Welcome to the Top Nursery in Bingham

Calvin has been part of the Serendipitys team for 5 years! He started at the Grantham Nursery as a student when it was first opened in 2016 and has been through the position of supply staff to a key worker in preschool and is now the Room Head of Toddlers.
Our Toddler room is always full of new, exciting activities and as a team, the staff in the room are constantly thinking of different ways for the children to learn in a way thats enjoyable and links to their interests. Having a cosy corner to read stories in a calm section of the room, a small world area for the children to explore their creativity, accessible art resources to enhance their expression and even our conservatory for role play to give the Toddlers free range over their imagination. ... See more

Our book of the week in Preschool has been Elmer the Patchwork Elephant and we have been doing lots of research to enhance our understanding of elephants in the real world as well as this fictional one. We've been exploring colours as well as developing our cutting skills by using scissors to cut fabric and have been cutting fruit and vegetables to extract the natural colours. ... See more

At Nursery, to promote diversity and equality, we teach the children of the celebrations around the world which their friends would partake in. Today in many East Asian countries, it marks the Lunar New Year and Chinese Zodiac animal being the Ox. Baby room have been sticking and gluing wrappers and smelling citrus fruits. ... See more

There are few topics that can trigger a childs inquisitiveness like Space can. Children crave the knowledge of what goes on in the outside world and looking into the night sky only accentuates this curiosity. The preschoolers value learning about space more and with their increased cognitive and language abilities, they can extend on their learning by seeking answers themselves, asking questions about how space travel works, existence extra-terrestrial life and the possibilities that universe can contain. We've been making our own rockets and control panels, discussing how we could fly between planets and have even been searching for aliens! ... See more

Playing in the rain is a great way for babies to feel at one with nature and is a key outdoor sensory experience! There are new sounds of the rain falling onto different surfaces, things to see and even the smell outdoors changes. The red overalls help to keep us dry, however leaving our hands free to explore the textures of the water, we develop our sense of touch also! ... See more

Yesterday morning, the Toddlers put on their hats and overalls and headed straight into the garden to play in the snow! A general misconception is that playing outside in winter months can spread seasonal illnesses, however in the outdoors, germs cannot circulate as easily as they can in a room filled with people.
Childrens immune systems are boosted whilst engaged in outdoor play and they can also build a resilience to allergies. As well as this, playing outdoors in the winter can bring a new range of challenges that children cant experience in the summer, such as how to move safely over icy patches, which not only requires more concentration, thereby boosting the locomotion, but also develops their cognitive abilities to counter these problems. ... See more

The Preschoolers have been tasting different cheeses! Cheese tasting, similar to other forms of tasting food is a great way for children to develop their taste buds, and gain more of an enjoyment for trying new food, rather than considering it just fuel for our bodies. Children build confidence through trying new things, and food is no different!
After tasting our different cheeses, we voted on which cheese we enjoyed the most and in doing so we can help children to develop an understanding of our British Values by tallying votes, as we can assess which one had more votes than the other, creating a democracy for our love and dislikes for types of cheese. ... See more

Small world is an integral part of imaginative play in all rooms at nursery. It greatly enhances all areas of learning and is diverse in numerous areas of exploring. Learning about dinosaurs in Toddlers has been aided by our use of the Small World area, as we have been able to notice the various features of the dinosaurs, examining reasons for why those features exist, such as long necks or spiked tails. ... See more

Our Preschool room focuses on supporting children to make their own discoveries and allowing them to be independent with their choices, such as if they want to play in the garden or the cabin, making their own decisions and exploring themselves. They have heavy involvement with choosing activities for the day and we extend their learning in this by giving them opportunities do develop in all their areas and providing them with a focused topic for the week. ... See more

Our Preschool room focuses on supporting children to make their own discoveries and allowing them to be independent with their choices, making their own decisions and exploring themselves. They have heavy involvement with choosing activities for the day and we extend their learning in this by giving them opportunities do develop in all their areas and providing them with a focused topic for the week. ... See more