious, inviting nursery, we work hard to provide a nurturing, supportive learning environment where children can thrive and grow. We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum with an emphasis on promoting the characteristics of effective learning.

This approach fosters a love of learning and provides challenges linked closely to developmentally age-appropriate experiences. We strive to create an environment where children feel confident in exploring and discovering new things. We offer weekly forest school activities and have constant access to an ample, safe outdoor space and an all-weather area. All meals are cooked daily on site by our excellent cook.

As a Nursery, we understand that all children are unique and understand the importance of following their individual interests.

We are set just outside the beautiful village of Blisland, which is 10 minutes from Bodmin town centre.

Because we are a smaller setting, we can offer 10 places per year group. This ensures a very high level of interaction with adults and quality input for your child while they are with us. We are a very family-oriented organisation with strong community connections.

We can offer places to children from age 2 and offer 15- and 30-hour funding. More information can be found here: www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare

Morning sessions are from 9am to 12pm starting at £18 per session for 3&4 years old and £19.65 for 2years old.

Lunch is available from 12-1 pm at £6 for 3&4 years old, and £6.55 for 2 years old PLUS meal cost, or a home-packed lunch.

Afternoon session: 12-3 pm starting at £18 per session for 3&4 years old and £19.65 for 2years old, PLUS meal cost or a home-packed lunch.

All-day session: 9 am - 3 pm are £36 for 3&4 years old and £39.30 for 2years old PLUS the meal cost, or a home-packed lunch.

We are very flexible with hours and days, so please feel free to ring for more information.

We also run a parent and toddler group, ' Twiglets', on a Wednesday, 9 am- 10.30 am, where you can come along to stay and play and meet new people, have a coffee and get a feel for what we are all about; this runs weekly in term time, and it's free. Bump to 4 years.

Weekly information is also available on our 'Twiglets' Facebook page.

By following our nursery blog, which we hope to publish every week, we will show you, through words and pictures, how we promote your child's learning in the nursery. It is also an excellent way for you to discuss with your child at home what they have been doing each week.

Kind regards

Mrs Pearce & The Storytellers Team

Spooktacular Storytellers

A Spooktacular Day at Storytellers!

What a spooktacular day we have had at Storytellers Nursery! The children looked amazing in their fantastic fancy dress costumes, bringing lots of Halloween magic and fun to our nursery.

We have been busy little witches and wizards, mixing our very own spooky potions, exploring different colours and textures, and watching what happens as we combined our ingredients. There was plenty of excitement as we got stuck into pumpkin smashing, explored the pumpkins, and discovered what was hiding inside!

The children also enjoyed making and decorating ghost biscuits, getting creative with their spooky treats before sitting down together for our special Halloween party lunch.

It has been a wonderful day full of laughter, imagination, messy play and fantastic memories. The children have been developing their communication, creativity, fine motor skills and confidence through all our Halloween activities.

A huge well done to our little monsters for making it such a spooktacular day!.

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The Little Red Hen

The Little Red Hen at Storytellers

This week at Storytellers, we have been enjoying the story of The Little Red Hen. The children listened carefully to the story and joined in with familiar parts, learning new words and talking about what happened.

We then became little bakers ourselves and worked together to make our own bread. The children helped to mix the ingredients, noticing how the mixture changed as we added and combined everything. They enjoyed feeling the dough and watching it change as we kneaded it and it began to become soft and stretchy.

This was a wonderful opportunity to develop communication, cooperation, turn-taking and fine motor skills, as well as learning about changes in materials and following simple instructions.

The best part was, of course, tasting our freshly baked bread together! The children enjoyed sitting with their friends and sharing what they had made. They also took some bread home to share with their families, just like the Little Red Hen shared her story with us.

Exploring Autumn

Autumn at Storytellers

The children have been enjoying exploring the wonderful changes that Autumn has brought to our nursery and the world around us.

We have been looking closely at the different leaf colours, talking about how they change from green to beautiful shades of yellow, orange, red, and brown. The children enjoyed mixing colours to create their own autumn shades, developing their creativity while learning to recognise and mix colours. They also experimented with leaf printing, developing their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and ability to explore different textures.

We have been learning about animals and how they prepare for the colder winter months. The children particularly enjoyed making their own spiky hedgehogs, using different materials and techniques. This helped to develop their fine motor control, concentration, creativity and imagination.

Through our Autumn activities, the children have also developed their language and communication skills as they talked about what they noticed, learned new vocabulary, and shared ideas with friends and adults.

It has been a lovely week of exploring, creating and discovering the seasonal changes happening all around us.

Healthy Teeth

This week at Storytellers, we have been learning more about our bodies, with a special focus on our teeth.

The children have enjoyed exploring books and stories about teeth and talking about why it is important to look after them. We have also introduced new toothbrushes and practised brushing our teeth, learning how to brush carefully and keep our smiles healthy.

Our role-play area has been a particular favourite, giving the children opportunities to act out visits to the dentist, take on different roles and talk about what happens when we visit the dentist.

Through stories, discussion, role play and hands-on activities, the children have been developing their understanding of healthy choices while building confidence and independence in caring for themselves.

All about me!

The children have settled really well into our nursery routines this week and are becoming increasingly confident and comfortable back in the class.

We have been exploring our topic ‘All About Me’, looking at our similarities and differences and talking about what makes each of us unique. The children enjoyed looking at their reflections in the mirror before creating their own self-portraits.

We have also been learning about different parts of our bodies through dancing and singing along to ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’, helping the children to identify and name different body parts while developing their listening and movement skills.

Our learning continued through a range of puzzles, matching games, and activities that supported problem-solving, concentration, turn-taking, and skill development through play.

The highlight of the week was drawing around one of our littlest members, then taking turns adding their features to our giant person. The children absolutely loved this activity and worked together brilliantly.

It has been lovely to see the children developing friendships, confidence and independence as they settle into life at Storytellers.