We are delighted to announce that we will be offering another term of our teacher-led stay and play sessions on Thursday mornings at St Martin’s Church Hall in Knowle (9:30 […]
Getting ready for September
With September just around the corner, and exciting changes on the horizon, we have collated a range of ideas to help you to feel more prepared for starting preschool and […]
Parent Sign, Sing and Storytelling – classes at Sunshines continuing in March!
After some wonderful feedback, we are delighted to announce that we will be offering another term of our teacher-led stay and play sessions on Thursday mornings at St Martin’s Church […]
New Parent Sign, Sing and Storytelling Classes at Sunshines!
We are delighted to announce that we will be offering teacher-led stay and play sessions on Thursday mornings at St Martin’s Church Hall in Knowle. Run by our qualified lead […]
Outdoor Learning at Sunshines
“The more time we allow our children to be in sensory rich environments, the greater the opportunities there are for brain growth” Ginny Ywich, 1000 Hours Outside It is well […]
Promoting self kindness in the Early Years
When asking parents what attributes they want their child to have “kindness” is often a given. Adults spend a lot of time teaching their children to be kind and to […]
Celebrating World Book Week #2
At Sunshines, we think that sharing books with your child is one of the most important activities you can do (see our previous post). We thought that to celebrate World […]
Celebrating World Book Week
“If you want your child to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want your child to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales” Albert Einstein To celebrate […]
Covid 19 and our Recovery Curriculum
by Karon Nichol, Owner/Manager. At Sunshines we recognise that, due to the Covid pandemic, none of our lives have followed their normal pattern of events. Everyone has experienced a period […]
What does learning look like at Sunshines?
by Laura Milner, Lead Teacher Here at Sunshines we believe that children learn best through their play. Play can be seen as such a frivolous term, but for a child […]