Chrysalis News
Music to Our Ears
During August drummer Michael Sanjurgo came to nursery for a music session with the children
in Big Butterflies.
You can see a picture of Michael with the children by clicking here....
And read how he got along by clicking here...
Big Butterflies Schoolies' Trip to Stockley Farm
What a lovely day we had when we visited Stockley Farm. Read about it here...
Graduation 2011
We were determined that Graduation went ahead this year WHATEVER THE WEATHER!! Please read about our plans!
Race for Life 2011
Chrysalis staff took part in this year's Race for Life at Tatton Park. These are some of the pictures.....
Bees
A swarm of bees circled the nursery one evening on Monday 13 June. You can read about it here....
Emily Domville, Winner at Terra Nova Art Competition 2011
We could not believe our ears when we received a phone call from the Terra Nova School saying that Emily Domville’s masterpiece had WON the overall competition. There were also Highly Commended awards for Ruby Peacock and Beatrice Watson. Emily won a £50 voucher, and Ruby and Beatrice both won a £10 voucher, and the nursery a £200 voucher. Congratulations to all three of them.
Royal Wedding Street Party
We celebrated the wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton in style with a Royal Wedding Street Party.
NDNA Awards 2011 - A note to parents:
Thank you to all those people who have completed our Parent and Child Questionnaires. We have received some very interesting responses! This is part of an on-going self-evaluation process that we carry out in anticipation of an OFSTED inspection. Many of the suggestions we received already take place in nursery on a day to day basis, but we are in the process of putting a hopscotch grid in the Big Butterfly garden and we are going to grow a grapevine with the children, and put a swing in the Cocoon/Little Butterfly garden. If you haven't already seen the feedback from the questionaire it is in the main entrance hall. Thankyou to all the children and parents for your wonderful comments - all positive!
Thank you also to the parents who nominated members of staff and also the nursery for the N.D.N.A. Nursery Awards 2011. On this occasion there was a huge response across the UK and we were not actually selected - better luck next time! The comments have been shared with the staff and it was a very positive exercise and uplifting to know how high we stand in your regard.
World Book Day 2011
World Book Day is a regular event in our calendar. It is a fantastic opportunity for us top dress up as our favourite book characters and to read lots of stories. You can read more about our activities here....
Valentine's Day
We celebrated Valentine's Day with card making, songs and a lovely wedding reception. You can read more here....
Looking forward to 2011
2011 promises to be an exciting year in Nursery. Read here about some of our objectives.
New Toys for Nursery
We have lots of new toys in Nursery......
Read about our Halloween walk and our aftrenoon of spooky activities at Nursery! We also helped raise money for Christies Hospital.
Spanish Day
We had a super day learning about Spain. Find out more!
Carnival Week
Come and read about our Carnival Week wen the sun shone (most of the time!), hook-a-duck, Terry the Juggler who came to visit and a disco!
Platinum Food Safe Award 2009 2010
As well as this Carol has been awarded the '5 stars on the doors' for 2010 by the Environmental Health Inspector (also achieved in 2009 - see lower down the news page) The inspector said that Carol had a well managed and documented food safety management system with an interesting imaginative menu.
What a star - Well done Carol!
Heuristic Play Centre
We are happy to introduce out new Heuristic Play Centre. This can be found in the corridor outside Cocoons. There are pump bags, boxes and baskets full of treasure for anyone to explore.
Our Fantastic New Field
We are so lucky to have been able to develop our already extensive outside area. We have cleared the area behind the fence, moved it back and turfed it so that there is a lovely big field where the children can run and play to their hearts content. We have had so much fun already on this area – we had a super full, nursery picnic and a super sports day!
The Chrysalis Stone
You may have noticed our 30,000 year old holed stone taking pride of place in our garden when you have come to drop off or pick up your children at Nursery.
It was donated to nursery by the Lawes family. They first joined the nursery nearly twelve years ago when Kathy and Mike first bought the nursery. At that time Becky, their eldest daughter was a little baby. As Becky left to go to school they brought Harriet, her little sister! It was a sad day when Harriet left to go to school, but this lovely stone reminds us of those wonderful girls every day!! Thank you to them all.
You can learn about the source of the stone by visiting www.timecircles.co.uk.
Our Tree in Bloom
Our Chrysalis Tree has been in place for a few years now and we have kept a record of its development over the seasons.
The slide show gives an indication of the different ways in which its lights up our garden throughout the year.
Want to know more news?
We take a lot of pride and pleasure in sharing news and events with our Chrysalis Parents primarily through the regular Chrysalis Courier. If you are a prospective parent and wish to know more about any of our news or what we do please contact us directly (our contact details can be found by clicking here) and we will be delighted to help.
