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  In Explorers, we have been focusing on promoting the children’s independence during nursery routines. This has included providing them with choices during mealtimes, giving opportunities to serve themselves and involving them in the preparation of snacks  

We’re developing a brand new growing area in the garden where our children will have the opportunity to plant, nurture and harvest a variety of delicious fruits and vegetables Our first crop is already underway…   Pumpkins! A huge thank you to our wonderful parent helper for giving their time and helping us get everything […]

As part of our World Cup learning, the children participated in different food tasting activities. This included cooking our own paella together and making Mexican tacos 🌮⚽🥘

  This year, the children thoroughly enjoyed their learning about the World Cup. We kept track of all of the scores together, created our own footballers, played football, made flags and enjoyed many more themed activities. Great fun!  

Good luck to all of our school leavers! We cannot believe that’s all of this year’s school leavers left us now. We had great fun at graduation together reminiscing on their time with us at Rocking Horse. ⭐

We have had a fun filled December at Rocking Horse. Lots of Christmas crafts, sensory activities, Christmas outings and party fun! This year we also had a cheeky elf who has been getting up to all kinds of mischief. We even had a special visit from Santa himself ! Wishing you all a very merry […]

You might have noticed our elephant friend in the hallway, Simoa. Simoa the elephant is a child safety mascot used by Scotland’s Care Inspectorate to promote the “Safe, Inspect, Monitor, Observe, Act” (SIMOA) campaign The elephant will be used to help teach the principles to children, families, and staff

We made pumpkin soup together in Explorers and Investigators this Halloween alongside carving our pumpkins.

In 2025, we have enjoyed harvesting our nursery grown vegetables and herbs. We have incorporated these in our nursery menu and we always promote the children’s participation in the harvest and cooking process.

At nursery, we have many bags your family can borrow to enjoy at home. Staff may let you know what your child has been enjoying at nursery or suggest what kind of bag might help their developmental interests. Story Sacks We have a variety of story sacks on offer in the Explorers room and in […]