The Childcare Academy

🦈 Little Sharks 🦈

A couple of days ago, we continued our exploration of Minibeasts 🐞🐛🕷️

The babies enjoyed investigating the sand tray, searching for hidden minibeasts and uncovering them through sensory play. This supported the development of their fine motor skills, curiosity, and early problem-solving.

In our creative area, they also made colourful jellyfish crafts for our Minibeasts display wall 🪼🎨

🌊 World Oceans Day 🌊

Today we’re celebrating the world’s oceans and the incredible variety of plants and animals that call them home.

From tiny fish🐠 to enormous whales🐋, the ocean is full of fascinating life that inspires curiosity and learning. World Oceans Day is a wonderful opportunity to encourage children to explore the natural world and develop an appreciation for the environments that support life on our planet.

This World Environment Day, we’re taking time to think about our beautiful planet 🌍💚

It’s a chance for children to begin thinking about the world around them, from nature and wildlife to the importance of caring for the environment we all share. 🌱✨ This helps to build early awareness, as well as a sense of respect and appreciation for the planet they are growing up in.

🌼 Special Days in June 🌼

This month we're looking forward to some wonderful awareness days to celebrate together at the nursery, helping our children learn about the world around them in fun and meaningful ways.

From caring for our planet on World Environment Day 🌍, exploring the oceans on World Oceans Day 🌊, and celebrating families on Global Day of Parents 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 , June is full of opportunities to learn, share, and grow.

We can’t wait for a month filled with curiosity, creativity, and plenty of smiles ✨

“I have seen this nursery grow from strength to strength. My child learned phonics here, how to ride a bike, how to take turns and share, and what it means to care for others. You can see the community they have built.”

Feedback like this means everything to us 💛 We’re so proud to create a nurturing environment where children can learn, grow in confidence, and build friendships that last beyond the classroom.

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Yesterday, our amazing new outdoor learning space and stunning woodland mural were revealed to our children’s families, our supporters and friends at a beautiful garden party.

The mural stretches across the length of the newly expanded outdoor space and depicts an English woodland scene, brought to life with vibrant colours, geometric shapes and woodland animals.

Alongside the mural, we’ve transformed and expanded our outside area into a rich learning environment with maritime-themed play features, a potting shed, sensory herb gardens, a pergola, bug houses and natural play materials.

Outdoor space is such an important part of early years development, helping children build confidence, independence, communication skills, physical coordination and emotional wellbeing through free-flow play.

Our space is named “Grandad Brian’s Garden” in memory of Brian Quinn Senior, whose love of gardening inspired so much of this project

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this vision a reality .cic

Thanks also to our very own Antisar for making the wonderful delicious food for our celebration!

Keep an eye out over the next few days for the full story on our website

What a lovely sunny Sunday! And look at the lovely bloom on the lilac in The Childcare Academy garden! How beautiful! Did you know that our garden is called Grandad Brian’s Garden? After TCA owner Brian’s dear dad who was a proud gardener himself! And our lilac bush used to be in his garden!

Look out for some exciting news about our garden and outside space tomorrow!

🚒👨‍🚒 On Monday, Big Sharks Room 2 celebrated International Firefighter Day! 🔥

Our little firefighters had so much fun learning all about the amazing work firefighters do 🚨 The children enjoyed racing fire trucks through exciting mark-making activities and role-playing at our very own “Big Sharks Fire Station” ❤️

We loved seeing everyone dress up, work together, and help put out the “fires” safely 🔥🧯 The children showed fantastic imagination and teamwork throughout the day!

Well done toddlers- you were all super firefighters! 👏🚒

What a fantastic day our pre-schoolers had at 🌿🐑

On Friday, 30 of our children, along with parents and staff, travelled by coach for a fun-filled farm adventure. We started the day in the petting shed, where the children met guinea pigs, rabbits, lambs, chicks and even a rat! They were incredibly gentle and curious with all their new animal friends 🐰🐥

We then enjoyed a guided tour of the farm, where the children helped feed sheep and goats, and were very excited to see some very big pigs (and their adorable piglets!) 🐷🐐🐑

After all that exploring, we settled down for a picnic lunch followed by a relaxed stay-and-play session in the fresh air.

It was a wonderful day full of new experiences, learning and lots of smiles 💚

Happy St George’s Day ❤️🐉

A day to celebrate tradition, storytelling, and the rich history that shapes our communities. Moments like these are a great opportunity to explore culture, share stories, and spark curiosity in young minds 🌱