News & Events

• 21/07/2010

  Hawaiian Day, 5 August

  We are going to bring Hawaii to Reading this summer with a fun day of games and party atmosphere. Dressing up in grass skirts and flower garlands we hope that the Hawaiian sun makes an appearance for our special fundraising day. Donations of £1 per child will be gratefully received.

• 21/07/2010

  Carnival Day, 29 August

  Feeling hot hot hot.....well we hope that the sun will shine for our Caribbean inspired carnival day at Green Park nursery. Dressing up in lots of brightly coloured and exotic costumes we will bring a carnival atmosphere to nursery and encourage all the children to take part in what... more

• 18/06/2010

  Environment Challenge, June/July

  This month we will be continuing to look at ways to protect our environment. We will be thinking about how we can recycle materials and objects such as paper, tins, bottles and ink cartridges. We have already come up with a novel use for our old wellies – we... more

• 18/06/2010

  World Cup Day, 11 July

  World Cup fever has hit Green Park! To celebrate the end of the tournament the children are invited to wear their favourite football kit or shirt for a donation of £1.

• 18/06/2010

  Child Safety Week, 21-27 June

  We will be looking at how we can keep ourselves safe at home and nursery. Please look at the display in the lobby for lots of tips and facts about safety. We will be talking about it and carrying out a range of activities

• 21/05/2010

  Peter Pan Week

  Back in April we had a wonderful day to celebrate J M Barrie’s most famous hero, Peter Pan. On 30 April we held a Peter Pan dress up and everyone donated £1 to our charities, Build Africa and Great Ormond Street for the pleasure of putting on their best... more

• 21/05/2010

  Father’s Day 14-18 June

  We’re putting together a very special raffle for our very special daddies, to help celebrate Father’s Day. The winning Daddy will be spoilt with a present full of goodies that only the best daddies deserve. Tickets are £1 and are on sale now.

• 21/05/2010

  Police Visit, 14 June

  Not wanting to leave any of our local community heroes out, after inviting the fire brigade to visit us last month, we’ve invited the police to come in and meet with the children to teach them about ‘stranger danger’ and what to do if they ever get lost. And... more

• 21/05/2010

  Tesco and Sainsburys Vouchers, June

  We’d like to say a big thank you to all mummies, daddies and other friends and family for bringing in their vouchers. We are still collecting and ask that all vouchers are in by Friday 13th June 2010 so we can send them in time. We are hoping to... more

• 13/05/2010

  National Fire Fighters Day, May

  Learning about how to stay safe is a vital lesson for our children. To help them explore the world of safety, we’re hoping for a visit from our local firefighting team. And if we’re really lucky, they’ll be bringing along one of their fire engines so the children can... more

• 13/05/2010

  Pyjama Day, 11 May

  There’s need for the early morning rush to get ready on 11 May, simply roll out of bed, eat some breakfast and make your way to Green Park. We’re holding our pyjama day which everybody loves. We’re going to have a fun day in a jim jams and along... more

• 13/05/2010

  Nursery Challenge, The Environment, throughout May

  Along with our sister nurseries, Green Park is taking part in an Environment Challenge to understand and contribute to looking after the environment. For some we’ve been busy making displays using recyclable materials including black sacks, newspaper, plastic bottles and old wellies. Chidlren from our Butterfly room have been... more

• 13/05/2010

  The Basil Crew and Mobile Farm, 6 April

  We had a great time looking at all of the animals that came to visit us at nursery. There were chickens, goats, ducks, rabbits, tortoises, a donkey and a Shetland pony. It was funny when the goat gently butted Sarah with his head. It made Sarah jump! The weather... more

• 13/05/2010

  Parents Evening, 20 May 4pm – 5.50pm

  All parents and carers are invited to visit the nursery to meet with their child’s key worker to review their development. The session will give parents the opportunity to learn about their child’s progress, discuss progress over the coming months and ask any questions they may have and provide... more

• 13/05/2010

  Peter Pan Week, 26-30 April

  Throughout the last week of April we donning our eye patches, put on our Tinkerbell wings and shouting “aye aye Cap’n as we enjoyed celebrating Peter Pan week. We spent time in the nursery reading the story and talking about the characters including the very naughty Captain Hook

• 02/03/2010

  Zoo Lab

  On Thursday 28th January, we had a visit from Zoo lab.  There were lots of creepy crawlies such as Giant snails, cockroaches and a tarantula.  We enjoyed holding the animals although we were not allowed to hold the tarantula as he does not like being passed around.  We talked about... more

• 02/03/2010

  Cake Sale

  During the last week of February we will be carrying out a cake sale. The children will all have opportunity to make different types of cakes to sell and raise money for our charities

• 02/03/2010

  Mother's Day

  As a thank you to our Mummies, we will be holding a raffle in March so we can win a great prize for them.  There will also be a chance for Mummies to have a mini pamper experience by sampling Virgin Vie products.  Daddies will be able to get... more

• 02/03/2010

  Virgin V Pamper Week

  We are organising a Virgin V stall in our nursery for the whole week, where parents can either purchase some gifts, or just get the opportunity to sample some of the different products, which will include hand and foot creams, make up, and jewellery.

• 26/01/2010

  Snow!

  We had lots of fun in December and January playing in the snow. Some of us nearly had a sleepover, as our Mummies and Daddies got stuck in the traffic. We played in the snow the next day and had snowball fights as well as built a snowman.