Pre-Prep & Nursery News & Events
News & Events
Autumn Days Exploring
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
The Reception Class at Clayesmore Prep has been spending lots of time outdoors this autumn, exploring the school grounds and making collections of seeds, berries, nuts, conkers and crab apples. Another trip in the week was to a local farm where the children fed the calves and took tractor and trailer rides around the farm yard.
Role Play Fun for Nursery
Monday, 06 October 2008
The children in the Nursery have been really busy this term thinking hard about all the people whose job it is to 'help us'. Starting with self protrait paintings, the yougsters moved on to think about what fire fighters might look like and what it would be like to work as a doctor or nurse. A visit by some firemen in their bright red shiny fire engine and some role play with bandages soon got...
Carnival Capers
Friday, 01 August 2008
Carnival Day at the Pre-Prep was tremendous fun this year with the children each dressing up as either rainbow fish, jungle creatures or exotic birds to bring spectacle and colour to the 'Big Top' ring in the Marquee. Linking in with the Prep School's Arts Week theme of 'Carnival' the children made their own head dresses and tabards and performed singing and dancing numbers, as well as percussi...
A Magical Time at Clayesmore
Monday, 09 June 2008
Hundreds of families thronged to Clayesmore Prep School this Sunday for an Afternoon of Adventure in aid of charity. Pre-Prep children and juniors from the age of four collected their 'passports' to 'Hogwarts Academy', a virtual Wizard's Emporium of art and craft to make spell boxes and wizarding bags; they followed the 'Wizard’s Way' Treasure Hunt to spot 'Doby' from the Harry Potter film o...
Ofsted Say Nursery is 'Outstanding'
Tuesday, 03 June 2008
The Nursery at Clayesmore Prep School has achieved the highest possible standard of 'Outstanding' in the three major areas of its recent Ofsted inspection. Inspectors have reported that in 'The Effectiveness of the Provision', 'Helping Children Make a Positive Contribution' and 'Organisation' the Prep School Nursery children receive outstanding levels of quality teaching, care and positive supp...
Sunshine Days
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
With all this wonderful weather, the children in the Pre-Prep have been making the most of their countryside setting. A new hazel dome has been designed as a fun hideaway for the children who all had a hand in helping to put it together. It also made a wonderful setting for the newly crowned May Queen following the traditional celebrations and Morris Dancing display from Maths and Design Techn...
Celebrating Spring
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Clayesmore's Pre-Prep and Nursery have celebrated the arrival of spring despite the gloomy weather. The children were very happy to skip about outside amongst the daffodils after their performance for parents and grandparents at the spring concert. Nursery Children acted out the story of the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" while the Pre-Prep children delighted the audience with a ballet routine perf...
World Book Day
Friday, 07 March 2008
Clayesmore Pre-Prep and Prep School celebrated World Book Day in style this week, as part of the National Year of Reading. Pupils right across the school from the Nursery to Year 8 dressed as their favourite book characters, with prizes being awarded for the most original costumes. Among the representations were Harry Potter, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Snow Queen. At a special ...