The children helped build a bug hotel made entirely of reclaimed materials: wooden pallets, old wonky wooden construction blocks, egg boxes and cardboard tubes. They searched the garden for logs, sticks and leaves to stuff in the gaps. “I got sticks” “Will snails live here?” “Is that the bedroom?”

We are winners!! Names thought of by our children were picked as names for three of Veolia’s fleet of waste food recycling trucks. Gizmo, TummyTron and Chewball will be collecting food waste from homes in Southwark. Well done to the children. The children entered a competition to name one of…

Sarah and Claire, our teachers, spoke at the #NurseryWorldConference and shared different ways we support children at The Grove, now and for their futures. They spoke about knowing our community, developing the whole child, building an inclusive curriculum and putting sustainability into action.

The chn explored pumpkins and did observational drawing/paintings. “I like the orange pumpkin because it’s orange on the outside and inside” “I like the yellow pumpkin because yellow is my favourite colour” “There’s pumpkins in Tesco” “I do the daddy pumpkin” “I wanna take my house” “I have pumpkin”

The chn studied the work of British artist Frank Bowling. Born in British Guiana in 1934, he moved to London in 1953. He still has a working studio not far from The Grove. The chn watched a video by the Tate on his different techniques and worked together for a…

The children have been looking for signs of autumn in the Nursery garden. “Let’s find a fungi” “What’s a fungi?” “That’s a mushroom” “Me don’t touch it” “I saw a spider in my home” “Yesterday I saw a spider with ten legs” “I want a pink leaf” “This is a…