Winter At Learning Curve

Airy-fairy-hairy-Mary may be shivering in the snow now but back in the Autumn we were busy preparing for Spring by planting some bulbs

Pumpkin Day

But soon the nights were drawing in and witches and pumpkins were seen in the Nursery

After Pumpkin Day it was Bonfire Night, but we did not dress up for that. Some Guy did though, but he got burnt! Next it was Children in Need and dress-down Friday. So we all got dressed up for that one—even the grown-ups!

And in December some of dressed up for the Nativity Play: three wise men, five bandidos and three…?

We held two parties this year, one for the babies and one for the twos and pre-school. The babies had a visit from a Christmas fairy and an elf who gave them some presents

As ever, Jack Stephens put on a wonderful magic show for the older children and after he had left we had a surprise visitor: arriving on his 6 reindeer-power, turbo four-by-four sled an elderly gent in a very fetching fur-trimmed red coat came in to give some presents to the children.

After receiving so much for Christmas it was only fitting that the children were able to do some giving. The hampers that had been put together so generously by our parents were presented to Richard Belsham of the Swindon Food Bank, an organisation dedicated to feeding Swindon people in crisis.

With all the talk of swine flu we just have to make sure we keep our hands clean. (if only we could do our noses as well!)

First we have to make sure that the water is the right temperature.

Then we can apply the soap

But sometimes we have to make sure that the grown-ups do it properly as well.