Nursery
Parent Survey Results 2023 – Edenhurst Nursery
Our 2023 Parent Survey results are in! They show that the parent community are very satisfied with life at Edenhurst Nursery, with the vast majority of parents describing the nursery as happy, friendly and nurturing with a focus on providing the very best learning experience for all the children in its care. There is a…
Early Learners & Reception Forest School Event
Earlier this week, Early Learners and Reception took part in a fabulous Forest School induction event. The afternoon was led by our Reception teacher and Early Years specialist, Mrs Bartholomew, and provided an opportunity for children to enjoy a Forest School taster lesson to aid their transition to Reception. Some parents also came along to…
Nursery Host Mother’s Day Stay & Play
For Mother’s Day this year, each Nursery room welcomed lots of Mummies, Aunties and Grannies for a special Stay and Play session recently. The Babies had a fun time gluing and sticking with their mummies and emptying and filling pink pots with pasta. They also enjoyed reading a story with their special person. The Toddlers…
French in Early Learners & Reception
Through this Hilary term, Reception and Early Learners have been looking at the classic tale of Handa’s Surprise in French – ‘La Surprise de Handa’. Children have been learning all the French words for the African animals that feature through the tale and the seven different fruits that they sneak from Handa’s basket. To conclude…
Nursery Squiggle While You Wiggle!
The Explorers and Little Learners (age 2-3) have started a new exciting programme this month called Squiggle While You Wiggle! The Squiggle Early Learning Programme is a developmental approach designed specially for the early years and encourages the early stages of mark making and physical development used in writing when the children are older. The…
Little Eden Awards Launch
We launched an exciting new scheme in January for children in our Early Learners and Reception classes – the Little Eden Awards. Similar to the Mini Duke Awards, the Little Eden Awards have been designed to introduce the children to different challenges throughout their time in the Early Years Department at Edenhurst. These 18 activities…
ISI sends Edenhurst to the top of the class
Pupils, staff and parents at Edenhurst Preparatory School in Staffordshire are celebrating, after receiving their latest inspection results. The co-educational, independent school underwent a Regulatory Compliance and EYFS inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), in October. ISI Inspectors operate under the Ofsted framework, approved by the Department for Education. The duration process was extended to…
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow
Throughout April the Little Learners have been very busy tending to the nursery garden. First the children helped to dig over the large planter and add more soil. Then we re-potted the smaller planters with flowers in. We talked about what the plants and flowers needed to grow and guessed how big they may be….
Meet Hayley, our new Baby Room Supervisor.
When I was asked to take over leadership of the Baby Room at Edenhurst Nursery, I jumped at the chance. It was my role at my previous nursery and an age group I love to work with. I have worked with children from the ages of 3 months to 11 years and have been a…
Christmas in Nursery
As this has been a very strange year, Christmas has been a bit different, but we have taken this opportunity to start celebrating earlier than usual in Nursery to spread some Christmas spirit. Every Friday has been Festive Friday where the children and staff have been invited to dress in Christmas clothes and take part…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
