NEWS

The leaves are turning rich colours of red, orange and gold. There's a slight chill in the fresh air filling our lungs and the glistening sun is setting just that bit earlier in the day. Autumn in upon us and it's a time when the earth, nature and animals are preparing to quieten down for the winter ahead.   Of course this means its Harvest time. A time to reap what we have sown and to gather in our produce and plants. Perhaps a time for reflection; to remember those early sp

Did you know that we are award winning gardeners?  Over the last four years, we have taken part in gardening for schools award in association with the Royal Horticultural Society.  We have achieved our Level 1, 2 and 3 and we are currently working towards our Level 4. As part of this award, we have grown produce, harvested seeds and made a gardening centre for our families to make donations for plants.  We have shared our apples, plums and seeds. With an aim to sharing what w

It's been a beautiful week here at nursery. We enjoyed stories and songs with Clare from Story Bears, Football on Tuesday afternoon and learning new songs with Rebecca on Thursday. There have been discoveries in the sensory tray... bumpy, flat, smooth, rough, cold, sticky.... Children have been enjoying lots of fresh air in the garden, lots of warming meals at lunch time and there are beautiful Autumnal displays going up in the playrooms. We also celebrated National Baking D

On Monday 20th October we will be holding a fundraiser to help support Book Aid International! Children attending nursery that day are invited to wear pyjamas or cosy clothes as we will be having a cosy day sharing stories! If you are able to donate any books please can we have them by Friday 17th October, ready for the book sale on Monday 20th October. We are so proud to have created our own 'Take a Book for Bedtime' library in our setting, and thank you for supporting this

We would like to introduce you to Mr. Trevor Creek ! During National Recycling Week back in September, we designed ideas for our new scarecrow. We have been sorting through our recycling items and thinking how we could reuse them. Children used mirrors to discuss their own features and this gave inspiration for what items to use for his features; "this is the nose." "I'm cutting the green, it's eye brows." Next the children used large sewing needles to attach the features

Back in the Spring and Summer, Sarah planted many seeds with the children. Children attending Gardening Club have been looking after these plants throughout the long hot summer and we have recently been repotting them for our garden centre. Thank you so much if you donated for any of these plants. We have cut our lavender and we are currently making a frame to hang them to dry. Watch this space what we do with them! For the children in the Kindergarten Gardening Club, they

Cress is a simple to use online marketplace for families to access affordable preloved clothing. Many items listed online are our very own merchandise with the St. Michael's logo. We are so delighted to have a CRESS account as this helps us continue to beat our drum far and loud about sustainability. The online platform enables us to promote reusing clothing which is not only eco-friendly, but also purse friendly. Meaning good quality clothes can be accessible and kept out

St. Michael's Nursery has its own Forest School based in a separate natural wooded area on site. Run by qualified Forest School Leader...

A big part of our ethos here at St. Michael's is promoting well-being and mindfulness. We value time nurturing self-esteem, self-belief,...

Autumn is here and so is the harvest. The pinnacle of the growing season and a highlight for Hedgehogs Bakery. Dragonflies were recently...