Our Pre-schoolers Graduation

Thank you to the many parents and family members who came to our graduation ceremony for our pre-schoolers starting school in September. Each of the children received a special graduation hat and certificate to honour their time at Riverside and their unique contribution to our community here. It was great to see the children make the most of the bouncy castle and mini disco – the ice-cream and other treats were a bit of a hit with adults and children too!

Our wonderful 2018 Graduates!

Our wonderful 2018 Graduates!

Good luck to all our children starting school, we’ll sure you’ll do brilliantly:

Priya, Kian, Oscar, Roman, Sienna, Freddie, Isobel, Marnie, Oliver, Cassandra, Mia, Alaric, Olivia, Lottie, Noah and Jake.

Our graduates received a mortar board, graduation certificate and small gift.

Our graduates received a mortar board, graduation certificate and small gift.

Save the Date!

Some important upcoming dates for your diary:

Christmas Concert – Friday 14th December 2018 You may not believe it, but Christmas is just five months away, so we’re letting you know this date early!

The Riverside Day Nursery Charity Bubble Rush Run – Saturday 15th September 2018 We’re hoping to raise £1,000 for Thames Hospice – please support us if you can by donating here

Merry May!

Dear Parents,

We hope you all had a good May? With two bank holidays, a royal wedding and some glorious sunshine, there was certainly plenty to celebrate. The children are full of energy at the moment and, with the weather improving, they’re enjoying taking every opportunity they can to go outside and play with their friends. Our Odds Farm Park Trip was a fantastic success (see below) and we hope to organise more outings in the future to help bring the children’s learning to life and make even more happy memories of their time at nursery.

Given how time flies, we’re delighted to say our new School Readiness programme launched on 4th June. The six-week programme is for our pre-schoolers who will be starting school in September. The educational content is based on detailed research we carried out with a group of local Foundation stage teachers to gain deeper understanding of the skills and behaviours children need to have when they start school. The programme aims to help the children prepare for their transition to primary school and a ‘need to know’ information guide to support parents will be sent out to you shortly. In the meantime, if you have any questions please do get in touch.

Best wishes,

The Riverside Day Nursery Team