Yellowdotandover

Providing updates and sharing news about Andover nursery.

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The kindergarten children graduated on Friday. The team have done an excellent job of preparing these young people to become lifelong learners and they showed obvious pride to be celebrated by family and friends at #stmaryschurch @BHFamiliesUK

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Yesterday our Kindergarten children had their dress rehearsal for graduation in the beautiful setting of St Mary's Church @BHFamiliesUK #graduation #kindergarten

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June was growing gardeners month. Yesterday we picked our glorious radishes, then 'washed' them in the washing machine. We then gave them a proper wash in water and handed them to our cook. #reallifeexperiences #earlyyears #gardening

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Employee Appreciation month continues with a delicious breakfast spread #EmployeeAppreciationMonth @BHFamiliesUK #yellowdot

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Fun and games on Discovery Day. The children cam in with their parents and played in the rooms they will move into in September. The children, their parents and the team all had fun #discoveryday @BHFamiliesUK

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On Saturday we hosted a Discovery Day with a focus on school readiness in the Kindergarten room plus creative and outdoor play for the rest of the nursery. Parents and children came and experienced activities with the team. Thank you to those who came #discoveryday @BHFamiliesUK

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The ducks went on an adventure at the weekend, having sleepovers at two team's houses. They had cuddles and explored the various environments. We will be sad to say goodbye tomorrow :( #ducklings

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Duck update...we have 4 hatched, 3 in the larger cage, 1 drying in the incubator and 2 eggs still to hatch. #ducklings #lifeexperiences #earlyyears

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Good morning! Our first duckling has hatched!! We are just waiting on another to hatch and dry then they can moved to the cage together - otherwise he will get too lonely. #ducklings #lifeknowledgebeauty

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The duck eggs have arrived and we are all very excited to meet the ducklings. One egg has already started to crack. #ducklings #eggs #hatch #understandingtheworld

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May's theme is Green Gardeners and we have been busy in Andover planting various flowers and vegetables. We love getting our hands dirty #greengardeners @BHFamiliesUK @BrightHorizons ~understandingtheworld #nurture

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The duck eggs have arrived and we are all very excited to meet the ducklings. One egg has already started to crack. #ducklings #eggs #hatch #understandingtheworld

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We have been looking at Spring and all that it entails. Babies are focusing on animals but Transition have been exploring seeds and how things grow #explore #spring #seeds #animals

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Toddlers have had a busy week, making a castle using bricks to print plus exploring technology with the Beebots #art #technology #earlyyears #explore

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Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day yesterday in the baby room by wearing brightly coloured odd socks @AndoverTwenty1 #WorldDownSyndromeDay

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The kindergarten children and some parents learnt about elecrtricity and circuits today with Mini Professors for our Discovery Day @BHFamiliesUK #discoveryday #STEM @MP_Newbury

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Today we held our first Discovery Day with a STEM theme. Parents came and experienced a day at nursery and learnt about our routines plus electricity, seeds, construction, volcanoes and animals. @BHFamiliesUK #discoveryday

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Yellow Dot Andover is hosting it's first #discoveryday as part of @BHFamiliesUK we would like to invite you to come and experience a day at nursery and see our routines and learning in action. 9-12 Friday 22nd March. Please register if you are interested. @BrightHorizons

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We celebrated #WorldBookDay yesterday and the team made a huge effort. We had Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz, plus 3 Little Pigs, Red Riding Hood, 101 Dalmations and the Tiger Who Came To Tea.

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We are gearing up for World @WorldBookDayUK on March 7th. Come dressed as your favourite book character, read your favourite books and enjoy countless other activities. Parents are welcome to join us and share a story #WorldBookDay