Ditton Nursery School

Wow, we cannot believe it’s already June 🌸.

If your child starts school in September then preparing for their ‘readiness for school’ is really important.

It’s all about partnership between you, your child’s Early Years setting, our Health Visiting teams and our Family Hubs.



Halton Family Hubs North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust

In 2’s this week, we have been following the children’s interest in birthdays.
The children have enjoyed making birthday cakes in the playdough area and bringing their real-life experiences to life by making our own cakes together.
We carefully measured out the ingredients and learned a new word, “scales.” The children enjoyed watching as the ingredients mixed together and were amazed to see that the egg seemed to disappear into the mixture as we stirred.
This hands-on experience encouraged curiosity, communication, and early mathematical skills. The children cannot wait to decorate and eat their cakes 🙂

We’re continuing to expect high temperatures this week, so we’re asking everyone to take extra care if you’re visiting one of our clinics.

If you’re unable to attend your appointment or one with you child, please let us know as soon as possible so we can agree a new date with you.

☎️ please ring us on: 01928 593056

Halton Family Hubs
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust

This week we have done lots of exciting things but- more about that next week!
The highlight of this week has been our visit to Delamere Forest to follow The Room on the Broom Trail. We listened to the story and then hunted for the missing objects to put in our cauldrons. We found buttercups, elderflowers, fir cones, moss, daisies and different leaves. All that hard work left us hungry so we went to eat lunch at the Visitors Centre.
After lunch, we went onto the playground and then did a carousel of activities of parachute games, large-scale natural collage, threading, making wands - iggerty ziggerty, zaggerty, zoom!!
There were lots of snoring and sleepy children (and adults!) on the bus home 😊

🐞🦋Join us as we celebrate 'all things insect' at Spike Island as part of Halton Naturewatch and National Insect Week.

Buzz over to our gazebo at Spike Island anytime between 11am and 3pm for a fun-filled free day of family-friendly activities!

🚶‍♀️‍➡️There will also be a guided insect walk taking place around Spike Island between 11:30am - 1pm. To book onto this free event register here: https://ow.ly/7Fpy50Zb8yn

You can keep up to date by joining our events page: https://ow.ly/nhoH50Zb8yo

This event is a collaboration between Halton Borough Council and RECORD - Local Environmental Records Centre

Last week at Nursery, we had some special visitors called ‘Key Strings’.
They came to show us a variety of musical instruments and taught us about them.
We learned the names of the different instruments and discovered how they are played. Some of the instruments were very old, which made the visit even more interesting. It was a fun experience, and we enjoyed learning about music 🎻🎵
We explored the different sounds that the instruments could make and learned that some instruments produce low sounds while others produce high sounds. We also listened to fast and slow sounds. 🎵🎶🎼

To finish the session, we had a dance and sang along while the instruments were being played. It was an amazing experience that the children really enjoyed and will remember for a long time 🙂

Places available for 2,3 & 4 year olds.

Wrap around care offered between 8-5pm.

Please contact the school office on 01514244687 or email [email protected]

🟣Need Childcare in September?
📲Check out what you could be entitled to on the Best Start in Life Website.

Or email: [email protected]

Are you Balancing work, family, and childcare, have you checked what Government childcare support is available to help you.

Visit BestStartinLife.gov.uk to see what support you could get.

Or email: [email protected]
For local information on Early Years Providers and funding in Halton.

Check out Halton Housings Health Families Programme ran by educate your plate starting on Wednesday 3rd June at Ditton Community Centre 🙂